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Music, chat and Richard Ayoade

Mark and Stuart present a feast of music and chat to actor, director and writer Richard Ayoade.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of top tunes and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today, actor, comedian and writer Richard Ayoade joins Mark and Stuart to share his 'First, Last and Everything' - that’s the first record he owned, the most recent one he's enjoyed and the record that means ‘everything’ to him. He also chats about his debut children’s book The Book That No One Wanted to Read.

Richard Ayoade is best known for his BAFTA winning role in The IT Crowd and for presenting Travel Man, Have I Got News For You and the BAFTA TV Awards. He wrote and directed the 2010 film Submarine featuring music by Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and the 2013 film The Double. He has written three books on film.

Also on the show... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 7 Oct 2023 08:00

Music Played

  • M.I.A.

    Paper Planes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • The Streets

    Each Day Gives

    • Warner.
  • Scritti Politti

    Perfect Way

    • Cupid & Psyche 85.
    • Virgin.
    • 6.
  • Black Uhuru

    Whole World is Africa

  • Conchúr White

    I Did Good Today

  • R.E.M.

    Near Wild Heaven

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Rahim Redcar

    Girlfriend (feat. ¶Ùâ³¾-¹ó³Ü²Ô°ì)

    • Because Music Ltd.
  • Sorry

    Screaming In The Rain Again

    • Domino.
  • Sing Leaf

    Blizzard Island

    • Tin Angel Records.
  • The Beatles

    Long, Long, Long

    • The White Album.
    • Apple.
    • 7.
  • English Teacher

    The World's Biggest Paving Slab

    • Island.
  • CVC

    Music Stuff (6 Music Session, 27 Jul 2023)

  • Giorgio Moroder

    The Chase

    • And They Danced The Night Away CD1.
    • CASABLANCA.
    • 10.
  • Jessica Winter & Jonathan Snipes

    All I Need

    • Sub Pop Records.
  • Sugar Pie DeSanto

    Soulful Dress

    • Chess.
  • Tori Amos

    Rattlesnakes

    • Strange Little Girls.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 6.
  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Erasure

    • Thirty Tigers.
  • Alex Turner

    Stuck On The Puzzle

    • Submarine E.P.
    • DOMINO.
    • 5.
  • Miso Extra

    50/50

    • Transgressive.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    The Concept

    • Creation Records.
  • The Lemon Twigs

    What Happens To A Heart

    • Everything Harmony.
    • Captured Tracks.
  • Dinosaur Jr.

    Water

    • Green Mind.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 7.
  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    I Want To Be Your Only Pet

    • Mmm...Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Oct 2023 08:00