The Wisdom of 6 Music’s Wise Women
Three Wise Women will be visiting the 6 Music manger bearing some very special gifts this festive season.
Across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, Jodie Whittaker, Beth Ditto and Sharon Horgan will bestow us with mountains of wit, oodles of wisdom and stacks of the finest tunes. They'll each present two hours of their favourite music, as well as selecting an evening's worth of programmes from the 6 Music archives. Here are some of the sagest words you'll be able to hear in their upcoming shows...
Jodie Whittaker
Even if you're not a sci-fi fan, you must have been living in another dimension if you missed the news earlier this year that Jodie was confirmed to play the first ever female Doctor Who. She's set to make her debut when Peter Capaldi's Doctor regenerates in this year's Christmas special. Jodie's other acting credits include the recent BBC drama Trust Me, ITV's hugely popular Broadchurch and the critically-acclaimed Black Mirror. Listeners to Shaun Keaveny will recognise Jodie as a regular guest on 6 Music Breakfast, a show of which she is also a big fan. Jodie's takeover begins at 6pm on Christmas Eve and her archive picks include The First Time with Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker's Musical Map of Sheffield.
Here's Jodie's advice on what to avoid if you want Christmas dinner to be a success...
Jodie Whittaker's Worst Christmas
Jodie Whittaker's Worst Christmas involved sticky toffee pudding and a fry-up.
Do you want to know how to be a scarily dedicated band fan? Take a leaf out of Jodie's book...
Was Jodie the World's biggest We Are Augustines fan?
Jodie Whittaker tells the story of meeting We Are Augustines for the first time.
You can hear more pearls of Whittaker wisdom on Christmas Eve here...
Beth Ditto
Beth is the former frontwoman of American rockers Gossip. She made her name as a bold and outspoken musician with the band's 2006 disco-punk anthem, Standing in The Way of Control, which challenged the Bush-era policy on civil rights and Gay Marriage in the US. She is an advocate of women being body-positive and has appeared nude on the front covers of NME and Love magazines. Beth is still rocking the music world and released her debut solo album, Fake Sugar, earlier this year. Beth is in control of the 6 Music levers from 6pm on Christmas Day, and as well as spinning some awesome tunes, she introduces The First Time with Tori Amos and The Smiths at The Beeb.
Perhaps wisely, Beth looks to fellow musicians Debbie Harry and Sleater-Kinney for her first wise words...
What's the wisest thing a musician has ever said to Beth Ditto?
What's the wisest thing a musician has ever said to Beth Ditto?
If there's a true wise woman in rock and roll, it has to be Patti Smith, as Beth testifies...
Listen to Beth Ditto reading out her favourite Patti Smith advice
Listen to Beth Ditto reading out her favourite Patti Smith advice.
You'll be able to hear more wise words from Beth on Christmas Day here...
Sharon Horgan
The wonderfully talented Sharon Horgan is an actor, writer and director. Among the many credits already under her belt, she starred in and co-wrote the much-loved sitcoms Pulling and Catastrophe. She won a British Comedy Award for her performance in the former and a BAFTA for her writing on the latter, and also co-wrote the recent BBC hit Motherland. If that doesn't provide enough evidence of her wisdom, we're not sure what would. Sharon is taking over the 6 Music airwaves from 6pm on Boxing Day. Among her picks from the archive are The First Time with Loudon Wainwright III and David Bowie Star Special.
If you ever wanted to wax lyrical about one of your music obsessions, Sharon shows us how right here...
"It would be like a young nun meeting the Pope" – Sharon Horgan imagines meeting Kate Bush
Sharon Horgan takes over for an hour-long special on BBC 6 Music.
And finally, Sharon explains what essential Christmas classics belong on the ultimate Christmas playlist...
Sharon Horgan sings us her favourite Christmas song!
You know...that one!
