BBD Radio 4 will be broadcasting Midnight Mass this year live from The Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad in Birmingham.
The Most Rev Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, celebrates the First Mass of Christmas and gives the homily.
The Cathedral Singers, many of whom are staff and students at the Birmingham Conservatoire sing carols and Christmas hymns to welcome the birth of Christ under the direction of the Director of Music David Saint, accompanied by organist, Nigel Morris.