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With Shirley Conran and Jenny Eclair

Going out with a bang before his summer break, Graham welcomes author and columnist Shirley Conran and comedian Jenny Eclair into the studio. Plus there's another Tune With a Tale.

In his last show before heading off for his summer break, Graham pulled out all the stops, which included a truly awful 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' song -in the form of 'Stars On 45' by Starsound , as chosen by Adam Clarke from Swindon. The only good thing was that it wasn't the 15 minute version! Phew!

'Tune With A Tale' this week was slightly different, as Graham caught up with one of his favourite callers from the past series, Pat Kellaway in Dorset. When she was on before Pat chose Barry Manilow's 'Copacabana' and this time it was another sad story, with 'Big Bad John' by Jimmy Dean. Pat also told Graham how the wedding she attended in New York went, what she wore, and how she's dreading the Olympics.

In 'Grill Graham', Richard in St Austell was worried about his cousin who has had many difficulties in her life and is due to foster a child and he's not sure it's the best thing for her to do. Then there was Helena in Corby who was worried that her well off brother is dating a horrid lady who is only after his money!

Graham's first guest of the day was self-confessed grumpy old woman Jenny Eclair. She talked about her third novel, 'Life, Death & Vanilla Slices' which has just been published. She also chatted about being back on tour, how her book has got her mother's seal of approval and the fact that she doesn't actually eat Γ©clairs.

Then after 12, Graham's final guest of the series was the original superwoman, Shirley Conran, who dropped by to talk about the 30th anniversary of her bestseller 'Lace' which has been republished. To celebrate that fact, Shirley brought Graham in a gift, a pair of lacy pants... Shirley also talked about a vacuum cleaning race with Stirling Moss at The Savoy and how it takes 43 minutes to clean a house.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sat 14 Jul 2012 10:00
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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Holiday (Remix)

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Winner

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Going To A Go-Go

    • Supafunky II (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Stars on 45

    Stars on 45

  • Maroon 5

    One More Night

    • Overexposed.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Yellowire

    All Said & Done

    • Promo Single.
    • i.d. records.

  • Soft Cell

    What?

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • ABBA

    Lay All Your Love On Me

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 005.

  • Lawson

    Taking Over Me

  • Grace Jones

    I Need A Man

  • Jason Mraz

    93 Million Miles

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Diana Ross

    The Boss

    • Greatest Songs By Ashford & Simpson.
    • Hitsville.

  • Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

    Jenny Take a Ride

    • Mitch Rider & The Detroit Wheels.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • The Black Keys

    Lonely Boy

  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Noisettes

    That Girl

    • Contact.
    • Absolute.

  • Jimmy Dean

    Big Bad John

    • Rediscover The 50's - Here Comes Summ.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Brilliant Things

    Feels Like Summer

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Alicia Keys

    Superwoman

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

  • Billie Holiday

    Miss Brown To You

  • Saint Etienne

    DJ

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

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

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Jul 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2