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The Radio 2 Book Club with Jo Browning Wroe and Omid Djalili

Jo's novel A Terrible Kindness is The Book Of The Month and Omid is guest reviewer. Plus there's Factoids, Non-Stop Oldies and the latest entertainment and lifestyle news.

Jo discusses her novel A Terrible Kindness which is the Radio 2 Book Club Book Of The Month, and Omid Djalili is our guest reviewer. Plus there's Factoids, Non-Stop Oldies and the latest entertainment and lifestyle news.

Jo Browning Wroe has an MA in creative writing from the University Of East Anglia and is now creative writing supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. A Terrible Kindness is her debut novel.

Photo: Martin Bond

2 hours, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Good Thing

    • The Raw & The Cooked.
    • London.
  • Nelly Furtado

    All Good Things (Come To An End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
  • Johnny Marr

    Night And Day

    • Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4.
    • New Voodoo/BMG Rights Management.
  • Culture Club

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

    • Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
    • Virgin.
  • Morgan Wade

    Wilder Days

    • Reckless.
    • Ladylike Records.
  • Neiked & Mae Muller

    Better Days (feat. Polo G)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.
  • Roxy Music

    Over You

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware

    Kiss Of Life

    • DISCO: Guest List Edition.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • George Benson

    Give Me The Night

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 1.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Fresh

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Taylor Swift

    Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version)

    • Red (Taylor's Version).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.
  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Aerosmith

    I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

    • Armageddon Film S/Track.
    • Columbia.
  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Michael Gray

    The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Eye Industries.
  • Mike + the Mechanics

    The Living Years

    • Now 1989 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 4.
  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.
  • James Morrison

    Don't Mess With Love

    • (CD Single).
    • James Morrison/Believe.
  • Coldplay

    Higher Power

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.
  • Westlife

    You Raise Me Up

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 11.
  • Usher

    You Make Me Wanna...

    • (CD Single).
    • LAFace Records.
  • The Rolling Stones

    The Last Time聽

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • The Weeknd

    Sacrifice

    • Dawn FM.
    • XO/Republic Records.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Youssou Ndour & Neneh Cherry

    7 Seconds

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • AHI

    Coldest Fire

    • Prospect.
    • 22nd Sentry.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Perfect

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.
  • Original Dodger

    Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Ella Henderson

    Brave

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • MEDUZA

    Tell It To My Heart (feat. Hozier)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Avril Lavigne

    Complicated

    • Avril Lavigne - Let Go.
    • Arista.
  • Anne-Marie & Little Mix

    Kiss My (Uh-Oh)

    • Therapy.
    • Atlantic.
  • Tom Robinson Band

    2-4-6-8 Motorway

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Jan 2022 14:00

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