The highlight of Trevor Nelson's Wednesday afternoon was a genuine radio exclusive: a previously unreleased Stevie Wonder song, "My Life Story of Love," taken from a new EP of tracks recorded during the Songs in the Key of Life sessions, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Trevor built the whole show towards it, calling it "a new tune, but it's old" and dedicating the play to his auntie Sandra on her 70th birthday.
There was real warmth elsewhere too. During Three Seconds to Name, Trevor rang Andy in Cumbernauld, who correctly named Al Jarreau's Moonlighting theme before revealing he was off to give blood that afternoon — his first Radio 2 magic phone call. Trevor was visibly moved, telling him "that means a hell of a lot," and the moment clearly struck a chord: a listener, Emily, texted in to say she'd just signed up to give blood again for the first time in years because of the call.
Elsewhere it was classic Trevor fare — a mashup of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" left listeners guessing wildly (Simply Red was the most popular wrong answer), plenty of chat about Radio 2 Loves Disco week ahead of Funky Friday, and a shoutout to the Bee Gees vs Live concert with Rylan. Trevor also flagged Celebrity Traitors starting on BBC iPlayer, admitting he'd "slid into" Joe Marler's DMs after their Celebrity Blankety Blank days.
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