The Village Quire, Phil Smith

Imagine a Christmas before the inflatable plastic Santa was invented; before the flashing LED-illuminated Rudolph and the fibre-optic Christmas tree. Imagine a time-honoured custom, when stories were told by candlelight and, by the glow of the blazing Yuletide fire, and those gathered could sing a good old tune in four-part harmony, fine and full.

This Christmas The Village Quire and actor Phil Smith bring you songs and stories of wonders and wassailing, of miracles and mirth; rousing West Gallery anthems and intimate festive miniature to melt your heart - an older Christmas, more stark, more true; glimpsed in the glimmering light of candle flames.