I lost my Mam yesterday. I posted a little bit about her on Instagram because I want to acknowledge her amazing life, so that’s there. Here I’d just like to thank my truly astounding family, friends and colleagues for their support - especially lately. X
This morning at 11am - he was
@Arsenal
’s manager for an extraordinary 22 years but today he’s our castaway. Arsène Wenger shares his remarkable story and eight favourite tracks with us on
#DesertIslandDiscs
🏝 - don‘t miss it!
Solidarity from everyone at Left Field with Billy No Mates who was so badly abused online after her
@glastonbury
set was posted on
@BBC6Music
that she asked them to take the clip down. She played a set for us last year and was brilliant. You’ll always have place here Tor
@AllyAl_3978
As it happens I grew up on his music. The top table at my wedding was the CSNY table (they were all named after different artists). I was on the side of the stage when he played Glastonbury. It’s also my job to open things up to our listeners. Seriously mate, get a life.
Ok then
@BBC6Music
goes back to the 90s! 90s me is here, in a band, up an alley, wearing a secondhand coat and pair of glittery trousers my Mam made, above a logo I designed on her kitchen table…. what do you want to hear on the show?
It’s our last
@BBC6Music
show of the year so my team and I want to say a MASSIVE thank you to the listeners who have kept us going this year. You’re our radio family & we couldn’t ask for better. If you want to let us know what radio has meant to you this year, we’re here!
Tested positive again after a whole weekend in the clear and of course (OF COURSE!) as if to mark the occasion a fox has done an elaborate crap on the new doormat I put out last night. Thanks so much to team
@BBC6Music
for their quick response to the former situation. X
Nobody has ever been cooler than
#charliewatts
, have they? And he was kind to my band when we were daft teenagers completely out of our depth (thank you for that, Mr Watts 🙌🏻) Of course this week’s
#PeoplesPlaylist
will be in his honour. What needs to be on it?
@BBC6Music
Haven’t had a haircut since March but I have made a LOT of
#radio
! Thank you
#AudioUK
for this wonderful honour. It’s always been a privilege to make our shows but this year more than any other has shown my team the power of radio (and podcasts)...
Heading back to 1997 on
@BBC6Music
today! Here’s me from those days having a really quite marvellous time, probably at club Trash. Who were you back then? Would love to give you a mention!
OK then it’s time….
@BBC6Music
goes back…to the 00s! 00s me is here, for some reason on the ground, in a vest and a single earring, with an electroclash two tone hair situation. Hit me with your 00s requests and MAKE THEM GOOD!
Back to the island for a new series of
#DesertIslandDiscs
! I’m delighted to tell you that
@BilliePiper
is our first castaway - don’t miss her island essentials today at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
…
Thank you so much,
@WeAreAudioUK
! I’m honoured and delighted. Thank you to the incredible
@BBC6Music
team, our wonderful listeners and my family for their love, support and compliant silence when the mic is live. Xx
This morning’s castaway is leader of the opposition Sir
@Keir_Starmer
. Family, politics, life, work and (of course) music...we’ll be hearing how it all connects at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
#DesertIslandDiscs
🏝
Finally tackled this box of lovely old binoculars, telescopes and cameras belonging to my late Dad, who was always trying to see things more clearly. I have inherited his tendency for sure, I hope I hold onto it as he did. 🔭
Just to say ahead of
#6Music20
… as someone who was actually told by record shop staff when I was a teenager that they wouldn’t serve me because they didn’t “want to waste that record on a girl”, it’s very heartening to see the wonderful response to our station’s birthday…
Today’s unmissable
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway is icon of the big screen Sophia Loren! Life, love, cinema...and how to beat Richard Burton at scrabble:
@BBCRadio4
, 11am 🏝
Reminiscing with Mr Laverne about the time - almost 20 years ago - when I went to work on my first radio show with
@shaunwkeaveny
the morning after a hot date. SWK bestrode the studio asking “CAN ANYBODY SMELL GIVENCHY POUR HOMME?” incredibly loudly until the olfactory source…
HNY, lovely people. Hope you’re starting 2023 with excellent people and fantastic music… speaking of which, we’re back on
@BBC6Music
tomorrow morning! What do you want to hear on our first show of 2023?
#Cloudbusting
@lewis_damian
Sending my deepest condolences to you on this incalculable loss. It was an honour and a pleasure to talk to Helen about her life last summer. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Do not adjust your radio....today
@BBC6Music
goes POP! We’re celebrating the pleasure and possibilities of pop music and playing out your favourite pop tunes all day. What do you want to hear?
#6MusicGoesPop
Hope your weekend has been happy and safe. Getting ahead of the curve with the
#Cloudbusting
requests tomorrow. What do you want to hear for the last Monday morning in January?
@BBC6Music
🌨❄️☃️
We're all behind you,
@MarcusRashford
.
As a player. As a person. As an inspiration to our club and our supporters. As a representation of hope that there is plenty more good than bad in the world ❤️
#MUFC
#ManUtd
#Rashford
Off to the island! This week’s castaway is Alexei Sayle. He’ll be sharing his reflections on music and his long career in comedy - from the opening night of the Comedy Store to a tap dancing disaster in LA...
#DesertIslandDiscs
, 11am
@BBCRadio4
🏝
"You're a minger/ And I'm a minger too/ So come on minger/ I want to ming with you" now THAT'S what I call a love song. P.S. We're on the radio
@BBC6Music
***IT’S A WALK-OFF!*** a special David Island Disco on tomorrow’s
#DesertIslandDisco
. So I need Bowie bangers, edits, remixes, hits and rarities....what do you want to hear in the mix?
@BBC6Music
Hear ye hear ye! It’s
#TShirtDay
tomorrow!
@BBC6Music
’s annual celebration of the best on your chest - you wear it we’ll play it! If you want to get ahead on our special
#Cloudbusting
and
#DesertIslandDisco
mixes tell us who you’re wearing and what you want to hear below!
Forcing my Mam to watch (my all time favourite series) Mad Men this lockdown. The Season 2 “drop” just kicked in and....suddenly she gets it. Is now obsessed. Expecting a text about lawnmowers VERY soon.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced. (1/4)
Cabbies now represent such a significant proportion of my day to day human contact I just told someone to “Be lucky” instead of saying goodbye. Happy with it tbh.
So that’s my last live show before Christmas done. Just want to say a massive thank you to anyone who has started the day with us on
@BBC6Music
, or who has tuned in to hear our wonderful
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaways on
@BBCRadio4
over the course of 2021. I am so lucky to…
@laurenlaverne
@BBC6Music
Sorry, Seether could not *possibly* have come out 28 years ago, the 90s were only about 10 years ago, and we are all still young and vital, thank you
So lovely to see
@BBC6Music
breakfast up in the
#RAJAR
figures. A huge thank you to everyone who squeezes in for a metaphorical kitchen disco every morning x
Cosmo says hi and wants me to tell you that I’m back on air to start the day with you tomorrow on
@BBC6Music
- bringing you glorious music whether to soothe your soul and/or shake it out...what do you want to hear on our uplifting
#Cloudbusting
mix?
Toasting the Queen of Country on
@BBC6Music
#6MusicSalutes
in a mo. Happy 75th birthday,
@DollyParton
! (Pictured during one of the actual best moments of my life, below)
So proud of our
@BBC6Music
brekkie team today, as we’ve clocked up our biggest
#RAJAR
figures yet. If you’ve joined our radio family: thank you! And thanks
@higginsmark
,
@beefheartzappa
,
@garydbales
who worked so hard in v tricky circumstances to keep us on air during lockdown.
Thank you for the lovely messages about our show today, and to our wonderful
@BBC6Music
team who pulled it together so quickly. It’s a privilege to be with our listeners as we navigate these collective moments and we try to get it right. Back Mon, wishing you a peaceful weekend x
The rain is lashing down outside - perfect weather to take a trip to the island. Taking us there this morning is the phenomenal
@SamTheSparrow
. She’ll be sharing her story and her
#DesertIslandDiscs
with us at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
. Don’t miss it.🏝️
So very sad to hear this news. All our love and thoughts are with his loved ones and bandmates. We’ll be sharing music and tributes for
#SteveMackey
on
@BBC6Music
in the next few days. If you want to leave a request or a memory below please do.
HBD
@BBC6Music
! An early throwback to my all time favourite studio guests, who have popped in from time to time over the years to help me run the desk… though they have their own music collections now! Share a request/memory with us on
#6MusicAt20
. We’d love to hear from you!
Don’t miss this morning’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway
@nazirafzal
sharing his thoughts on his life, his work leading the prosecution in some of the UK’s most notorious criminal cases - and the music that matters to him. Join us at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
🏝
Very sad to hear of the passing of
#ChristineMcVie
last night. This morning’s
@BBC6Music
#PeoplesPlaylist
will be a tribute to her - which tracks would you like to hear? Songbird is a given…what else?
My castaway this week is Stanley Tucci - actor and foodie extraordinaire: ‘It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night’! Join us on
#desertislanddiscs
🏝️
@BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds
Today’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway is gamechanging rugby league player - and fundraiser - Kevin Sinfield. What he doesn’t know about inspiring others and embracing challenges isn’t worth knowing! Don’t miss our conversation on
@BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds
🏝️
Can’t wait for you to hear from today’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway. The inspirational
@Malala
will be sharing her thoughts on her life and music at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
…don’t miss it! 🏝
The decorations are down and we’re reset for the new year. Looking forward to starting the day with the
@BBC6Music
family tomorrow from 7.30. And it’s an all-request
#Cloudbusting
special. What do you want to hear?
It’s a particular and wonderful feeling to sit in the studio before we’re on, checking through the music we’ve lined up and the notes we’ve made for guests and knowing how people will react. What a privilege to wake up the
#6MusicFamily
. See you at half past.
Back on air in the morning and I’m pulling out the big guns for tomorrow’s breakfast session… bonafide floorfillers only: what do you want to hear?
#Cloudbusting
@BBC6Music
Waking up to the news that more of you than ever are starting the day with us on
@BBC6Music
- so just wanted to say thank you to the listeners who follow me here. Cheers for the music and for sharing the big things (and the little things) with us every day. Now..TUNES ON.
Seeing what my brave, kind, hardworking mate
@salihughes
has been through the past couple of years has been an (awful) education. One day we will look back at the online cruelty that went on unchecked and shudder. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Good morning and HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY
@BBC6Music
! As we settle into the last year of our teens, today we‘re asking: where we might have found you 19 years ago and who would we have seen?
#HBD6Music
The saddest news to wake up to today. We’ll be honouring the amazing legacy of
#MaryWilson
on our
@BBC6Music
#PeoplesPlaylist
this week. If there’s a track you want to hear in the mix, let me know here.
Humbled and delighted that
@BBC6Music
got a shoutout from the INCREDIBLE
@lizzo
last night! It has been a joy to watch such a fantastic artist fly - from the very beginning x
@laurenlaverne
-am sure the word has come through the grapevine - but Lizzo gave yo A M-a-s-s-I-v-e shout out towards the end of her sell out O2 show. Thank the whole of London and 6 music you for supper tong her from the Batches &cookies start . I felt v proud. RickH X
Hope your Sunday is off to a good start. Back on
@BBCRadio4
today -sharing the story and music choices of another extraordinary castaway. This morning it’s the historian and broadcaster
@DavidOlusoga
! Join us at 11am for
#DesertIslandDiscs
🏝
So looking forward to bringing you this morning’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway... Mark Strong’s personal story is up there with the amazing tales he’s brought us on stage and screen - and he’s a huge music fan too! Join us at 11am on
@BBCRadio4
🏝
It’s time for
#6MusicGoesBack
to the 80s. Dancefloor god
@MarshallJeffers
is in the mix today! 1985 me is ready and we neeed your 80s requests…hit me!
@BBC6Music
80s checklist:
✅ Side pony
✅ Ra-ra skirt
✅ Riding a Raleigh boxer
✅ On a caravan holiday
My castaway this week is the chef & restaurateur Monica Galetti. She’ll be sharing her extraordinary journey - from her childhood in Samoa to the hottest kitchens in Mayfair and beyond - and the music she loves. Don’t miss it! 11am
@BBCRadio4
#DesertIslandDiscs
@MGaletti01
The
#WinterSolstice
is on its way - so we’re creating a Dark Is Rising
#PeoplesPlaylist
, embracing the depths of winter with music representing inky beauty, lustrous skies, twinkly fires and all that business...what do you want to hear?
@BBC6Music
Today’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
castaway is none other than
@MPeakeOfficial
! Her life in the spotlight has taken her from Dinner Ladies to Hamlet. She shares the story behind her success - and the music that matters to her on
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
today 🏝️
Thrilled to get the chance to talk work, life and music with Steven Spielberg
@amblin
for this morning’s
#DesertIslandDiscs
! “Everybody who says I can tend towards the sentimental is absolutely right!’… Join us on
@BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds
today! 🏝️
Sad to hear of the passing of the inimitable
@thedavidcrosby
this morning. Next week’s
#6MusicSalutes
will be a tribute to his astonishing talent. What do you want to hear in the mix?
@BBC6Music
THREAD 1/11: Now here's a story. Back in the 90s, along with lots of teenagers in Cornwall, I started going to raves & listening to hardcore and drum & bass. Here's me and my mate Ollie after a long night (Helter Skelter, Milton Keynes, 97...). And yes that is a high viz jacket.
We’ve got our eyes on the
#mercuryprize
tonight! Join me on BBC4 at 9pm to meet this year’s extraordinary artists, enjoy live performances and reveal the winner! 📸
@lizbeckettmua
Extremely sad to wake up to the news about
#RonnieSpector
. We’ll make a proper tribute on our
@BBC6Music
show in the coming days. If you have a request or memory you’d like to share please leave it here. Meeting her in 2016 was a dream come true. Thanks for the music, Ronnie x
Putting together a
#6MusicSalutes
mix for
#MarkLanegan
and would love to include your requests and memories. If you want to contribute leave a message below...
@BBC6Music