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Jack Savoretti's Seasonal Soundtrack

Gather the family around for 2 hours of movie musical wonderment, Jack Savoretti will look back and forward to those Christmas films that we can all enjoy.

Gather the family around for 2 hours of movie musical wonderment, Jack Savoretti will look back and forward to those Christmas films that we can all enjoy. Through archives and anecdotes including the classics like 鈥淲izard of Oz鈥, 鈥淕remlins鈥, 鈥淗ome Alone鈥 and 鈥淢uppet Christmas Carol鈥 with many surprises along the way. He鈥檒l be your personal guide to the films shown over the Christmas period and generally add a sprinkle of fairy dust to your day.

Jack is no stranger to Radio 2 having played numerous live sessions including Ken Bruce鈥檚 Radio 2 Piano Room, Dermot O鈥橪eary (Saturday鈥檚, 8am 鈥 10pm) and Jo Whiley (7pm 鈥 9pm). The Italian-British acoustic singer began playing guitar at the age of 16, he鈥檚 released five studio albums to date, his most recent album, Singing To Strangers, features co-writers with the likes of Bob Dylan and Kylie Minogue and went to number one in the UK Album Charts.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Dec 2019 19:00

Music Played

  • Ewan McGregor & Emma Thompson

    Be Our Guest

  • Vince Guaraldi Trio

    O Tannenbaum

  • Darlene Love

    Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.
  • Bobby Helms

    Jingle Bell Rock

    • Billboard Greatest Xmas Hits.
    • Rhino.
  • Randy Newman

    You've Got A Friend In Me

    • Toy Story O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
  • Idina Menzel

    Let It Go

    • Frozen O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 005.
  • The Muppets

    Mr Scrooge

  • Annie Lennox & Al Green

    Put a Little Love in Your Heart

    • Scrooged O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • A&M.
  • Jim Carrey

    You're A Mean One Mr Grinch

  • Emily Blunt

    The Place Where Lost Things Go

  • Danny Elfman

    Ice Dance

    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Geffen Records.
    • 7.
  • Chet Baker

    Look For The Silver Lining

  • Adriana Caselotti

    Whistle While You Work

    • The Disney Collection Volume 1 (Various Artists).
    • Pickwick.
  • Louis Armstrong

    What A Wonderful World

    • This Is My Song - Love Songs Of The 6.
    • Old Gold.
  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.
  • Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • Elf (Music from the Major Motion Picture).
    • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc..
    • 5.
  • Peter Auty

    Walking In The Air

    • The Snowman.
    • CBS.
  • Andy Burrows

    Light The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Play It Again Sam UK.
    • 1.
  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Hopelessly Devoted To You

    • Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
    • Polydor.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

    • The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Joni Mitchell

    River

    • Joni Mitchell - Blue.
    • Reprise.
  • Katie Melua & Gori Women's Choir

    Carol of the Bells

    • In Winter.
    • Melua Music Limited/Sony/Atv Music Publishing (Uk) Limited/Edition King's Singers Music.
  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Dec 2019 19:00