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Birthdays and an Overflow of Birds

Guy celebrates the week's birthdays and plays songs about birds left over from last week's wildlife show.

Guy celebrates the week's birthdays and plays songs about birds left over from last week's wildlife show . Waste not, want not!

There's more presenter sub-contracting with the Beckapedia, Simon Armitage, Pete Jobson and Roddy Hart all making appearances.

Plus, more Late News and tunes from the likes of Wilco, Carole King and Radiohead.

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Last on

Mon 18 May 2026 00:00
91福利社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Dave Grusin

    On Golden Pond (Main Theme)

    • Geffen.

  • Wilco

    Jesus, Etc.

    • Concord Records.

  • The Sixth Great Lake

    Duck Pond

    • Dust and Memory.

  • Ian Dury & Blockheads

    Wake Up And Make Love With Me

    • The Hit Label.

  • Pixies

    Monkey Gone to Heaven

    • TELSTAR.

  • Carole King

    So Far Away

    • Sony.

  • Kings of Convenience

    Riot On An Empty Street

    • PIAS.

  • Luke Temple

    The Birds Of Late December

    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Tom Rush

    No Regrets (Album Version)

    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Talking Heads

    This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

    • EMI.

  • The Bonzo Dog Band

    Narcissus

    • Parlophone UK.

  • Goldfrapp

    Felt Mountain

    • Mute.

  • The Monkees

    Me & Magdalena

    • Rhino.

  • Thomas Newman

    Voice Of God

    • Holywood.

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Bluebird Of Delhi (Mynah)

    • RCA Victor.

  • Big Long Sun

    heavy (on your mind)

    • state51.

  • Private Joy & Shy One

    Moonlight

    • Touching Bass.

  • Radiohead

    No Surprises

    • Parlophone.

  • Link Wray & Joey Welz

    Fire and Brimstone

    • Canadian American International.

  • Elton John

    Chameleon

    • Mercury Records Limited.

  • John Neviille

    Mistle Thrush

    • Neville Recordings.

  • Radiohead, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O鈥橞rien, Selway, Phil & Thom Yorke

    There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.)

    • Parlophone.

  • Bowerbirds

    In Our Talons

    • Dead Oceans.

  • The Plumadores

    Oh Little Bird

  • Case Oats

    Bottom of an Afternoon

    • Merge Records.

  • 10,000 Maniacs

    Hey Jack Kerouac

    • ELEKTRA.

  • The Smiths

    Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

    • Warner Bros..

  • Roger Webb

    Moonbird

    • De Wolfe Ltd.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Hejira

    • Rhino.

  • Calexico

    Woven Birds

    • CITY SLANG.

  • Mazzy Star

    Rhymes Of An Hour

    • Capitol.

  • Irma Thomas

    Ruler Of My heart

    • Charley.

  • Massive Attack

    Splitting the Atom

    • Virgin.

  • Smog

    Drinking At The Dam

    • DOMINO.

  • Ethel Ennis

    I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)

    • Capitol Records.

  • Headless Heroes

    Blues Run the Game

    • Names Records.

  • Talk Talk

    After The Flood

    • Polydor Records.

  • Sweeney鈥檚 Men

    Go By Brooks

    • Castle Music.

  • Pretenders

    Back On The Chain Gang

    • WEA.

  • John Martyn

    Lay It All Down

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 May 2026 13:00
    91福利社 Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 18 May 2026 00:00
    91福利社 Radio 6 Music