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Thursday Theme: Richard Curtis

Jo has the Thursday Theme: songs relating to Richard Curtis, to mark the legendary writer, producer and director’s 67th birthday.

Jo has the Thursday Theme: songs relating to Richard Curtis, to mark the legendary writer, producer and director’s 67th birthday.

From Four Weddings and a Funeral to Blackadder, Notting Hill to Love Actually, Richard Curtis has been making us laugh and cry for over forty years. Co-founder of Comic Relief and all-round national treasure, the filmmaker celebrated his 67th birthday yesterday - and in honour of his special day, Jo has a 30-minute mix dedicated just to him!

Send all your Richard Curtis-related song suggestions to [email protected].

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 9 Nov 202319:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Royston Club

    Missed The Boat (Jumped In The Sea)

    • Run On Records.

  • Fugees

    Ready Or Not

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    We're Gonna Get There In The End

    • Council Skies.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Noah Kahan

    Stick Season

    • Stick Season.
    • Mercury.

  • Lily Allen

    22

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.
    • 1.

  • Far From Saints

    The Weather Left To Go

    • Far From Saints.
    • Ignition Records.

  • Mitski

    My Love Mine All Mine (Sofa Session, 8th November 2023)

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
    • WEA.
    • 2.

  • Cat Burns

    know that you're not alone

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • boygenius

    Cool About It (6 Music Session, 07/11/23)

  • Crystal Fighters

    Multiverse

    • Play It Again Sam.

  • R.E.M.

    At My Most Beautiful

    • Up.
    • 5.

  • Sam Fender

    Seventeen Going Under (Acoustic) (feat. Holly Humberstone)

    • Polydor.

  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Sugababes

    Too Lost In You

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Yazoo

    Nobody's Diary

    • The Indie Scene: 1983 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Don McLean

    Vincent

    • Premier.

  • Elvis Costello

    She

    • The Very Best Of Elvis Costello.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Nov 202319:30
    BBC Radio 2