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Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio UK
62 episodes
5 months ago
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Virgin Radio Specials
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish on Virgin Radio

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunite on Virgin Radio for a one-off special - their first radio show together in nearly 14 years!


Buckles and J-Corn dive into new Made Up Jokes, invent a new colour and reminisce about their early days on their cult Channel 4 sketch show, The Adam and Joe show, which Adam has written about in his hilarious new memoir, I Love You, Byeee, out now.


The music from the original Virgin Radio broadcast (Sunday 8th June, 2025) has been edited for rights reasons.


Adam's tracklist from the original broadcast:


YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART

LAST NITE - THE STROKES

ALL I WANT TO DO IS ROCK - TRAVIS

SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS

BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

CAROLINE - LAURA MARLING

ALL I WANNA DO - SHERYL CROW

HALF THE WORLD AWAY - OASIS

JUST AN ILLUSION - IMAGINATION

UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN / DAVID BOWIE

ONLY YOU - YAZOO

SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

SONG 2 - BLUR

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - THE FLAMINGOS

ANOTHER PARK ANOTHER SUNDAY - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS

TAKE ON ME - A-HA

WINDPOWER - THOMAS DOLBY

TEMPORARY SECRETARY - PAUL MCCARTNEY

ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND

SLIGHT RETURN - BLUETONES

BETTE DAVIS EYES - KIM CARNES

GENO - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

PIZZA TIME - ADAM BUXTON

DOLCE VITA - RYAN PARIS

WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS

ENOLA GAY - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS

I'M HENERY THE EIGHTH I AM - HERMAN'S HERMITS

THE LAUGHING GNOME - DAVID BOWIE

OVERLOAD - SUGABABES

ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY - RANDY CRAWFORD


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6 months ago
48 minutes 42 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
The Story of Amy Winehouse
To celebrate the release of the new Amy Winehouse movie, 'Black to Black', you can hear the Story of Amy Winehouse. Archive interviews with Amy from her early years, and of course her incredible music, this is a unique insight into one of the greatest singers of the 21st Century.

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1 year ago
55 minutes 55 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Kim Wilde

The Iconic Kim Wilde is picking her favourite songs of all time with Steve Denyer and telling a story or two.


From Touring with David Bowie & Michael Jackson to what it's really like backstage on Top Of The Pops Kim lets us know all.


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1 year ago
58 minutes 1 second

Virgin Radio Specials
The Story of Muscle Shoals Studios with Sharleen Spiteri
To celebrate Texas's new album, 'The Muscle Shoals Sessions', Front woman Sharleen Spiteri takes us through the history of the iconic studios as well as the stories behind their new album recorded there.

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1 year ago
57 minutes 11 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Mutya Buena's International Women's Day Playlist

To celebrate International Women’s day, Mutya Buena takes us through her life in music, playing the songs she grew up with to the musicians that continue to inspire her career as a solo artist and in the Sugababes.


From Lisa Stansfield to the Spice Girls, Whitney Houston to Destiny’s child… Mutya’s got a story for them all. 


Hear about her fateful recording session with George Michael, the song she sang on the Michael Barrymore show and the female artist that just beat her debut single to No.1 in the UK charts.




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1 year ago
53 minutes 10 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Album Special: Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album

The Kaiser Chiefs have released their eighth studio Album, called 'Easy Eighth Album'. Join frontman and Virgin Radio's very own Ricky Wilson as he chats to bandmate Andrew 'Whitey' White about recording the album and the bands history.


Hear what it’s like working with Nile Rodgers plus hear the music from the album, along with some old favourites too!




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1 year ago
56 minutes 17 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Cast: Live from the Top Of The Tower
Britpop powerhouses, Cast, played a special intimate set at the Top of the Tower. Eddy Temple-Morris relives the gig along with a chat with the bands frontman, John Power, before they went on stage.

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1 year ago
44 minutes 4 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Tony Hadley
One of the most iconic voices of the 80s, Tony Hadley, joins Steve Denyer and picks his favourite songs, from Bowie to The Boss. Plus he tells stories of being back stage at Live Aid.

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1 year ago
56 minutes 43 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Belinda Carlisle

Steve chats to multi million selling singer Belinda Carlisle about songs that have influenced and inspired her.


Her picks include songs from U2, The Cure and Midnight Oil.


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1 year ago
57 minutes 24 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
In Conversation with Franz Ferdinand
To celebrate 20 years since Franz Ferdinand released the self titled debut album Eddy Temple Morris chats with singer Alex Kapranos and bass player Bob Hardy about their career, their friendship and the stories behind some of their biggest hits.

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1 year ago
54 minutes 26 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Rob Brydon
Steve Denyer is joined by actor and comedian Rob Brydon as he picks his favourite songs from Steely Dan, to Sam Fender, and he tells us which artist he is a self confessed superfan of.

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1 year ago
54 minutes 47 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Vince Clarke
Steve Denyer is joined by one of this country's greatest songwriters Vince Clarke, founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, as he picks his playlist. He talks about his relationship with his two musical partners, Alison Moyet from Yazoo and Andy Bell from Erasure, and explains why a Little Respect is the Erasure song he's most proud of.

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1 year ago
53 minutes 51 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Ade Edmondson
Steve Denyer returns with My Playlist, as Ade Edmondson picks his playlist, talks about how the Young Ones managed to persuade Cliff Richard to record with them, his friendship with comedy partner the late Rik Mayall, and his love of 1920’s comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.

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1 year ago
55 minutes 14 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Classic Artists: Texas
Join Eddy Temple-Morris as he talks to the Texas singer and founder member Sharleen Spiteri about their remarkable career, their ‘Best Of’ album and some of the band's biggest hits.

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1 year ago
53 minutes 32 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Classic Artists: Simple Minds

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill formed Simple Minds in 1977, they'd been best friends since 1967 when they met at the playground in a Glasgow housing estate. Nearly 6 decades later they're still best friends and Simple Minds are about to embark on their biggest world tour since 1985.


On 22nd of December 2023 'Everything is Possible' a documentary on Simple Minds premiered on the streaming service, Paramount Plus.


Eddy Temple Morris talks to Jim and Charlie about the documentary, their music and their extraordinary friendship.


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2 years ago
57 minutes 29 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
My Playlist: Dave Stewart

Join Steve Denyer for the first of a regular series called My Playlist, where musicians, actors and comedians talk about the music they love.


In this episode Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics picks his favourite songs, talks about the memories they hold and how they influenced his song writing.


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2 years ago
55 minutes 29 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Classic Artists: Gary Kemp
Spandau Ballet's album 'True' is 40 years old this year, it was a global hit for them and a number one album in the UK. Gary Kemp, talks to Ben Jones about the album, their lasting legacy of the iconic hits from it and looks back at his remarkable catalogue of music with Spandau Ballet.

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2 years ago
59 minutes 31 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Classic Albums: Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive
Lighthouse Family's 'Ocean Drive' came out in 1995 and nearly 20 years on the band have reissued the album on vinyl. One half of the duo Paul Tucker talks to Steve Denyer about writing and recording the album and revisits some of his favourite songs from it.

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2 years ago
57 minutes 37 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
Virgin Radio Classic Artists: Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue are one of Scotland's most successful groups. They released their debut album Raintown in 1987 and since then they've sold seven million records including twelve UK top 40 singles, and two number one albums.


After 35 years together as a band they're celebrating with a box set collection of 14 albums 'You can have it all'.


Eddy Temple Morris chats to founder members Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh about their career, life and music.


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2 years ago
56 minutes 48 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
OMD - Live from the Top of the Tower
Hear Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark perform live at Virgin Radio! Plus, Jayne Middlemiss sits down for a chat with founding members Andy and Paul.

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2 years ago
50 minutes 51 seconds

Virgin Radio Specials
A chance to listen again to Virgin Radio's Specials.

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