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The Best of BBC Upload in 2025

Adam Crowther brings you his 2025 highlights of the best comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more in this Best of Upload 2025 special.

Join Adam Crowther for a celebration of the very best uploads from 2025 as he delves into his favourite creations of the year.

Hear a witty Shakespearean reimagining in David Anley’s "In Fair Verona" to Athena Aperta’s powerful spoken word piece on love and relationships.
RiverMouth takes us on a thought-provoking journey with "The Human Race", while Elsie Rhymes shares a moving tribute to her father in "Cold Crumble". There’s plenty of humour too, with Stephanie Houtman’s relatable sketch "The Closet Clear Out", Phil Genoux’s clever poem "Stairlift to Heaven", and a classic comedy sketch from Comedy Casserole imagining a world where the news only reports good news.
We round things off with Ryan Chambers’ sharp and funny poem "Not Today".

It’s the ultimate showcase of local talent – poetry, stories and comedy with the very best of 2025 handpicked by Adam Crowther.

Upload your creativity now - bbc.co.uk/upload and you could be featured on BBC Upload in 2026.

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Sat 27 Dec 202518:00
BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Gloucestershire

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Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie.
    • Columbia.
    • 01.

  • ROLE MODEL

    Sally, When The Wine Runs Out

    • Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye).
    • Interscope Records.
    • 15.

  • Five

    Keep On Movin'

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 01.

  • Tate McRae

    Nobody's Girl

    • RCA.

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • HITS ALBUM.
    • 01.

  • JERUB

    Kumbaya

    • Elevate Music Ltd.

  • The Beautiful South

    A Little Time

    • Now Yearbook 1990.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Myles Smith

    Stargazing

    • RCA.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Communion.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.

  • Elles Bailey

    Growing Roots

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Erasure

    Sometimes

    • Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure.
    • Mute.
    • 08.

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Good Enough - The Very Best Of Dodgy.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 01.

  • SIENNA SPIRO

    Die On This Hill

    • Die On This Hill.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (single).
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.

  • JADE

    Church

    • RCA.

  • Michael Jackson

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    • The Essential Michael Jackson.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art of Loving.
    • PLG - Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • Clocks.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 06.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Fate Of Ophelia

    • The Life Of A Showgirl.
    • TS Republic.

  • No Mercy

    Where Do You Go

    • Now Yearbook 1997.
    • Now! Music.

  • Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD

    Wild Woman

    • Island.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Dec 202518:00
    BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Gloucestershire