Liza Tarbuck

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Liza entertains the nation for Saturday supper time.

Liza entertains the nation with listener tales of the extraordinary and the everyday blended with an eclectic, hand picked soundtrack for the perfect Saturday evening.

Liza Tarbuck: It’s Not So Easy, Dandini

It’s Not So Easy, Dandini

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Gorgeous green giants, foxy folk heroes and a patronising prince.

We enjoy tales of gorgeous green giants, foxy folk heroes and a patronising prince, as the collective remembers magical first crushes and a 1966 recording of Cinderella.

It’s a new home, in New Broadcasting House, which sees the welcome return of hugs with six-footer Rylan and the forever fragrant Gary Davies.

The stories of first crushes continue, embracing the non-human theme that emerged last week. The Green Giant is a love that still looms large for Sam, while Mairi's case for Top Cat is very compelling, and a foxy Robin Hood gets more than one mention.

We move from animated folk heroes, to fairy tales, with a callback to the earnest acting in a 1966 recording of Cinderella. It's remembered fondly by Suzie in Oxford and often quoted by Liza, who still needs to be convinced that “it’s not so easy being a prince”. And the collective enjoys a skate in the magical realm of Fairy Cross, in Devon.

The otherworldly musical mix includes a much-sampled drum riff from Skull Snaps, Byron Bay’s brilliant Babe Rainbow, and The Soup Dragons transport Liza to a party on the Leisure Peninsula (giving it everything).

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