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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: All-female Slade tribute band "Slady" are my guests, ahead of them coming our way Plus Tyber Cranstoun from Canterbury chats to me about his band The Dualers' latest album, and their upcoming gigs 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Comedian Russell Howard chats to me about coming our way on tour next year And our award-winning resident chef Rob Kirby gives you top Christmas dinner cooking tips ahead of the big day next week! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

ON TUESDAYS SHOW: Dover-born Joss Stone chats to me about her love of Christmas, her plans for 2026, and shares her brilliant new Christmas single! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: A chance to hear a chat I recorded a while back with the always entertaining Miriam Margolyes And the fabulous Alison Limerick chats to me about her song "Where Love Lives" being the theme to this year's John Lewis Christmas ad! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: West End actor David Hunter chats to me about playing F. Scott Fitzgerald in the upcoming new musical 'Beautiful Little Fool' And Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper chats to me about coming our way on tour! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

ON TUESDAY'S SHOW: Birds Of A Feather and Loose Women star Linda Robson chats to me about appearing in panto this year at The Orchard Theatre in Dartford! And singers Medieval Baebes chat to me about their new single "December" 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: Singer Peter Andre is back to talk about his Frankie Valli show coming back our way And to celebrate Stranger Things season 5, we chat to the Creel parents from the prequel show Stranger Things On Stage in London! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Euan Garrett and Mia Carragher from the cast of "The Hunger Games On Stage" talk to me about their new immersive show in Canary Wharf Plus comedian Dara O'Briain chats to me about why he's celebrating when he comes to Brighton and Crawley! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Two of the actual Harlem Globetrotters are in the studio with me, ahead of their UK tour next year And music promoter and A&R consultant-turned-author Jeff Chegwin chats to me about his rather unique new book! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Singer Tony Hadley chats to me about his collaboration with Tony Christie, and his upcoming tour coming our way! Plus The Fizz singer Cheryl Baker is back on the show to talk about their concert at The Stag Sevenoaks! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

TUESDAY'S SHOW: I meet one of the cast of Here & Now - the musical based on the songs of Steps! It's coming our way on tour. Plus comedian Adam Riches chats to me about his hilarious charicature of Sean Bean, coming our way on tour 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

THURSDAY'S SHOW: Author, historian and podcaster Greg Jenner chats to me about Horrible Histories, and why we should LOVE great history teachers! And singer Rumer joins me live in the studio to mark 15 years since her brilliant debut album! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Phil Tuffnell chats to me about being back out on tour with his former Question Of Sport co-stars Matt and Sue And Stephen Mulhern chats to me about filming at Maidstone Studios, and how YOU could be in the audience for Deal or No Deal! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

TUESDAY'S SHOW: Folk superstar Kate Rusby chats to me about her new Christmas album and tour And Strictly runner-up & Miranda star Sarah Hadland joins me in the studio to chat about appearing as the Wicked Queen in Snow White at Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Actual England captain (and Arsenal legend) Leah Williamson joins me to talk about her new children's book And one of my absolute favourite comedians, Ross Noble, is back on, to chat about his "Cranium Of Curiosities" tour! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Comedy legend John Cleese chats to me about the making of Fawlty Towers 50 years ago, and his upcoming documentary in cinemas! Plus we meet Sussex choir City of Stars, now starring in a major Christmas TV ad! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

ON TUESDAY'S SHOW: Singer Rebecca Ferguson chats to me about her 15th anniversary tour coming our way Plus, two of the cast of Cinderella, this year's panto at East Grinstead's Chequer Mead Theatre! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Surrey-based podcaster Dan Jennings chats to me about his quest to interview Paul Weller & his new biography of the man himself Plus Kent podcaster Beth Heffernan chats to us about the Halloween specials of her "Spooky Story Time" 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Always one of my favourite guests, Jon Culshaw is back on! Talking this time about appearing in panto at The London Palladium! Plus, we meet Sorrel Jordan, the Sussex actress currently out on tour in Sunny Afternoon, The Kinks musical! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Gloria Jones, who originally made Tainted Love a hit in the 60s, chats to me about raising money in the name of her former partner Marc Bolan And TV wine expert Olly Smith chats to me about his new book, "Wine: Everything You Need To Know" 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Trigger Point and Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure joins me - alongside her husband - to chat about their daytime clubbing phenomenon Plus singer and podcaster Hugh Cornwell chats to me about his new tour coming our way! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Trevor Dion Nicholas and Stephen Carlile, two of the cast of Disney's Hercules, now on in London's West End! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Saturday night TV royalty Tommy Cannon chats to me about his autobiography And the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle, former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins chats to me about the documentary movie about her career, "Spacewoman" 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

ON TUESDAY'S SHOW: My guests include Broadway star Phillip Attmore from the cast of Top Hat: The Musical, heading to Canterbury on tour Plus singer Laura Evans chats to me about her new album, and her upcoming appearance at Old Dairy Taproom in Tenterden 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: The brilliant Kevin Rowland of Dexy's and Dexy's Midnight Runners chats to me about the release of his autobiography! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

FRIDAY'S SHOW: Star of Downton Abbey, Paddington and W1A Hugh Bonneville chats to me about his new children's book And jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal chats to me about her upcoming performance at Chichester Festival Theatre! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Two genuine soap legends! Natalie Cassidy aka Sonia from Eastenders chats to me about her autobiography and her time on the Square Coronation Street superstar Amanda Barrie chats to me about why she's coming to Canterbury very soon 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

ON TUESDAY'S SHOW: My guest is David Sturzaker, who plays Gareth Southgate in Dear England, at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre all this week! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: Actor and former Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom Chambers chats to me about playing Inspector Morse on STAGE And comedian Rob Newman (The Mary Whitehouse Experience) joins me in the studio to chat about his new show coming to Brighton Dome 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Star of BBC One's 'Blue Lights', actor Nathan Braniff, joins me to chat about Series 3 And Matthew Woodyatt from the touring cast of the award-winning Fiddler On The Roof talk to me about the show coming our way! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Presenter Michaela Strachan chats to me about her new theatre show taking us behind the scenes of TV wildlife shows And Adam Gillen and Marina Prior (Les Thenadiers) chats to us about the 40th anniversary of Les Miserables! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Bestselling author Peter James chats to me about his new Roy Grace book "The Hawk Is Dead", which features Queen Camilla and saw him working with the Palace for research Plus actor Alex Lowe chats to me about taking Clinton Baptiste on tour 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

ON TUESDAY'S SHOW: Children's TV superstar Andy Day chats to me about his appearances for Bookshop Day very soon And singer Judie Tzuke joins me to chat about her collaboration with Beth Nielsen Chapman, and their UK tour! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

MONDAY'S SHOW: Richard Hammond chats to me about the new series of "Richard Hammond's Workshop", returning on Discovery+ tonight And Robin Smith, long time collaborator with Mike Oldfield, chats to me about his "The Best Of Tubular Bells I, II and III" tour 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So sad to hear of the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge. It turns out that my chat with her in May was one of her final ever interviews. What an actor, what a singer, and what a tireless campaigner for charities and theatres in the South East. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC Radio Sussex - Adam Dowling on BBC Radio Sussex, Dame Patricia Routledge on her life and career

In one of her final interviews, Patricia discusses music, Mrs Bucket and Chichester.

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Singer Nathan Sykes chats to me about his new single - he's live in the studio! And Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy talks to me about playing Tina Turner in Tina The Musical, coming to The Marlowe Theatre very soon! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Singer Tanita Tikaram chats to me about her new album, her upcoming documentary and her live shows coming our way! Plus, comedian and TV star Desiree Burch and I talk about becoming middle aged..! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: The actual voice of Bluey's mum, Australian actor Melanie Zanetti! We talk about being in arguably the biggest TV show in the world And we meet Riley Woodford and Sheyi Cole from the cast of Lord Of The Flies at Chichester Festival Theatre! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

TUESDAY'S SHOW: One of this country's best loved actresses, Jodie Whittaker, chats to me about her new ITV drama series "Frauds" And Surrey actor Max Bowden's back to talk about his latest touring theatre production, Murder At Midnight - set in Kent! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I am scheduled to be live on the radio twice today, talking about #IntoTheGroove, my new book: Just after 12 on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire with Chris Mann: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... And at around 4.30pm on BBC Radio Kent/Surrey/Sussex with @adamdowling.bsky.social!: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/sched...

Cover of
INTO THE GROOVE: THE 1980s:
THE ULTIMATE DECADE IN MUSIC HISTORY
by Justin Lewis

'An epic compendium of stories and trivia from the 80s music scene'

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: Comedians Paul Merton and Suki Webster, who have a place in Kent, join me to chat about their upcoming tour coming our way! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

ON FRIDAY'S SHOW: Comedian Ray Bradshaw chats to me about his new stand-up show CODA - talking about being a child of deaf adults Plus, 2 of the cast of a show that has to be seen to be believed, "The Lady From The Sea", currently at London's Bridge Theatre 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

ON THURSDAY'S SHOW: Legendary singer Justin Hayward chats to me about his "Forever Autumn" tour, coming our way very soon! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Actor Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting/Full Monty) chats to me about the new ITV drama "The Hack", starting on telly tonight. We're also joined by its producer Joe Williams. 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

BIG GUEST THURSDAY! Celia Imrie chats to me about The Thursday Murder Club & her appearance at Maidstone LitFest Suranne Jones & Jodie Whittaker chat to me about their new ITV drama "Frauds" And Russell Watson tells us how he's marking 25 years in the biz! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

ON WEDNESDAY'S SHOW: Comedian Andy Parsons is back, to chat about his new stand-up show coming our way! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adam Dowling @adamdowling.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

ON MONDAY'S SHOW: BBC Gardeners World star Adam Frost chats to me about his upcoming tour, where he'll share stories of how his passion for plants has taken him around the world! 🔈 LISTEN: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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