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Annie Nightingale and Gareth Gates are this week's guests

Annie Nightingale joins Graham to chat about her Radio 2 Bank Holiday special, plus pop star turned West End leading man Gareth Gates drops by.

With Eurovision just one week away, this week's 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better', was the UK's entry from 1980, Prima Donna's 'Love Enough For Two'. It didn't prove as popular as last week's 'One Step Further' by Bardo, but there was some fondness expressed for Eurovision tracks from the 80s...

In 'Grill Graham', Mr Norton and Alex Lester's stand-in Maria McErlane, helped Martin from Wolverhampton who was unsure on how to proceed after finding a dating app on his wife's mobile phone (you shouldn't go looking for trouble Martin!). Is she looking at it for amusement? Is she simply flirting? Or is it more serious...? Then Robert in Cardiff wanted to know how to tell his friend at work that she smells of wet dog, without hurting her feelings. Good luck with that one!

Queen of the airwaves, Annie Nightingale, was Graham's first guest of the day. She talked about how she's been on Radio 1 since 1970, how she still goes to lots of gigs and joining the Radio 2 family with the return of 'Annie Nightingale's Eternal Jukebox' which is on Jubilee Tuesday, June 5th at 8pm.

Jenny McMichael from Market Harborough chose 'Independence' by The Band Perry in 'Tune With A Tale', a song close to her heart as it's all about leaving home for the first time.

After 12, Gareth Gates popped in to talk about starring in a new British musical called 'Loserville', written by Elliot Davis and James Bourne, which opens in Leeds in June and also a one off show, 'Momentous Musicals' in Wimbledon in July. He also spoke about his stammer and how he's helped others with the same problem, starring in Les Miserrables, and how he's currently living at home with his mum making him packed lunches everyday.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sat 19 May 2012 10:00
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Music Played

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Gabby Young

    In Your Head

    • Promo single.
    • Gift of the Gab Records.
    • 1.

  • The Foundations

    In The Bad Bad Old Days

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' as chosen by Kev Johnson

    • Prima Donna

      Love Enough For Two

      • Ultimate Eurovision Party.
      • SONY BMG MUSIC.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Slow It Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Rumer

    P.F. Sloan

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Altered Images

    See Those Eyes

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Alesha Dixon

    The Boy Does Nothing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Take Me Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Between The Minds.
    • Fullfill Records.

  • Donna Summer

    State Of Independence (Original Album Version)

  • The Musgraves

    Comfortable Shoes

    • Album Sampler.
    • Redhouse Records.

  • Charlie Dore

    Pilot Of The Airwaves

    • Walking On Sunshine Vol 1.
    • Kenwest.

  • The choice of Annie Nightingale

    • Empire of the Sun

      Walking On A Dream

      • (CD Single).
      • Virgin.
      • 1.

  • BOY

    Little Numbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Talk Talk

    Talk Talk

    • The Very Best Of Talk Talk.
    • Parlophone.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Only The Horses

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • 'Tune With A Tale' as chosen by Jennie McMichael

    • The Band Perry

      Independence

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Love Will Set You Free

    • (CD Single).
    • Conehead.
    • 1.

  • Gareth Gates

    Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)

    • (CD Single).
    • 19/Rca/Bmg.

  • As chosen by Gareth Gates

    • Keane

      This Is The Last Time

      • (CD Single).
      • Universal Island.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Dark Side

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Gabrielle

    When A Woman

    • (CD Single).
    • Go Beat.

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 May 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2