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Dame Edna's Christmas Leftovers

Housewife gigastar Dame Everage brings her own Christmas Message to the Radio 2 airwaves, spreading peace and goodwill to all her listeners.

You are cordially invited to join housewife gigastar Dame Edna Everage as she throws open her portals to the Radio 2 audience for a very special at home for Boxing Day -Dame Edna's Christmas Leftovers.
It's the day after the big day before and taking time off from her farewell tour of the nation - the great Dame Edna will be offering help and advice on how to cope with the ordeal of... Boxing Day. She's come a long way from the antipodean Christmases she spent with her late husband Norm and children - Bruce, Kenny and Valmai at Moonee Ponds in Melbourne. Little did Mrs Everage know that in years to come she would count Queens, Kings, Presidents, Pop Stars and Prime Ministers on her Christmas Card list. A simple housewife, journalist, talk show host, swami, spin doctor, megastar and icon she is surely along with Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman one of a remarkable succession of female stars to emerge from Australia.

So if your spruce is droopy and your berries have shrivelled Dame Edna is on hand of offer help and advice plus culinary tips for a few Christmas bites. She'll be joined by visiting guests Gino D'Acampo, Frank Ilfield, Shane Warne and Laurence Llewellyn Bowen. Plus there will be the Dame's personal selection of festive music - from the likes of Perry Como, Gracie Fields and Lady Gaga.

So Possums just don't sit at home staring at a dead old turkey carcass or nut roast join the Dame chez Edna for the ideal Boxing Day Brunch .

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Boxing Day 2013 10:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • City of Prague Philharmonic / Bateman & Crouch End Festival Chorus

    It's the Most Wonderful Time Of the Year

    • CHRISTMAS CHORAL CLASSICS.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • B0022SIY7Y.

  • Shirley Bassey

    GET THE PARTY STARTED

    • CD Single.
    • Lock Stock & Barrel.
    • CDREF-1.

  • The Andrews Sisters

    SLEIGH RIDE

  • Perry Como

    THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

    • PERRY-GO-ROUND.
    • JASMINE.
    • JASCD-344.

  • Angela Lansbury

    We Need A Little Christmas

    • MAME (BROADWAY CAST RECORDING).
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-3000.

  • Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

    Especially For You

    • ULTIMATE KYLIE.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • ULTIMATE-01.

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever.
    • This Record Co Ltd.
    • 7243-8 42320 23.

  • Brenda Lee

    ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

    • THE VERY BEST OF BRENDA LEE.
    • MCA RECORDS.
    • DMCL-1714.

  • Dame Edna Everage

    Spooky Christmas

    • Theme From Neighbours -Vinyl Single.
    • Epic.
    • Edna 1.

  • Mariah Carey

    ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU

    • THIS IS CHRISTMAS.
    • COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC TV.
    • STVCD-130.

  • Charles Williams and His Concert Orchestra

    In Party Mood

    • Memories of the Light Programme.
    • EMI.
    • CDEM-1506/A&B.

  • Frank Ifield

    I REMEMBER YOU

    • 25 YEARS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.
    • CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION.
    • YRNR CD-62.

  • Frank Ifield

    SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO YODEL

    • THE BEST OF THE EMI YEARS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • DB-4913.

  • Henry Purcell

    Nymphs and shepherds (The Libertine)

    Music Arranger: Sir Hamilton Harty. Choir: Manchester Children's Choir. Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Sir Hamilton Harty.
    • HELLO CHILDREN .. EVERYWHERE.
    • EMI.
    • CDS-7 93253 2.

  • µώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    • Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).
    • MUSIC WORLD MUSIC.
    • 88697475032-NA.

  • Gracie Fields

    THE FAIRY ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE

    • Merry Christmas Children...Everywhere.
    • K-Tel.
    • GBAYEO200135.

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Troika

    • That's Christmas.
    • EMI.
    • 7243 8-3645121.

  • Eartha Kitt

    SANTA BABY

    • CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN.
    • HALFMOON.
    • HNNCD-103.

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

    • The Best Christmas Album in the World...Ever.
    • Virgin.
    • BCP-3025/6.

  • Dame Edna Everage

    I WILL SURVIVE

    • COLOR ME EDNA.
    • TAMARIN.
    • TAM-206.

Gino D'Acampo's Tribute to Dame Edna

Gino D'Acampo's Tribute to Dame Edna

Peach Edna Recipe

1 Panettone
A splash of AmarettoΜύ
The whites from 3 eggs
1/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
2 ripe peaches, skins removed and sliced
100 grams of caster sugar


1 Cut the top off the Panettone, place top down on a plate and pour the Amaretto on top of it.
2 Place sliced peaches in a pile on top of the Panettone slice
3 In a clean, medium-sized metal bowl, mix the egg whites with a clean electric mixer onΜύ medium speed. Whip until the whites form soft peaks.
4 Gently sprinkle the sugar into the egg whites, one tablespoon at a time. Don't just lump the sugar in the bowl and never stop whipping until you finish the sugar. Your egg whites should now be glossy stiff peaks.
5 Add the vanilla extract and blend into the mixture.
6 Spoon the meringue over the Panettone and peaches and then using a fork draw up the mixture to form a volcano shape with a peak at the top.
7 If you have a chef's blow torch gently heat the dessert until it goes a light shade of brown, alternatively put under the grill until browned.

Serve and enjoy!

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