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Award-winning poetry

Discover Harbourne's Vig, and Stoke-on-Trent's Tiara Goonasinghe in full flow. Plus comedian Greg Davies and a long-lost voice of rural Warwickshire, resurfaced. With Lizzie Crow.

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Upload with Lizzie Crow in for Nina Das Gupta, including:

• The new film convention arriving to our area, bringing Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and stars of Italian cult movies galore, with Weird Worcester.

• He runs his own poetry nights in Birmingham and is a serious player in the spoken word scene: Get to know Harbourne's Vig, and hear one of his phenomenal pieces.

• Celebrating 100 years of Stoke-on-Trent, rising poet Tiara Goonasinghe shares a piece marking the heritage of her hometown.

• An incredible slice of rural farming life like you've never heard before - thanks to an interview 50 years old, restored from old tape, and showcasing a Warwickshire farmer's memories of the early nineteenth century.

• Concluding our coverage of the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival, at his hometown of Droitwich - hear from Taskmaster and Inbetweeners star Greg Davies - after headlining the whole event.

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Sat 14 Jun 2025 18:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Stoke, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio WM, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ CWR

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Music Played

  • Taylor Dayne

    Tell It to My Heart

    • Pure...Woman.
    • Sony Music CG.
    • 07.

  • Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • Don't Call Me.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    (We Want) The Same Thing

    • Belinda Carlisle Gold.
    • Crimson Gold.
    • 01.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Azizam

    • Atlantic.

  • sombr

    Undressed

    • Warner Records.

  • Tiara Goonasinghe

    1010101

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • Can't Stop The Feeling.
    • RCA.
    • 01.

  • Tiara Goonasinghe

    A Monument One Hundred Years in the Making

  • George Benson

    Never Give Up On A Good Thing

    • George Benson - Classic Love Songs.
    • Rhino.
    • 09.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Easy Lover

    • RCA.

  • Vig

    Bangalore To Britain

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • Keane - Hopes & Fears.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd.
    • 01.

  • Maroon 5 & LISA

    Priceless

    • Interscope.

  • Myles Smith

    Gold

    • RCA.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • Clocks.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 06.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 12 Jun 2025 18:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire
  • Thu 12 Jun 2025 19:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Stoke, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ CWR & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio WM
  • Sat 14 Jun 2025 18:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Stoke, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio WM, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ CWR