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Birmingham's Homeless Choir

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Andrew Marston, including the people behind a choir for the homeless and details of next year's Lakefest.

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Andrew Marston, including:

• Beautiful music from those lesser-heard voices: Meeting the people behind a choir for the homeless in Birmingham.

• How the big boss of Lakefest said he booked one of next year’s headliners, at Eastnor Castle, after watching Louis Theroux!

• Worcester author Sheryl Browne talks us through the secrets of turning the smallest of ideas into a page turning thriller.

• A spoken word piece from an A&E doctor, from Hagley, about working in difficult circumstances where their best effort is "never enough".

• A guided tour of the world’s smallest theatre, in Malvern, which could be yours!

• Why a former soldier, from Telford, has been handcuffed to a 5kg medicine ball for the last few weeks.

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Last on

Sat 23 Dec 202318:00
BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC CWR & BBC Radio WM

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Music Played

  • Harry Styles

    Late Night Talking

    • Columbia.

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • Diamonds (Remastered).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 05.

  • The Stranglers

    Golden Brown

    • Stranglers - Singles, The UA Years.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 18.

  • Rudimental

    Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre)

    • Waiting All Night EP.
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • The Libertines

    Can't Stand Me Now

    • The Libertines 2004.
    • Rough Trade.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • Cool Christmas.
    • WEA.
    • 01.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Strong Enough (feat. Bailey Zimmerman)

    • Jonas Brothers.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lightning Bolt

    • Jake Bugg.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Kosheen

    Hide U

    • Hide U.
    • Moksha Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Sigala

    Sweet Lovin' (feat. Bryn Christopher)

    • MINISTRY OF SOUND.

  • Olly Murs

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (BBC Live Version)

    • Right Place Right Time (Special Edition).
    • Epic.
    • 15.

  • Tom Grennan

    How Does It Feel

    • Insanity.

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • Coldplay - Christmas Lights.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 01.

  • Scott Wilkes

    Merry Christmas Everyone

  • Kylie Minogue

    Hold On To Now

    • BMG.

  • Macy O

    Close This Christmas (feat. Ludlow Primary School)

    • Moose Records Ltd.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Dec 202318:00
    BBC Radio Shropshire & BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • Thu 21 Dec 202319:00
    BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio WM & BBC CWR
  • Sat 23 Dec 202318:00
    BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC CWR & BBC Radio WM

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