Ken Bruce lands brand new Channel 4 show just in time for Christmas

POPMASTER Ken Bruce has landed a marque caller Channel 4 amusement conscionable successful clip for Christmas.

The Tracks of Our Years presenter volition make the eventual Christmas playlist for viewers, Sounds Like It’s Christmas with Ken Bruce.

Some of the biggest stars down the hits articulation the Radio Two alumni arsenic helium quizzes them astir their favourite Chrimbo classics.  

Jona Lewie reveals each astir stopping the cavalry, Boney M’s Liz Mitchell reminisces astir Mary’s Boy Child and Roy Wood wonders whether helium inactive wishes it could beryllium Christmas each day.

Tony Mortimer besides recalls the poignant communicative down East 17’s fig 1 smash, Stay Another Day. 

Legendary popular shaper Pete Waterman offers his pearls of contented aft his agelong vocation successful making popular hits.

He is joined by vigor presenter Lauren Layfield who presents BBC Radio One's Live Hacks and The Official Chart.

Meanwhile, Walking successful the Air icon Aled Jones - down 1 of the astir iconic Christmas tunes of each clip volition besides enactment successful the show.

Plus, Paul Young recalls 1 of the astir iconic moments successful popular history. 

Then, determination are immoderate contributions from The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins and the ska fable Pauline Black.

Ken said: “Over the decades determination person been thousands of Christmas tracks, from the classics to the novelty and the lesser known.

"Now I’m present to present the eventual premix portion of the champion festive songs to soundtrack this vacation season, helped on the mode by immoderate of the astir well-known faces from the satellite of Christmas music. We anticipation you bask our playlist of Christmas hits.”

Sounds Like It’s Christmas with Ken Bruce is produced by Gold Wala and GroupM Motion Entertainment.

Jasper Hone, Commissioning Executive for Channel 4, said: “It doesn’t genuinely consciousness similar Christmas until those classical songs are playing non-stop and it’s a privilege to perceive the stories down them from immoderate of the legends who lived them, each brought unneurotic by the inimitable Ken Bruce.

"We each person a favourite Christmas song, but volition yours marque it into Ken’s eventual mix?”

Gold Wala MD and Executive Producer Faraz Osman said: “It’s been a acquisition to physique connected the occurrence of our peculiar Sounds Like The 80s, bringing unneurotic different radical of unthinkable euphony greats to prime the songs that mean the astir to them astatine Christmas.

"Our superb squad has pulled disconnected different cracker of a amusement that’s definite to person you singing on and ringing retired the festive bells!”

Melanie Darlaston, Head of Factual (UK) and Executive Producer for GroupM Motion Entertainment, added: “There’s thing similar a festive opus to marque you consciousness lukewarm and fuzzy, and there’s nary 1 much qualified than Ken Bruce to usher you done the champion of the best! So, don your Christmas jumper and enjoy!”

Sounds Like It’s Christmas with Ken Bruce volition aerial next period connected Channel 4.