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Jon Holmes sits in for Graham Norton over the summer, with special guests, Jonny Saunders back to guide us through the sport, Bobbie Pryor on travel, and the KenBruceMaster quiz.

Jon Holmes sits in for Graham Norton over the summer, with Jonny Saunders back on Radio 2 to guide us through the sport, Bobbie Pryor's travel, and more hand-picked music for the discerning listener.

Each week there will be guests, with lady legends of sitcom including Nerys Hughes, Sue Pollard, Penelope Keith and Linda Robson, joining Jon to chat about their life and career.

Jon is showcasing brand new music talent on Radio 2 in a series of live sessions. So far, so usual. But in His Busker's Voice, the talent will quite literally be drawn from the streets, as Jon lines up Britain's best buskers to play live in the studio.

The Midday MashUp features two tunes that sound ridiculous on paper but make glorious sense when you hear them together. While Jon's KenBruceMaster quiz turns Ken Bruce's PopMaster quiz on its head. Instead of listeners answering questions about pop stars: on Saturdays, pop stars will answer (very surreal) questions about Ken Bruce.

In Toddler Pops, Jon invites listeners to identify the tune as played by a two year old on a toy glockenspiel (it could be anything from Coldplay, to the Rolling Stones by way of Iron Maiden). And a Radio 2 listener battles against Jon's studio guest in a game of names. They just have to correctly guess whether Elephant's Breath is the name of a band, or a paint colour, and similar conundrums in Band I Found On MySpace Or...

Jon Holmes is an eight time Sony award-winning writer and presenter, with two BAFTAs and two British Comedy Awards to his name, and one of his early credits was as a writer for Graham Norton's TV show.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sat 8 Sep 2012 10:00
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Music Played

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
    • RCA.

  • The Beach Boys

    Isn't It Time

    • That's Why God Made The Radio.
    • Capitol.

  • Depeche Mode

    Personal Jesus

    • Depeche Mode - The Singles 86-98.
    • Mute Records.

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Deacon Blue

    The Hipsters

    • (CD Single).
    • Edsel Recordings.
    • 1.

  • MIKA

    °δ±π±τ±π²ϊ°ω²Ή³Ω±πΜύ (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Spread Your Wings

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.

  • Cass Elliot

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • Bubble Gum, Lemonade & Something for Mama.
    • Dunhill.
    • 12.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • fun.

    Some Nights

    • Some Nights.
    • Atlantic.

  • Crowded House

    Weather With You

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • James Naugton & Company

    Razzle Dazzle

    • ChicagoThe Muiscal.
    • BMG.
    • 18.

  • The Cult

    She Sells Sanctuary

    • The Cult - Pure Cult: The Singles.
    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Bring On The Dancing Horses

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.

  • Emilia Mitiku

    So Wonderful

    • I Belong To You.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.

  • Bryan Adams/Metallica

    Run To You/Enter Sandman (mash-up)

  • Gun

    No Substutute

    • Break the Silence.
    • White.
    • 1.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Read All About It Pt III

    • Our Version Of Events.
    • Virgin.

  • The Beatles

    Paperback Writer

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 014.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Peter Thomas

    Moon River/ Somewhere Over the Rainbow (live)

  • Peter Thomas

    I Write Songs for Boy Bands (live)

  • Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

    Good Time

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

  • Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

    It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • The Who

    Happy Jack

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 008.

  • Frank Turner

    I Still Believe

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XTRA MILE RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Sep 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2