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Flo & Joan

Rev Kate Bottley meets musical comedy duo Flo & Joan to talk about growing up in a vicarage and why we all love Victoria Wood. Plus Manchester's Muslim Arts & Culture Festival.

Flo & Joan are a musical comedy duo whose songs have racked up 50 million views online. Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe Show and two TV comedy specials, sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey are about to head out on a big headline tour. They tell Rev Kate Bottley about music, comedy and why we all love Victoria Wood, growing up in a vicarage and how they dealt with online abuse after appearing in a national TV advert.

This month Manchester plays host to MACFEST, a Muslim Arts and Culture Festival with over 50 events across the region celebrating the diversity and richness of Muslim heritage. Qaisra Shahraz is a successful novelist and the founder of MACFEST, she tells Kate how she wants the festival to bring people together across different communities. Plus Maryam Wahid is a young award-winning photographer from Birmingham taking part in the festival. Her self-portrait wearing the clothes her mother wore when she arrived in the UK from Pakistan, won the 2018 Portrait of Britain prize at the British Journal of Photography. She tells Kate about why she wants to make sure Britain's South Asian community are represented in art.

Plus Kate talks to another Charity Champion going out of their way to help others. If you'd like to nominate somebody extraordinary who gives up their time to volunteer or fundraise we'd love to hear from you. Email gms@bbc.co.uk.

Producer: Rebecca Maxted

2 hours, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Jan 2020 06:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 008.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • Jon Secada

    Just Another Day

    • The Love Album (CD 2) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Mandisa

    Way Maker

  • Prince

    The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

    • (CD Single).
    • NPG RECORDS.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Power Over Me

    • Outnumbered.
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Charles Esten Lennon And Maisy

    A Life That's Good

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Al Firdaus Ensemble

    Celtic Salawat

  • The Adventures

    Broken Land

    • The Sea Of Love (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • MistaJam

    Ultimatum (feat. Laura White)

    • (CD Single).
    • Armada Music.

  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Madness

    House Of Fun

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free (feat. Junior Reid)

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • The Model: 20 New Romantic Hits From The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.
    • 6.

  • Freya Ridings

    Love Is Fire

    • Freya Ridings.
    • Good Soldier.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    If I Were A Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Roachford

    Love Remedy

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Paloma Faith

    Upside Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Everyday Life

    • Everyday Life: Sunset.
    • Parlophone.

  • James Morrison

    Wonderful World

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • ABBA

    Super Trouper

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 006.

  • Stormzy

    Crown

  • Flo & Joan

    Save The Bees (Live)

  • Kash Doll, Kim Petras, ALMA & Stefflon Don

    How It's Done

    • Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Silver Cloud.

  • Blossoms

    The Keeper

    • The Keeper.
    • Virgin EMI.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Shut Up And Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Jan 2020 06:00
    成人快手 Radio 2