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With guests Bradley Walsh and Matt Baker, plus a poem for National Poetry Day

Brad plays Pa Larkin in The Larkins and hosts Blankety Blank, and Matt discusses his book A Year On Our Farm. Plus there's Factoids, the Non-Stop Oldies and a special poem.

Bradley Walsh is playing Pa Larkin in The Larkins - ITV's adaptation of The Darling Buds Of May and he's getting celebs to fill the blank on Blankety Blank, plus Countryfile's Matt Baker discusses his book A Year On Our Farm. There's also the Factoids, more Non-Stop Oldies, the latest entertainment and lifestyle news, and a specially written poem by the 'Poet Laureate of Twitter' Brian Bilston to mark National Poetry Day.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 7 Oct 202114:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Arcade Fire

    Everything Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Nelly Furtado

    I'm Like A Bird

    • (CD Single).
    • Skg.
    • 1.

  • The Whispers

    It's A Love Thing

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • J.J. Cale

    Travellin' Light

    • Troubador.
    • Shelter Records.
    • 2.

  • Duran Duran

    Anniversary

    • Future Past.
    • S-Curve Records.

  • Patti Smith Group

    Because the Night

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Joy Crookes

    When You Were Mine

    • Skin.
    • Speakerbox Recordings.
    • 5.

  • The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus

    WITHOUT YOU (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

    • You've Got Mail (Film S/Track).
    • Warner Sunset/Atlantic.

  • Diana Ross

    If The World Just Danced

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • Blossoms

    Care For

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Tom Odell

    Real Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Fool To Cry

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Neil Diamond

    September Morn

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Cass Elliot

    It's Getting Better

    • The Singles+.
    • BR Music.

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

    • AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
    • Albert.

  • Paul Weller

    You Do Something To Me

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • Tom Grennan

    Don't Break The Heart (That's Loving You)

    • Evering Road (Deluxe Edition).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Coldplay & BTS

    My Universe

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

  • Wham!

    Everything She Wants

    • Wham! - Make It Big.
    • Epic.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Sarah

    • Thin Lizzy - Black Rose.
    • Vertigo.

  • Timbaland

    Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)

    • (CD Single).
    • Blackground Records.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Say Something (feat. Chris Stapleton)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.

  • Sam Fender

    Get You Down

    • Seventeen Going Under.
    • Polydor.

  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Confide In Me

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • JP Cooper

    Call My Name

    • SHE.
    • Island.

  • Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Modern Romance

    Everybody Salsa

    • 25 Years of Rock 'N' Roll Volume 2 1981.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Wake Up Everybody

    • Harold Melvin - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Livin' Thing

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Oct 202114:00
    BBC Radio 2

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