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Natalie Duncan and Martin Phipps unpick a children's festive favourite

Pianist, singer and songwriter Natalie Duncan and Martin Phipps, composer of TV's The Crown and Ridley Scott's new film Napoleon, join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they travel from Senegal to a massive Cher hit from 1998. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: El hadji n'fa djigui Diabaté by Salimata Diabaté Mute Heart by Matt Calvert Jingle Bells by Dean Shostak Il Dolce Suono by Gaetano Donizetti Believe by Cher Other music in this episode: Insomnia 2021 by Faithless (Maceo Plex Epic Remix) Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian Wild Signals from Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams So Doggone Lonesome by Ernest Tubb Adagio in C for Glass Harmonica, K356 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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  Errollyn Wallen and Neil Brand round off the series

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  Rick Wakeman and Fenella Humphreys, from Bach to Eurovision

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  Emma Rawicz and Julian Joseph, with special guest Rhiannon Giddens

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  Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo

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  Dinara Klinton and Nicky Spence on the mysteries of the masked singers

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  Amy Harman and Roderick Williams head for The Village

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  Isata Kanneh-Mason and Richard Stilgoe launch a new series

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  Heidi Fardell and Keelan Carew round off the series

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  Jasdeep Singh Degun and Anne Dudley head to the tavern

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  Andrew Roachford and Anna Lapwood celebrate the intricacies of singing

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  Emma Rawicz and Gavin Higgins take us from Aldeburgh to Bicycle Town

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  Sam Lee and Debbie Wiseman head to outer space

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  Natalie Duncan and Neil Brand take us on a manic journey

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  Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew ride into the sunset

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  Eliza Carthy and Tim Rhys-Evans share the joys of singing

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  Anne Dudley and Emily Sun are on a Mission