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With author Onjali Q Rauf

With author Onjali Q Ra煤f, behind 'The Boy At The Back Of The Class', soon to be a film.

Adam meets author Onjali Q. Ra煤f, whose award-winning book 'The Boy At The Back Of The Class' is already a stage play, and is soon to be a major motion picture. She talks to Adam about heading to Faversham to talk about her work.

Composer and writer Rachel Fuller chats about her debut book, Bee, published to mark Children鈥檚 Mental Health Week.

And we're live in L.A. to catch up with showbiz journalist James Desborough, originally from Kent but now working in Tinseltown.

17 days left to listen

4 hours

Music Played

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • HIStory: Past, Present And Future Book 1.
    • EPIC.
    • 10.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • Now Yearbook 1979.
    • Now! Music.
    • 14.
  • Wilson Phillips

    Hold On

    • 90s Love Songs.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 13.
  • Sam Fender

    People Watching

    • Polydor Records.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Stuck With You

    • Greatest Hits: Huey Lewis & The News.
    • Capitol.
    • 11.
  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Hit Love Songs Of The 60s.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 16.
  • Gracie Abrams

    That's So True

    • Interscope Records.
  • Duran Duran

    Save A Prayer

    • Rio.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 08.
  • Take That

    Shine

    • Beautiful World.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • Jump - Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    • The Bee Gees: Greatest.
    • Bee Gees Catalog.
    • 01.
  • Billie Eilish

    Birds Of A Feather

    • Darkroom.
  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

    • Power Ballads 2.
    • EMI.
    • 04.
  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • It Takes Two.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.
  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Songs From The Big Chair.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 02.
  • Lola Young

    Messy

    • Universal Island.
  • Blur

    Parklife

    • Parklife (2012 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 16.
  • Kelly Clarkson

    Because of You

    • Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen: Greatest Hits (Remastered 2011).
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Four Tops

    I Can't Help Myself

    • Motown Greatest.
    • Motown Records.
    • 02.
  • Toby Lee

    Count On Me

    • 100 Records.
  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic - The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • Parlophone Catalogue.
    • 01.
  • Elton John

    I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

    • Diamonds.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 17.
  • Myles Smith

    Nice To Meet You

    • RCA.
  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White: The Ultimate Collection.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 12.
  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie.
    • Columbia.
    • 01.
  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.
  • No Doubt

    Don't Speak

    • Don't Speak (single).
    • TRAUMA.
    • 05.
  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 47.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.
  • Manfred Mann鈥檚 Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • THE BEST PUP ALBUM.
    • GUT MUSIC.
    • 18.
  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • ChangesTwoBowie (2017 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 13.
  • 搁翱厂脡 & Bruno Mars

    APT.

    • Atlantic Records.
  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Motown, The Ultimate Hits Collection.
    • HITSVILLE.
    • 03.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Feb 2025 14:00