11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
'Round Midnight
Soweto shares more of the best in jazz as well as festive favourites.
12:30 AM - 06:30 AM
Through the Night
An Anglo-French Christmas programme from Copenhagen including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Poulenc's Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël. Jonathan Swain presents.
06:30 AM - 09:30 AM
Breakfast
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Classical Live
Mark Forrest with a selection of specially recorded music from across Europe for Christmas Eve including highlights from a festive concert given by Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Choral Evensong
A service of Choral Evensong with Carols for Christmas Eve from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with music by Bob Chilcott and John Rutter.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Composer of the Week: A Georgian Christmas
3/5. Donald Macleod visits the home of Jane Austen with historian Amanda Vickery and discusses religious customs and Christmas church music from Austen's era.
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
In Tune
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Classical Mixtape
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
07:30 PM - 09:45 PM
Radio 3 in Concert
The BBC Singers and actor Adrian Scarborough present an evening of the nation's favourite Christmas carols and festive readings.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
The Essay: Winterreisen
Ellie is trying to break up with her boyfriend. But it's Christmas. A new short story by Mark Haddon about a winter journey, inspired by Schubert's song cycle. Read by Lydia Wilson.
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Night Tracks
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
'Round Midnight
Soweto shares more of the best in jazz as well as festive favourites.