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Christmas Clatter is a bimonthly podcast dedicated to discussing everything that makes Christmas special, whether it be the movies, the music, the food, the traditions, the family, even those quiet moments of reflection. Hosted by Todd Killian, an avid Christmas-loving husband, and father of four shares his Christmas observations and memories. Todd is joined by an array of guests for "Christmas Conversations" and "Merry Melee" episodes.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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Elmo Shropshire, DVM is an American veterinarian, competitive runner and country music singer. Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo," is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy, then re-recorded it solo for the 1992 album Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas and again in 2000 for the album Up Your Chimney. He also recorded two albums of year-round songs: Dr. Elmo's Twisted Tunes (1993) and Love, Death and Taxes (2000).

In 1979, Elmo recorded "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (written by his friend Randy Brooks), and instantly, Elmo & Patsy became regional superstars. They divorced in 1985. Since then, Elmo settled a class action suit against Sony based upon the royalties paid from downloads and ringtone sales.

In 2000, he served as co-writer of an animated Christmas special based on the song. For this television special, he also provided the voices of Grandpa and the narrator. In 2007, Elmo was sued by the Fred Rappaport Company, the producer of the show, over the right to use the song in show-related merchandise.

On December 23, 2014, Elmo performed "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on The Meredith Vieira Show as part of a segment called "Real or Fake".

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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Howard Blake OBE FRAM is a composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces.

Missing music, Blake played the piano in pubs and clubs for a couple of years until being discovered and signed by EMI to make a solo album and work as a session musician on many recordings. This led to work as an arranger and a composer, employment that gradually became his full-time occupation.

In the late 1960s, on the recommendation of Bernard Herrmann, Blake began working as a keyboard player and arranger with veteran screen composer Laurie Johnson on music for the hit ITV television series The Avengers. During the program's sixth and final season in 1968–1969, Johnson was commissioned to write the soundtrack music for the feature film Hot Millions; to enable him to work on the film score, Johnson recruited Blake to take over composing duties for him, and Blake composed the incidental music for ten complete episodes of that series. In 1970, shortly after the series finished, he lived in a beach hut in Cornwall for about two months, "to get away from it all".

Over an active career he has written numerous film scores, including The Duellists with Sir Ridley Scott and David Puttnam, which gained the Special Jury Award at the Cannes Festival in 1977; A Month in the Country with Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth, which gained him the British Film Institute Anthony Asquith Award for musical excellence in 1989; and The Snowman, which was nominated for an Oscar after its first screening on Channel 4 in 1982, and has won many other prizes internationally. From this, his famous song "Walking in the Air", for which he also wrote the lyrics, was the success that launched Aled Jones in 1985 (although Jones only recorded the song three years after the release of the film, while the song on the soundtrack is sung by the St Paul's chorister Peter Auty. Blake's concert version of The Snowman for narrator and orchestra is now performed worldwide, as is the full-length ballet of the same name, launched in 1997, which in 2013 celebrated its 16th consecutive Christmas season for Sadler's Wells at the Peacock Theatre in London.

In 1980, Blake was commissioned to write an orchestral music score for Flash Gordon, in collaboration with Queen. He was given only 10 days to produce the results, and after completion fell ill with pneumonia brought on by exhaustion. He recovered, and he and Queen were jointly nominated for a BAFTA Award. It was, however, a disappointment to him that the makers of Flash Gordon did not use much of his score.

Blake has composed many concert works, including the Piano Concerto commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for the 30th birthday of Princess Diana in 1991, in which he also featured as soloist; the Violin Concerto to celebrate the centenary of the City of Leeds in 1993; the cantata to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations in 1995, performed in the presence of the Royal Family in Westminster Hall; and the large-scale choral/orchestral work Benedictus, championed by Sir David Willcocks and the Bach Choir, which was given its London premiere in Westminster Cathedral in 1989 with Cardinal Basil Hume as narrator, and which has been widely performed ever since.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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During the festive season, the Government and NHS are asking everyone to continue to take measures to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 and have a happy and safe Christmas.

As part of its festive campaign ‘Let’s Stay Safe This Festive Season’ GP Dr Ellie Cannon shares their advice on how to have a great time whilst carrying out actions that will keep us all safe by helping reduce the spread of Covid-19.

This festive guidance includes:

 *  Testing before meeting people and reporting your result

 *  Isolating and booking a PCR test if you have symptoms

 *  Wearing a face covering on public transport and in shops

 *  Opening windows to let fresh air in when friends and family are over

 *  And getting your Covid-19 booster vaccine if you are aged 18+

While vaccines remain our best defence against Covid-19, you can still catch the virus so following other actions such as opening windows to let in fresh air, wearing a face covering and using a lateral flow test before meeting up with others, and testing if you have symptoms, will also help to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and other winter viruses.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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Chaster Johnson is CEO and Founder of the Stockbossup App. He spent eight years of Aerospace Management leading operation teams building jet wing assembly lines, quality teams inspecting jet engine turbine discs and Senior Project Manager for the first U.S. Industrial Scale Aerospace 3-D printing facility.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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I’ve been creating things to make us better as a people my whole life. I’ve made a board game that teaches Sign language that I never marketed. The happylilsmellies I have created are starting to get a nice little buzz in my area so I know I’m making smiles that way.

I wouldn’t call myself a professional singer-rapper by any means but an artist who loves to spread my colours. I’ve been singing since I was a kid but never got a chance to take lessons. I had that one moment in middle school where my whole classroom stopped to hear me sing Unkle Kracker's “Follow Me.” The feel of giving people that rush of energy from my singing stayed with me. Words with rhythm have more of an impact on us than those that don’t. My goal through all my avenues is to make people smile.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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My name is Sean Grinsell. I am an aspiring songwriter, producer and performer who writes rock, blues, and psychedelic instrumentals. I’m from the Metro Detroit area but currently live in Chicago, Illinois. I’ve been involved in music since the 3rd grade, learning trumpet in a concert band.

By my sophomore year of high school, I began to develop a deeper passion for music, picked up learning drums, and joined a band. My love for music only became stronger as I learned the keyboard and started songwriting. The goal of my songwriting is to bring my listening influences to applications that haven’t been heard before.

My music is influenced by groups such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. I hope you enjoy the music that I create!

You can find me on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter under the username “sean_grinsell”. I’m deeply looking forward to creating more and sharing more of myself through the art of music! I hope you will consider joining me on this musical journey!

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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Ray Dorset is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry.

He composed most of the songs for the band, including the hit singles "In the Summertime", "Baby Jump", "Lady Rose", "You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War", "Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black", and "Hello Nadine", plus "Feels Like I'm in Love", a number one hit single for the Scottish disco singer, Kelly Marie.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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I am new to ministry and the business world I just want to spread peace, joy and happiness. I’m far from perfect and finding myself every day.

Highlights from Toby's Friday afternoon show on Shout Radio. Featuring chat with top showbiz guests.

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