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Podcast: Black Country Talking News
Episode: Black Country Talking News Festive Edition 17th December 2025 Episode 3
Description: In this edition we have quite a musical journey:
Finding out how Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody stormed the charts in 1973 and turned four West Midland lads into global music legends.
We hear from Beacon Volunteer David Smith who tells us all about a glam rock band who also, quite literally, had a block-buster release in the same year of ’73.
Get ready for a sing along, as in our latest journey ‘round the Wrekin’ with Lesley and Michael Braccia, we celebrate some of our favourite festive songs.
And in a special Christmas-themed edition, we have...