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Adam meets showbiz legend Su Pollard, who chats about her new autobiography.

Adam meets showbiz legend Su Pollard, the woman forever known as Peggy from Hi-de-Hi. She began singing in working men’s clubs as a teenager, and famously lost out on Opportunity Knocks to a singing Jack Russell. She chats to Adam about her autobiography.

We talk about 90s children's TV with author Thom Gray, whose new book celebrates the shows millions grew up with.

And our resident film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh talks us through this week's releases on the big screen.

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  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Now 80s No1s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 04.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

    • Stevie Wonder Song Review.
    • MOTOWN.
    • 06.

  • Sam Fender & Olivia Dean

    Rein Me In

    • Polydor.

  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Now Yearbook 1982.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Now That's What I Call 40 Years.
    • Now! Music.
    • 18.

  • Andy Williams

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    • Music To Watch Girls By.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 14.

  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It I Knew You

    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Dreams

    • Rumours.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 05.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • Now Yearbook 1991.
    • Now! Music.
    • 06.

  • Tina Turner

    What's Love Got To Do With It

    • Private Dancer (30th Anniversary Issue).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 01.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • Clocks.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 06.

  • STELLA LEFTY

    Boston

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • The Boys Are Back In Town.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • Flared Hits & Platform Soul.
    • VISION.
    • 09.

  • Olivia Rodrigo

    stupid song

    • Olivia Rodrigo PS.

  • Phil Collins

    In the Air Tonight

    • The Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • ABBA

    The Winner Takes It All

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polar Music International.
    • 01.

  • Frankie Valli

    Grease

    • Working My Way Back To You - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2006 Remaster).
    • Rhino.
    • 18.

  • Whitney Houston

    How Will I Know

    • Whitney Houston.
    • ARISTA.
    • 01.

  • Take That

    Sweet July

    • EMI.

  • Coolio

    Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

    • NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 32.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • Now That's What I Call A Massive 70s Party.
    • Now! Music.
    • 03.

  • Mental as Anything

    Live It Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music 9.
    • Now! Music.
    • 02.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • Adele - Rolling In The Deep.
    • XL.
    • 01.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Cecilia

    • The Essential Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art of Loving.
    • PLG - Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds (Remastered).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 05.

  • The Rolling Stones

    In The Stars

    • Polydor.

  • Carly Simon

    You're So Vain

    • You're So Vain (2023 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 08.

  • Cher

    Believe

    • Cher: Forever Fan.
    • Warner Records.
    • 01.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson Number Ones.
    • EPIC.
    • 01.

  • Morgan Wallen

    Been By Now

    • Mercury Records.

  • Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson

    Movin' Too Fast

    • Now That's What I Call Music 45.
    • VIRGIN EMI.
    • 01.

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