Jo Whiley opened Tuesday's show with her regular Shiny Happy Playlist, thirty minutes of feelgood music including tracks from the Jacksons, Grace Jones and Green Day, continuing the station's disco theme for the week. Listeners sent in a stream of shout-outs, including a couple returning from a 3,000-mile motorhome trip through France and Spain, a paramedic newly qualified after six years with the London Ambulance Service, a silver wedding anniversary message, and a mention for the crew of Tower Lifeboat completing an eight-day charity cycle. Jo also teased an appearance from a member of "Johnny Ma" (Johnny Marr's band) on Thursday's show.
The second half saw Jo joined by TV critic Emma Bullimore for the Radio 2 Culture Club. The pair discussed the return of Celebrity Traitors, which Bullimore had previewed at an early screening. She praised the new line-up, including Miranda Hart, Ross Kemp and James Blunt, saying "big things do happen" in the first episode, airing Thursday and Friday at 8pm on BBC One. Bullimore also recommended Kill Jackie, a revenge thriller starring Catherine Zeta-Jones on Prime Video from Friday, Break Clause, a new Channel 4 rom-com following Colin from Accounts, and The Split Up, a spin-off from legal drama The Split. The pair also ran through a New York Times list of the 100 best TV shows of the century, with Breaking Bad topping the list.
Jo also flagged an upcoming session with Antony Szmierek on Wednesday's show, and featured Prima Queen's Dirty Rascal as her "infatuation" track of the week.
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