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Jan 13
42m 34s

Blue celebrate 25 years in pop and perfo...

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About this episode

The boyband Blue perform one of the biggest early hits - One Love - and talk to Tom Sutcliffe about celebrating 25 years together with new album Reflections and a major tour.

Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie discusses his film about an ambitious 1950s table tennis player. Timothee Chalamet won a Best Actor Golden Globe for the title role this week.

It’s 40 years since Poems on the Underground was launched and a new collection is being released to mark the anniversary.

And Claire Malcolm tells Tom about plans for the new Centre for Writing and Publishing in Newcastle.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Lucy Collingwood

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