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Music, chat and Amol Rajan

Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music, plus journalist and presenter Amol Rajan shares his ‘First, Last and Everything’.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today journalist and presenter Amol Rajan shares his ‘First, Last and Everything’ - that’s his first record, the most recent one he's enjoyed and the record that means ‘everything’ to him. He also chats about his many and varied projects including his ‘Radical’ podcast for the BBC and presenting TV quiz show University Challenge.

Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He hosts University Challenge on BBC One and podcast series 'Radical' on BBC Sounds and iplayer. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent.

Also on the show... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8700 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started, including tracks from Courtney Barnett, The Rolling Stones, Sampa The Great, Oliver Sim, Julian Cope, Larry Heard and Kelly Lee Owens.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music

2 hours

Music Played

  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • Virgin.
  • Snocaps

    Heathcliff

    • ANTI-.
  • Sampa the Great

    Let Me Be Great

    • Loma Vista.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

    • ABKCO.
  • Lael Neale

    Come On

    • Sub Pop Records.
  • Mazzy Star

    Seasons Of Your Day

    • Seasons of Your Day.
    • Fontana.
    • 006.
  • Larry Heard & Chad White

    The Sun Can't Compare

    • Clone Records.
  • Oliver Sim

    Telephone Games

    • Young.
  • Brooke Combe

    How Can I Tell You? (To Love Me More)

    • Modern Sky UK.
  • Linda Lewis

    Rock A Doodle Doo

    • The Sound Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.
  • Just Mustard

    ENDLESS DEATHLESS

    • Partisan.
  • Best Coast

    Boyfriend

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Wichita.
    • 1.
  • Julian Cope

    Spacehopper

    • Island.
  • Courtney Barnett

    Stay In Your Lane

    • Fiction.
  • NZCA LINES

    Two Hearts (6 Music Session, 21 Mar 2016)

  • David Byrne

    Everybody's Coming To My House

    • Todomundo/Nonesuch.
  • jasmine.4.t

    Find Ur Ppl (feat. Jacob Alon)

    • All Things Go Records.
  • Sinkane

    New Name

    • Mean Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 001.
  • Kelly Lee Owens

    ASCEND

    • dh2.
  • The Bluetones

    Slight Return

    • Superior Quality Recording.
  • Steve Miller Band

    Serenade

    • Fly Like An Eagle.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
    • 4.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Riding High

    • Soul Revolution Part II.
    • Essential World Music.
    • 7.
  • Pip Blom

    I Think I'm In Love

    • NICE SWAN RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Nov 202508:00