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Paapa Essiedu and Siobhan Cullen

Actors Paapa Essiedu and Siobhan Cullen share their favourite music with Nick, and chat about their new series, Babies.

Actors Paapa Essiedu and Siobhan Cullen share their favourite music with Nick, and chat about their new series, Babies.

Plus, another listener chats to Nick about their Very Specific Playlist - and today it's a selection of songs dedicated to curlews, ahead of World Curlew Day 2026 tomorrow.

And as always, Nick has the Cloudbusting mix - an hour of uplifting songs to banish the grey skies.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Can't Keep Checking My Phone

    • Jagjaguwar.
  • Iceage

    Star

    • Mexican Summer.
  • Susan Cadogan

    Do It Baby

    • Do It Baby.
    • Clock Tower.
    • 1.
  • Gelli Haha

    Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep

    • Switcheroo.
    • Innovative Leisure.
  • Lucy Dacus

    First Time

    • Matador.
  • MOULD

    Lists

    • 5db Records.
  • The Organ

    Brother

    • Mint Records.
  • K‐Klass

    Let Me Show You

    • Deconstruction.
  • St. Vincent

    Fast Slow Disco

    • Caroline International/Loma Vista.
  • Fontaines D.C.

    Favourite

    • XL Recordings.
  • Sam & Dave

    Hold On, I'm Comin'

    • Atlantic.
  • The Go! Team

    Ladyflash

    • Memphis Industries.
  • N*E*R*D

    She Wants To Move

    • Virgin.
  • Honey Dijon

    Satisfied (feat. Jacob Lusk)

    • SOS.
  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.
  • LL Cool J

    Phenomenon

    • Def Jam.
  • La Roux

    In For The Kill

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Orange Juice

    I Can't Help Myself

    • Polydor.
  • Santigold

    Can't Get Enough Of Myself (Feat. B.C.)

    • Atlantic Records.
  • Sugar

    If I Can't Change Your Mind

    • Creation Records.
  • The Libertines

    Can't Stand Me Now

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Fcukers

    if you wanna party, come over to my house

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Phoenix

    1901

    • CD SINGLE.
    • V2 / COOPERATIVE.
    • 1.
  • The Strokes

    Going Shopping

    • Cult Records/RCA Records.
  • Beverly Glenn‐Copeland

    La Vita

    • Primal Prayer.
    • Transgressive.
    • 1.
  • Sam Lee & [no artist]

    Bushes & Briars & Birds

    • Bushes and Briars.
    • Cooking Vinyl Limited.
    • 1.
  • Kelela

    idea 1

    • Warp.
  • Sleater‐Kinney

    Dig Me Out

    • Sub Pop.
  • Mandy, Indiana

    try saying

    • Sacred Bones.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Baby Driver

    • Top Of The Morning With Terry Wogan.
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Childish Gambino

    Can You Feel Me (feat. Legend Glover)

    • Bando Stone and The New World.
    • Wolf+Rothstein/RCA Records.
    • 10.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Prince

    I Wanna Be Your Lover

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Prince

    Sign 'O' The Times

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Prince & The New Power Generation

    Gett Off

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.
  • Prince

    Musicology

    • Columbia.
  • corto.alto

    WHODIS (feat. Mick Jenkins)

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Regina Spektor

    Us

    • TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS.
  • Lime Garden

    All Bad Parts

    • So Young.
  • Peaches

    Whatcha Gonna Do About It

  • deBasement

    AFTERMARKET BASS (feat. Nikki Nair)

    • In Real Life Music.
  • KNEECAP

    FENIAN

    • Heavenly.
  • Azari & III

    Reckless (With Your Love)

    • Azari And III.
    • Loose Lips Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

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