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Jun 2025
43m 10s

Debbie Wiseman and Ben Gernon round off ...

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Wolf Hall composer Debbie Wiseman and conductor Ben Gernon join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the final five tracks to the playlist for the current series. From the UK's first Eurovision winner to a heavy metal classic via Europe's second-longest river, the team wrap up the series before returning in August.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II Hai, Dunărea mea by Elena Roizen 3rd movement of the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg Overkill by Motörhead

Other music in this episode:

Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye Petit Pays by Cesária Évora Always Something There To Remind Me by Sandie Shaw Congratulations by Cliff Richard Back Home by the 1970 England World Cup Squad Shang-a-Lang by The Bay City Rollers 1st movement of the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg

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