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Gary Oldman & Caroline Quentin - Smiley & Giggly

Actors Gary Oldman and Caroline Quentin guest as Graham returns to Radio 2 following his summer break in a show featuring spiders, a lost and found boot, and a young fogey.

Proving that he hasn't forgotten how to do this radio lark after eight weeks off during the summer, Graham returned with a show as entertaining and eclectic as ever - what other programme could boast a spider whisperer, a lost and found boot service, 127 Gary Oldmans and Yoda as a theatre director?

In the first 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' of the new series, Sue in Northampton picked an 'out of this world' track - The Firm's 'Star Trekkin'. See what we did there? We set our phasers to pun. Ahem...

Grill Graham brought us two relationship problems this week - Peter in Amersham is having real difficulty persuading his home-loving girlfriend (who's 24) to have a night out, while 'sad, lonely and single' Fergus wondered what else he could try to meet a young (or any) lady.

And in 'Tune With A Tale' Emma Gladwinfield selected Garth Brooks' 'The Beaches Of Cheyenne', although Graham was more interested in whether Emma's hometown was pronounced 'Back-up' or 'Bacup'...

2 hours, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Will Young

    Jealousy

    • Echoes.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.
  • 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' choice of Sue in Northampton

    • The Firm

      Star Trekkin'

      • Novelty No.1's (Various Artists).
      • Virgin.
  • Sugababes

    Freedom

  • The Moments & The Whatnauts

    Girls

    • Soul Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
  • Julian Lennon

    Lookin' 4 Luv

    • (CD Single).
    • Conehead.
    • 1.
  • Madonna

    Ray Of Light

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • The Boomtown Rats

    Rat Trap

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
  • Pixie Lott

    All About Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Amen Corner

    (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.
  • James Morrison

    I Won't Let You Go

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

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Lady Gaga

    You and I

    • (CD Single).
    • Streamline Records.
    • 1.
  • Guest Caroline Quentin's song choice

    • Roy Orbison & k.d. lang

      Crying

      • Pure Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.
  • La Belle Epoque

    Black Is Black

    • Dance Classics Volume 3 (Various Artists).
    • Arcade.
  • Erasure

    Fill Us With Fire

  • 'Tune With A Tale' as chosen by Emma Gladwinfield in Bacup

    • Garth Brooks

      The Beaches of Cheyenne

  • The Streets

    Dry Your Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Sex Pistols

    Anarchy In The U.K.

    • 1977 - The Spirit Of Punk (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.
  • Darren Hayes

    Black Out The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Powdered Sugar Productions.
    • 1.
  • Song choice of guest Gary Oldman

    • The Beatles

      Hello, Goodbye

      • The Beatles - 1.
      • Apple.
      • 019.
  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Sep 2011 10:00