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Let’s start the week right!

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.
Richie Anderson gets you ready for a brand new week, bringing you Monday Motivation, live from Salford.

Make sure you're listening very carefully to his Secret Star. Can you guess the celebrity with the distorted voice from the clues? You'll get one clue every Monday morning, so make sure you make note of them all if you're going to figure it out!

Richie will also be looking ahead to the brand new week, with The Week in Songs, 3 songs linked to 3 things you need to know about in the next 7 days.

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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

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2 hours, 58 minutes

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Mon 15 Dec 202500:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • S Club

    Reach

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Rihanna

    We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ella Eyre

    hell yeah

    • everything, in time.
    • PIAS.

  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Harry Styles

    As It Was

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.

  • JERUB

    Kumbaya

    • (CD Single).
    • Elevate Music.

  • Whitney Houston

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    • A&M.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Office Party

    • Kylie Christmas ( Fully Wrapped ).
    • Rhino.

  • Amerie

    1 Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Charlotte OC

    Cider & Black

    • Seriously Love, Go Home E.P..
    • Embassy Of Music.

  • Madonna

    Santa Baby

    • A Very Special Christmas (Various).
    • A&M.

  • Roxette

    Joyride

    • Roxette Hits!.
    • Capitol.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Little Lies

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 007.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Still Don't Care

    • Toy With Me.
    • Epic.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Under The Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Gingerbread Records.

  • Omar

    There's Nothing Like This

    • The New Soul Album (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Nelly Furtado

    I'm Like A Bird

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

  • Remember Monday

    More Than Ever

    • (CD Single).
    • Nothing Nice To Say.

  • Chairmen of the Board

    Give Me Just A Little More Time

    • Hits Of Hot Wax & Invictus (Various).
    • Hdh.

  • Perrie

    Christmas Magic (Radio 2 Piano Room, 04 Dec 2025)

  • Maroon 5

    This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • J.

  • The Human League

    Mirror Man

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Tony Christie

    (Is This the Way to) Amarillo

    • NOW That's What I Call A Wedding! (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Laufey

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • A Very Laufey Holiday.
    • Vingolf Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Destiny’s Child

    8 Days Of Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Coming Home This Christmas (feat. Kenny G)

    • A Very Jonas Christmas Movie O.S.T..
    • Hollywood.

  • HUNTR/X

    Golden

    • K-Pop Demon Hunters O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Republic.

  • Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Charlie Puth

    Changes

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.

  • Bryan Adams

    California Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Bad Records.

  • Justin Bieber

    Mistletoe

    • Pop Party: Christmas.
    • Universal.
    • 002.

  • Peggy Gou

    (It Goes Like) Nanana

    • (CD Single).
    • XL Recordings.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor

    (Christmas) Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana.

  • Cher

    DJ Play A Christmas Song

    • Christmas.
    • Warner Music.

  • ABBA

    Money, Money, Money

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 009.

  • Lulu

    Shout

    • It's Party Time (Various Artists).
    • Magic.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Dec 202500:00
    BBC Radio 2