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With deepest respect, why a hippo?

Join Liza for regional chest beating with Gripping Local Facts (don't mention the Walsall Hippo), Celebs in Dreams features a soft-rock icon & it's anatomy o'clock in Text Errors.

The soundtrack to Saturday evening, a mishmash of tunes: a hearty portion of hilarity, a side of whimsy and a dollop of dinner chat.

Liza asked for your Gripping Local Facts; learning that many places in the UK claim to have the Widest High-street, and that even questioning the Walsall Hippo will get you into hot water.

PLUS - Where's the line with the word JUMBO, Parental Deceit continues to scar and how your Keyring could save an insect.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Aug 202318:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus

    Brazil

    • Say It With Music.
    • Columbia.
    • 9.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    The Passenger

    • I, Tonya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.
    • 15.

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Getaway

    • The Whole World’s Shaking.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 18.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    When I Dream

    • Culture Bunker 1978 - 82.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 8.

  • Fountains of Wayne

    Supercollider

    • Welcome Interstate Managers.
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 15.

  • Rozi Plain

    Friend City

    • Friend.
    • Lost Map.
    • 4.

  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

    • Mony Mony.
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • Polystar.

  • Leon Haywood

    Don't Push It Don't Force It

    • Keep It In The Family (Expanded Edition).
    • Mercury Records.
    • 10.

  • Squeeze

    Take Me I'm Yours

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • Tommy Collins

    Black Cat

    • Capitol Collectors Series.
    • CMCapNash (N91).
    • 12.

  • David Rose and His Orchestra

    The Stripper

    • One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Volume 1 (Various Artists).
    • Not Now Music.

  • Jimmy Dorsey

    'A' You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

    • Dot Records.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Let's Get Away From It All

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • The Proclaimers

    Over and Done With

    • This Is the Story.
    • Chrysalis UK.
    • 2.

  • Moon Mullican

    Seven Nights to Rock

    • Hillbilly Legends - C & W Heroes Are Rockin', Vol. 8.
    • Documents 2.
    • 25.

  • Thurston Harris & The Sharps

    Little Bitty Pretty One

    • Lipstick On Your Collar.
    • EMI TV.
    • 12.

  • The Holy Royal Orchestral Academy

    William Tell Overture - Finale

    • 100 Italian World Classical Masters.
    • Essential World Classics.
    • 4.

  • David Bowie

    Fame

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Diamonds Are Forever

  • The La’s

    Way Out

    • The La's.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 8.

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Gave Up Quality For Quantity (Cellarful Of Motown Version)

    • Additional Singles & Rarities.
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 9.

  • Cautious Clay

    Cheesin' (feat. Remi Wolf, Sophie Meiers, Still Woozy, Melanie Faye & HXNS)

    • Cheesin'.
    • Sundae Songs.

  • Nelson Riddle & Nat King Cole

    I'm Shooting High

    • From The Capitol Vaults.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
    • 3.

  • Young–Holt Unlimited

    Soulful Strut

    • Wack Wack: The Best of Young Holt.
    • Edsel.
    • 2.

  • Earl Hines, Kenny Whitson & Barbara Dane

    This Little Light of Mine (feat. Benny Carter, Herbie Harper, John Halliburton, Plas Johnson, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Wellman Braud, Billy Strange, Jesse Sailes, Earl Palmer, Rocco Wilson & Ray Johnson)

    • "Livin' with the Blues". Barbara Dane with Earl Fatha Hines and His Orchestra Pl.
    • Fresh Sound Records.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Aug 202318:00
    BBC Radio 2