Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this unique BBC radio programme aimed at just a few dozen listeners: The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research stations in the Antarctic midwinter. Hosted by Cerys Matthews, the show features messages from family and friends at home as well as music requests from Antarctica. For decades it has been part of the traditional midwinter celebrations and, since 2020, it’s been enjoyed by listeners around the world.
Midwinter celebrations at the British research stations include a feast, exchange of presents, watching the 1982 horror film The Thing (where an alien monster terrorises an Antarctic base) and listening - on short wave - to the BBC’s Midwinter Broadcast.
June 21, 19.30 to 20.00 UTC
5960 kHz Al Dhabayya, UAE
9575 kHz Ascension Island
13810 kHz Woofferton, UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7zyv
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this unique BBC radio programme aimed at just a few dozen listeners: The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research stations in the Antarctic midwinter. Hosted by Cerys Matthews, the show features messages from family and friends at home as well as music requests from Antarctica. For decades it has been part of the traditional midwinter celebrations and, since 2020, it’s been enjoyed by listeners around the world.
Midwinter celebrations at the British research stations include a feast, exchange of presents, watching the 1982 horror film The Thing (where an alien monster terrorises an Antarctic base) and listening - on short wave - to the BBC’s Midwinter Broadcast.
June 21, 19.30 to 20.00 UTC
5960 kHz Al Dhabayya, UAE
9575 kHz Ascension Island
13810 kHz Woofferton, UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7zyv