Carols from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, on WFMT, Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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WFMT is on Chicago time.

You can probably see this on YouTube or the cathedral's website.

https://www.wfmt.com/schedule?pldate=12/24/2025&hs=0&he=23

9:00 am

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
A beloved Christmas Eve tradition, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols sets a tone for Christmas Eve both completive and celebratory. This inspiring service of Biblical readings, carols, and seasonal music is broadcast live around the world from the 500-year-old Chapel of King’s College, in Cambridge, England.

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1. How a college carol service became a Christmas institution

I'm sure this can be streamed, but don't ask me how.

How a college carol service became a Christmas institution
7 days ago

Robbie Kalus
at King's College, Cambridge


Carols from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, have become a much-loved Christmas tradition

As potatoes are peeled and presents stowed in stockings, one Christmas soundtrack is shared by millions.

For more than 70 years, carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, have been beamed into our homes and cars via TV and radio broadcasts.

But how did this simple service become so central to our collective Christmas tradition?

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Where can I watch or listen?

Tickets to the TV recording and live radio broadcast are harder to get your hands on than gold, frankincense and myrrh.

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For the rest of us, Carols from King's is available to watch on BBC Two at 17:45 GMT on Christmas Eve, and again on Christmas Day at 08:45, and on BBC iPlayer.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds at 15:00 on Christmas Eve.