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Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Slippers

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney on his new book The Getaway about a family Christmas holiday. Plus Nick Draper, the oldest sheepskin footwear manufacturer in the UK.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls Chris from Prague to talk about ten years of his children's series and his new book The Getaway about a family Christmas holiday. We talk slippers with today's Not-So-Mystery Guest Nick Draper, who is the oldest sheepskin footwear manufacturer in the UK. Vassos is joined in the sports locker by Hampshire half-brothers Greg Bailey and Jude Massey who are rowing the Atlantic. There's more listener Christmas top tips, a Paul McCartney themed Top Tenuous and a Pause For Thought with Jahnavi Harrison.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 5 Dec 201706:30
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Music Played

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    He Wants To

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Scrooge & The Chorus

    Thank You Very Much

    • Scrooge - Original Soundtrack.
    • CBS.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    Can't Fight The Moonlight

    • (CD Single).
    • London/Curb Records.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Free

    Wishing Well

    • The Boys Are Back In Town (Various).
    • Columbia.
    • 10.

  • Gwen Stefani

    You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

    • You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
    • Interscope.
    • 001.

  • Adele

    Rumour Has It

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • Stereophonics

    What's All The Fuss About?

    • Scream Above The Sounds.
    • Parlophone.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Mark Ronson

    Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Judy Garland

    Get Happy

  • Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé

    Perfect Duet

    • Atlantic.

  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

    • 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.

  • Clout

    Substitute

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Warm This Winter

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Roy Orbison & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oh, Pretty Woman

    • A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Wombles

    Wombling Merry Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Elbow

    Golden Slumbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 7.

  • Paul McCartney

    Pipes Of Peace

    • Wingspan - Hits & History.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Script

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Radio 2 Session, 29 November 2017)

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    BBC Radio 2

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