Ruby Wax and Jonathan Harvey join John
John Bishop talks to Ruby Wax and Jonathan Harvey, introduces a Greatest Record Never Played from Don McLean and asks a well-known name about their Perfect Weekend.
For the next five weeks John Bishop will be hosting Saturday mornings.
Each week John will introduce the Greatest Record Never Played - a fantastic song, from a favourite band or artist, but rarely heard on the radio. For his first show he has chosen his own hidden gem from Don McLean.
In My Perfect Weekend a well known name will be telling us how they would spend their ideal, money's no object, Saturday and Sunday - where they would go, who they would take with them, what they would eat and what they might listen to and watch.
John's first guests are:
Ruby Wax, who tells John about her new one-woman show, which is heading for Edinburgh. It's based on her number 1 bestselling book Sane New World: Taming the Mind. Described as a manual on how to survive the 21st century, using the knowledge from her recent Masters Degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy at Oxford University, spiked with comedy.
Ruby will also be talking about highlights from her long and varied career to date.
Also this week, fellow Liverpudlian Jonathan Harvey, the multi-award-winning writer of the play and film Beautiful Thing, the creator and writer of the Bafta-nominated sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme, and Beautiful People. He is one of the main writers of Coronation Street, and his other TV work includes Rev, Shameless, At ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ With The Braithwaites, Lilies, The Catherine Tate Show, Panto (starring one John Bishop) and Murder Most Horrid. He also wrote the 2001 stage musical Closer To Heaven with the Pet Shop Boys. Perhaps most significantly of all, he also won the Spacehopper Championships at Butlins Pwhelli in 1976.
He will be talking to John about his third novel The Girl Who Just Appeared and his plans for the summer.
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The Sun Always Shines on TV
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
- 1.
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The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun
- 1967-1970.
- Apple.
- 7.
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Blue Γyster Cult
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
- Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
- Hit.
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Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
- Remastered Part I.
- Fish People.
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Eric Clapton
Call Me The Breeze
- The Breeze.
- Polydor.
- 001.
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Accidents Will Happen
- Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
- Imp Records.
- 4.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Let's Groove
- 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
- Rhino.
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Aretha Franklin
I Say A Little Prayer
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Hit The North
SadMan
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
- Dare!.
- Virgin.
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Don McLean
Castles In The Air
- Don McLean-American Pie/Greatest Hits.
- EMI.
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George Michael
Fastlove
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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MKTO
Classic
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music.
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Van Morrison
Crazy Love
- Moondance.
- Warner Bros.
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Dolly Parton
Try
- Blue Smoke.
- Sony Music.
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La Roux
Uptight Downtown
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
- 001.
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Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Creep (choral version)
- Use Somebody.
- Wall Of Sound.
- 3.
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Sam Smith
Money On My Mind
- Now! That's What I Call Music 87.
- Universal.
- 6.
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Sniff βnβ the Tears
Driver's Seat
- Various Artists - Top Gear 2.
- Columbia.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
- Born To Run.
- CBS.
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Talk Talk
It's My Life
- More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Ward Thomas
Push for the Stride
- (CD Single).
- WTW.
- 1.
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Ben Watt
Forget
- (CD Single).
- Caroline International.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Sat 12 Jul 2014 10:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2