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Alex Lester: 08/02/2010

08/02/2010

BBC Radio 2 - Alex Lester, 08/02/2010

Start the week on a high with great music and hilarious chat from The Dark Lord.

Alex returns with more Affable to Axe Murderer tales and the closing down sale of Morten Harket's Gap in the Market. Or is it? More surprising Library choices and Pause for Thought.

What better way to start the week than with the Dark Lord in Buffoon Town. Closed Door Cabaret continues, and there is a shameful tale of what happened when one bus driver on the night shift thought he was all alone...until an elderly female passenger emerged from behind the curtain. In Affable to Axe Murderer, one husband comes close to his wife's wrath after she slips on a "dog egg". Our latest thread, Some Enchanted Evening, is perfect for the run-up to Valentine's Day. We hear all about those nights out that should have been romantic, and everything was in place, but something happened at the word "go" and there was no going back. Expect tears, tantrums and...saving a fortune! Finally, it is the closing down sale for Morten Harket's Gap in the Market and everything must go: TJ Hooker's microwave cookers, Anna Friel's Jellied Eels, the lot. But what is this? Another member of A-ha is wanting to cash in on the act? Yes, Pal Waaktaar's Rival Bazaar is now open for business.
There are unusual choices from Lester's Library from Allen Shelton and Alan Haven, plus some retro 90s funk/rock from Living Colour in the Listener's Library. Record of the Week comes from Johnny Cash and there is a track from our new Album of the Week from Owl City. All of this and Pause for Thought features also.

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