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Tunes, chat and a bear special

Mark and Stuart celebrate the 65th anniversary of Paddington Bear with selection of bear-related tracks and chat.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present an audio buffet of top tunes and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today they mark the 65th anniversary of Paddington Bear with a special bear-themed show. The popular fictional bear first appeared in author Michael Bond's book ‘A Bear Called Paddington’ on 13th October 1958. To celebrate Paddington’s anniversary, Mark and Stuart play a selection of bear-related tracks and discuss our favourite fictional bears.

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 including tracks from Friends Again, Charlotte Adigéry, Mercury Rev, James Brown, Mitski, Robyn, Arctic Monkeys, Panda Bear and The Charlatans.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 14 Oct 2023 08:00

Music Played

  • Grizzly Bear

    Two Weeks

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARP.
    • 1.
  • Goat

    Join The Resistance

    • Rocket Recordings.
  • Charlotte Adigéry

    Bear With Me (And I'll Stand Bare Before You)

    • DEEWEE.
  • Elvis Presley

    (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

    • Elvis Presley: 20 Greatest Hits.
    • Rock 'n' Roll Classics.
    • 3.
  • Candidate

    Saturation

    • Point Clear.
    • Candidate.
  • Friends Again

    Honey at the Core

    • Trapped and Unwrapped.
  • The Future Sound of London

    Papua New Guinea

    • Jumpin/Pumpin.
  • Gotts Street Park

    Mountains (feat. ENNY)

    • Blue Flowers.
  • Makushin

    Drupelet

    • Move into the Luminous.
    • Blackford Hill.
  • Mercury Rev

    Endlessly

    • Deserter's Songs.
    • V2 Music Ltd t/a V2 Records.
    • 3.
  • Jalen Ngonda

    That's All I Wanted From You

    • Daptone.
  • Honey and the Bees

    Love Addict

  • 14 Iced Bears

    Come Get Me

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • MCA.
  • The Kills

    103

    • Domino.
  • The 2 Bears

    Bear Hug

    • Be Strong.
    • 3.
  • Mitski

    Heaven

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

    The Rattler

    • Big Gold Dreams: a Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 38.
  • ESG

    You're No Good

    • Mute Records.
  • Robyn

    Honey

    • Honey.
    • Universal Music Oy.
    • 1.
  • Jessica Winter & Jonathan Snipes

    All I Need

    • Sub Pop Records.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    Teddy Picker

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.
  • The Charlatans

    Polar Bear - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Session 20/03/1990

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Polygram TV.
  • Coi Leray

    Players

    • Republic Records.
  • Panda Bear

    Buoys

    • Domino.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Oct 2023 08:00