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Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice

Comedian, broadcaster and GP Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice for the delight or disdain of the others

The Music Group: Series 5

The Music Group: Series 5: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 - The Music Group, Series 5, Episode 5

Phil Hammond's guests are Allegra McEvedy, Robert Llewellyn and Viv Albertine.

Chef Allegra McEvedy joins Red Dwarf's Robert Llewellyn and former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine to discuss three personally significant pieces of music.

Joining The Music Group this week are the host of Carpool, Scrapheap Challenge and Kryten in Red Dwarf, Robert Llewellyn; chef, cookery writer and co-founder of fast food chain Leon, Allegra McEvedy and artist, TV director and ex-Slits' guitarist Viv Albertine.

Their choice of music includes a rousing piece of power folk, a personal manifesto for female empowerment and a 1970s tribute to Thirties' night life in Berlin.

Along way we discover out how to bring a machete back from Burma and what aerobics has to do with punk rock. There's some lively disagreement over The X-Factor, militancy and The Woodcraft Folk and a track to which two of the guests can't help but sing along. 

The Music Choices are:
Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons
Gloria sung by Patti Smith
Maybe This Time sung by Liza Minnelli from the film Cabaret


Presenter: Phil Hammond
Producer: Tamsin Hughes
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