麻豆约拍

Forty years ago musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure formed the Band Aid charity with the aim of getting a number of hit musicians at the time to record a song to help starving children in Africa. The project raised millions and the song Do They Know Its Christmas has been re-recorded three times since and now a new ultimate mix has been released. Bob Geldof tells us all about the new version and the charity 40 years on.

We also featuring music from Juice Wrld, Taylor Swift, Tom Grennan and welcome back a number of festive classics as the race for the Christmas Number One begins.

Presenter: Kim Robson
Producer: Alan Rowett
A Rotation Media production for 麻豆约拍 World Service

(Photo: Artists including Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Olly Murs, Sinead O'Connor, Midge Ure, Ellie Goulding, Zoella Sugg, Guy Garvey, Chris Martin, Seal, Roger Taylor, Bono, Paloma Faith, Alfie Deyes, Angelique Kidjo and others during a recording of Band Aid single, Do They Know It's Christmas, 2014. Credit: Band Aid/PA)