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00:09TFI
00:10Luke, whatever you want.
00:11TFI to survive. Take it away.
00:17My name is Chris Evans, original presenter of TFI Friday.
00:24So Chris, how would you describe this TFI?
00:29Like the old one, only 1% of the budget.
00:37Am I getting paid for this?
00:41It's a bit cheap, isn't it?
00:45Am I, what, that one?
00:48TFI to survive. Take that.
00:52So, yeah, I'm Kedge and I'm the exec producer of TFI Unplugged.
00:55So, Evan says it's like the original, except 1% of the budget.
01:001%? No, no, it's much less than that.
01:03Don't tell him.
01:04Take, take, take. Boom.
01:07My name's Owen and I've just started working on TFI Unplugged.
01:18What do you do, Owen?
01:20Uh, mostly get blamed for things.
01:22That seems a bit harsh.
01:25I love it.
01:28Did I feed you lot?
01:30No.
01:31I thought not.
01:31No, we'd never been fed.
01:33Total t***, ain't he?
01:341% of the time!iques
02:10Hey, happy Friday, friends. Thanks for tuning in.
02:13This is actually episode nine of TFI Unplugged.
02:17And because it's episode nine, that means we can do this.
02:22Previously on TFI Unplugged.
02:30Do you want... What are you talking about?
02:32I look like Jedward.
02:34How many times did you do, TFI?
02:36Loads. It was like, it was our second half.
02:38I'd rather top and go down than England win the world.
02:42Yes, that's it! I've got it!
02:43It doesn't make for good TV.
02:44You can have that.
02:45Thank you very much.
02:46Basically, only homeless people turned up.
02:53All right, so that's all you've missed,
02:55but you can catch up on the first eight episodes of TFI Unplugged on YouTube.
03:00I know.
03:01Coming up tonight, we've got Sam Ryder on the show.
03:04Jack Saboretti singing live!
03:07And India's biggest star, Shreya Gashal, on the show!
03:12But first of all, I've got a letter here about letters, actually.
03:16Hey, Chris, what is the current state of the It's Your Letters top five?
03:19Well, it's funny you should ask,
03:20because at number five in the all-time top five for It's Your Letters,
03:24it is, with It's Your Letters, Tony Bennett.
03:28Letters, It's Your Letters.
03:31Letters, It's Your Letters.
03:34At number four, with It's Your Letters, it's Robbie Williams.
03:51And number three, with It's Your Letters, It's The Bee Gees.
03:55It's Your Letters, It's Your Letters.
04:06It's Your Letters, it's the Foo Fighters.
04:24It's Your Letters, it's the Foo Fighters.
04:34How about that?
04:35And at number one, with It's Your Letters,
04:37the founding father of It's Your Letters, it's Ree.
04:42It's Your Letters, it's your letters, it's your letters, it's your letters.
04:54Best audience ever.
04:56But the thing is, it's 2026, so we actually need an It's Your What apps,
05:01please, Mr Jack Savaretti, if you don't mind.
05:07It's Your Letters, it's your letters, it's your letters, it's your letters.
05:17OK, now, is this better or worse?
05:23Once again, Mr Jack Savaretti.
05:29It's Your Letters, it's your letters.
05:33It's Your Letters, it's your letters.
05:36It's your letters, it's your letters.
05:39And he has more.
05:41Once again, is this better or worse?
05:43Jack Savaretti.
05:48It's Your Letters, it's your letters.
05:51It's Your Letters, it's your letters.
05:58How good is Jack Savaretti?
06:01Jack has a number one album today in the UK.
06:07So, all we need now, by the way, is a WhatsApp.
06:09And I just happen to have one here from, made up name, Kelly from Kentucky.
06:13That'll do.
06:13OK.
06:14Kelly Kentucky says, she doesn't say, but we say.
06:16What's happened?
06:18What's happened?
06:18What's happened?
06:19I know.
06:20To Will since TFI last time.
06:23And is it true he hasn't aged a day?
06:25Well, let's find out.
06:25Please welcome back, Will!
06:31Will!
06:33Will!
06:35Will!
06:36Will!
06:37Will is back!
06:38Come in, James!
06:40Come and enjoy a bit of Will, everybody!
06:44Will!
06:44Will!
06:45Will!
06:46Will!
06:47Steve Denyer's been dying to do that, haven't you?
06:48Don't do that.
06:49Will!
06:50Don't do that.
06:51All right.
06:52We've been here before, haven't we, Will?
06:53I mean, we've been here anyway.
06:54Yeah, yeah.
06:5596, 97, 98, 99.
06:57Yeah.
06:57But also, they're saying TFI is back, you know, first time since the 90s, but we've done
07:02it before.
07:03Yep.
07:032015.
07:042015.
07:05Was it 10 we did?
07:06We did a special.
07:08Right.
07:08Which was quite special.
07:09It was very special.
07:10It was a very special show.
07:11And then we did 10 more.
07:13All right.
07:13So we did 11.
07:14So we did 11.
07:15All right.
07:15So we brought it back, because Channel 4 said, why don't you do like a 20th anniversary
07:18show?
07:19They said 20th anniversary.
07:21Yes.
07:21We went, great, that's brilliant.
07:23I sat down and went, tip, tip, tip, tip.
07:25Oh, it's 19, actually.
07:26Yeah.
07:27And they said, it doesn't matter.
07:27Just call it the 20th.
07:28Yeah, yeah.
07:29So we did it.
07:29It's a very TFI thing to do.
07:30Yeah, it did really well, didn't it?
07:32And then they said, why don't you do some more?
07:33So we did some more.
07:34Yeah.
07:34So that was fun.
07:35Yeah.
07:35And then you went nuts.
07:36Then I went nuts.
07:37Not for the first time.
07:39Not for the first time.
07:42So when we were doing it back in the day, you were an exec producer and we did loads
07:48and loads of shows.
07:49And then I didn't do the last six.
07:50You didn't do the last six.
07:51Who did do the last six?
07:53Presented by the likes of a couple of Spice Girls.
07:56Elton did the last one.
07:56Elton John.
07:57Elton John did the last TFI Friday.
07:58He put it to rest.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Well, it didn't go well for him, so he had to go back to singing.
08:03It was his top gear.
08:05Yeah, yeah.
08:06At least that's how I'm going to frame it.
08:09So, yeah.
08:10And then it went away.
08:11Okay.
08:11And then what did you do?
08:12I produced this wonderful novel here.
08:17Yes.
08:17Novella here.
08:18Okay.
08:19Cool.
08:20Thank you very much for your admiration.
08:22Available in any good eBay's discount bin now.
08:25The thing is, because Pub Genius was the slot we did on the show.
08:28People loved it.
08:29Yeah, yeah.
08:29And to the extent that you brought out this book, Will McDonald, Pub Genius, did really
08:32well.
08:33You took it on tour.
08:33You had a whole live show.
08:34You had dancing girls, everything.
08:36Sure.
08:36Yeah.
08:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:37I knew about that.
08:38It's funny.
08:39I mean, you call it a book.
08:40My other half calls it a pamphlet, because the ink comes off on your fingers.
08:43Yeah.
08:44And what does your other half do for a living?
08:47She works in opera.
08:48Yeah.
08:48She's a little pamphlet Pub Genius.
08:53No, but I knew about that.
08:54So what's the confession?
08:55The confession is, you probably don't know this, brought out a second volume.
09:01You did not.
09:02I didn't know that.
09:04This now sounds like a plug for a book that came out 25 years ago.
09:08Will McDonald's here to talk about his new book.
09:11Seeing as you have two of these books out now, I think it's time for an updated re-imagination
09:16of Will McDonald, Pub Genius!
09:22I'm going to drink the beer in that glass out of that cherry glass.
09:28Cherry, ask your dad.
09:29Anyone who knows what a cherry glass is.
09:31Out of there without touching it with my hands.
09:33Right, at this point we'll go, no way!
09:36No, can't be done.
09:37No way!
09:38Can't be done!
09:39Can't be done!
09:41Impossible!
09:42Impossible!
09:43Impossible!
09:43The man's a fraud!
09:44Never going to have it!
09:46Never going to have it!
09:47Never going to have it!
09:48Never going to have it!
09:49I can't believe it!
09:49Watch the microphone!
09:52That's the strangest heckle ever!
09:53Be careful with the microphone!
09:55What about my nice jumper?
09:58Can be done!
09:59Drum roll please!
10:00Drum roll!
10:25No way!
10:28No way!
10:44Well, Pop Genius, Volume 3, coming soon.
10:49Let's hear from Will everyone.
10:51He remains the UK's official Pop Genius.
10:55Our next guest has the voice of an angel, the hair of a god and the brightest smile in
11:00showbiz.
11:00He is a mentor in the new series Your Song, which continues on Sundays on Channel 4, so
11:05let's make our whole day a lot brighter with Sam Ryder!
11:27I'm buzzing for this!
11:28This is so good!
11:29Both of us on Channel 4!
11:30How are ya?
11:31I'm great!
11:31How's your new show?
11:32I was like getting goosebumps hearing your intro to show again.
11:36Like that!
11:36I was just like, this is where you need to be.
11:38Well this is it, we're back, you're back, and you have your own thing going on with
11:41playing with me.
11:41Tell us all about it Sam Ryder!
11:43It's berserk!
11:44So we go up and down the country, we bring a stage with us, this amazing crew that work
11:49tirelessly building this thing and setting it up and organising people just to get on
11:54that stage, who have probably never sung in public before by the way, with a live band,
11:57and the band are absolutely cooking, they're so good.
12:01And these guys just come, they share a story, could be something seismic that's happened
12:07in their life, the deepest depths of their soul that they're sharing with total strangers
12:12that are just out shopping, walking down the high street, and they'll sing a song that's
12:17attributed to that feeling and that story, and the connection that you see being made,
12:21honestly Chris, it is just beautiful man, it's so lovely.
12:26And you're perfect for this, because you wear your heart on your sleeve and some don't
12:30you?
12:30Well I try my best to, I think it's a nice way to live, because you get to meet people
12:35where they're at, and you find out more about them, like any interaction with a stranger,
12:40if you're emotionally open and your heart is open, I feel it's more valuable.
12:44So is it an anti-talent show?
12:47How would you describe it?
12:48I would say, I've never thought of it that way, but it's interesting because there's
12:50no carrot man, there's no like, sort of, you know, you win a record deal at the end or
12:55we'll put your single out, like at the end.
12:57It's nothing like that because these people, they're not professional singers, they're likely
13:03hadn't ever stood on a stage with a live band, like an actual drummer playing before or something
13:08like that.
13:09And they're singing a song that's totally just theirs, the words mean something different
13:13to them than they do to like anyone else in the world.
13:17All right.
13:17All the way to best songs.
13:18Here's the thing though, if somebody comes on and smashes it, what are you going to do?
13:21You're not going to ignore them, are you?
13:22Well no, you don't ignore them, but you like, you have an event at the end of it at the
13:27Hackney
13:28Empire.
13:28Yeah.
13:28And then all the singers, every single person's invited, everyone comes down and absolutely
13:33rinses the free bar.
13:34But a couple of the people from each round, like we have them perform on the night.
13:41So that, that is the prize.
13:42There's no, there's no, there's no record deal.
13:44There's no like old tropes.
13:45It's made by the Bake Off people.
13:47Yeah.
13:47So it's got heart.
13:48Yeah.
13:49Well also the point is, I know that a lot of people who've won the Bake Off have gone on
13:52to do an amazing things.
13:53Most of them have in fact.
13:55That is hot by the way.
13:56Sorry about that.
13:57Yeah.
13:58I tried, I tried to style that out.
13:59It's not only our shows that are smoking, so is the tea.
14:02Things have changed at Channel 4, they bought a kettle.
14:05It's unbelievable.
14:07Not only you, but Paloma Faith as well and Alison Hammond as well.
14:09Yeah man, they're fantastic.
14:11I mean, they're mad as a box of frogs, like both, but they're so good to be around.
14:15Individually they're bonkers.
14:16Yeah, no, but together all of us.
14:18Do you know what I mean?
14:18Sprinkle a bit of Ryder on top.
14:20Yeah, yeah mate.
14:20Who knows what might happen.
14:21All of our laughs also are so cackly, it's unreal.
14:26And Paloma as well and Alison.
14:28So the three of us laughing together, it's like the Witches of Eastwick around the cauldron.
14:31Alison Hammond's laugh is second only to her smell.
14:36She's the greatest smelling person in the show.
14:38Oh mate, she's great.
14:39Unbelievable.
14:39Unbelievable.
14:40And so do you get together?
14:42Do you perform at any point, you and Paloma?
14:45Every now and then we'll jump up.
14:46Like there's a little, they call it a golden hour.
14:49So anyone passing by that sort of wants to get involved can just jump up and sing.
14:54And it's so lovely, man, because you'll just see someone passing by with literally holding a bag of shopping and
15:00be like, I'll have a go.
15:01I love it.
15:02And everyone's getting involved.
15:03I love it.
15:04It's such a simple concept, isn't it?
15:06Yeah.
15:06This, it's like, it's music to your ears and it's the wind beneath your wings.
15:09Yeah, mate.
15:10Absolutely.
15:11And I just want to sing wind beneath my wings now.
15:14Well, I always told you're on vocal.
15:16Yeah, I know mate.
15:17Can you hear my voice?
15:20Are you working on anything new at the moment, Sam?
15:22Um, always.
15:23But no, mate, honestly, you don't want to hear it.
15:27It is bad.
15:28So, seeing as we're now back on show up on a pair of us.
15:35Last orders of the bar.
15:36Not just some and I drink it at the moment.
15:38How long have you not had a drink for?
15:40Um, over two years.
15:41Yeah.
15:42You?
15:43Nearly three.
15:44Mate, come on.
15:45Which is ironic because the last time we did have a drink was together in a sauna.
15:48Yeah.
15:49Absolutely never.
15:50Yeah.
15:51Yeah.
15:52Highly un-recommended.
15:54That's like the worst possible thing you can do in a sauna.
15:55We went to be hydrated in a sauna with a bottle of tequila.
15:58Yeah, it was.
15:59It was good to do that.
15:59And that's probably what it did for both of us, I think, wasn't it?
16:02Yeah.
16:02It was.
16:02That was our bottom.
16:03Yeah, that was absolutely the Lancaster, all the engines out.
16:08Just bang.
16:08It really was, wasn't it?
16:09Yeah.
16:09Sam, great to see you, ma'am.
16:10Mate, this has been so fun.
16:12Thank you, everyone.
16:13All right.
16:15Okay, okay.
16:16All right, we'll be back after the break with more Cheer By Unplugged!
16:19Yeah.
16:21Yeah.
16:22You're stupid girl.
16:24And you're stupid girl.
16:27All you had in wasted.
16:31All you had, you wasted
16:43Stupid girl
16:45You stupid girl
16:49All you had, you wasted
16:53I can't believe you fake it
17:01Wow, that was the brilliant
17:04Garbage and Stupid girl
17:06How good is that, alright
17:07Still to come on TFI Unplugged
17:09India's biggest star, Shrega Scholl
17:10Is going to be here
17:13She's going to be performing an amazing cover
17:15Of Coldplay's Fiction
17:16Plus we reveal the winner of
17:18Celebrity Jolly Juggler 2026
17:21I know, I know
17:23The finalists are amazing
17:24Will it be Olympic gold medalist Matt Weston
17:31Not bad
17:32Or will it be
17:34Patrick McDreamy, Dr McDreamy Dempsey
17:37With his
17:42Very good
17:44Or will it be
17:45Rockin' Ross Noble
17:46Juggling and eating
17:53Exciting stuff
17:54And remember
17:55Celebrity Juggling fans
17:56Your vote counts
17:58And most importantly
17:59You can only think your votes in
18:01Remember that, okay
18:02Yeah, no
18:03We don't accept any actual real votes
18:07Sorry
18:08Who watches this rubbish?
18:10Alright, now it's time for something
18:11Very special on TFI Unplugged
18:13Every single week
18:14We're going to bring some TFI gold
18:16And where better to start
18:18Than with
18:19David Bowie
18:39Welcome to the show sir
18:41Thank you very much
18:45I think if you put Clive on his back
18:47He'd be taller than me
18:48Sorry?
18:48If you put Clive on his back
18:49He'd be taller than me
18:50Alright, now listen
18:51You've got these high heel things
18:52Very high heel shoes
18:53But they don't
18:54Oh, okay
18:55It counts
18:56Well, look
18:57There you go
18:57I'll give you
18:58I should
18:58Measure out 5 foot 10 and a half
19:00I can't do 5 foot 10 and a half
19:02Yes
19:02Are you 5 foot 10 and a half?
19:04Yes
19:04You're not 5 foot 10 and a half
19:05I'm 5 foot 10 and a half
19:07Okay, alright
19:07Hang on a minute
19:08Hang on a minute
19:08Let's see
19:09What are you?
19:10Six, let's see
19:12That's pretty accurate
19:13David
19:14I'm still big
19:15Bowie
19:15B-O
19:18Go on
19:20Carry on
19:20W-I-O
19:21Okay, officially
19:22David Bowie is taller than Beno
19:31Oh, yeah
19:32Oh, yeah
19:32So, David
19:33I had a hell of a time getting here
19:35I know
19:35Go on
19:36I know you want to talk about this
19:37Let me tell
19:38No, you don't know
19:38I tried to cross Antony Smith Bridge
19:41And I didn't know that the rich people have got it all blocked up
19:44Right
19:45So I got fined, dragged into court
19:48All that
19:48All in the last half hour
19:49No way
19:50Yes, it's absolutely true
19:51And I've had gastroenteritis
19:53Oh
19:55All in the last half hour
19:56Hey, can't you tell the gastroenteritis is still doing the rounds?
20:00Do you know how I got that?
20:01Go on
20:01I was in Indonesia
20:02I was lost in the jungle
20:04This is absolutely true
20:07What?
20:07I believe you
20:08Yeah
20:08And an old man with one leg and a donkey found me
20:11And took me to a glade
20:14And pointed to a temple
20:15And a palace
20:17And I said
20:18I'm not Muslim
20:19Wife is
20:20I'm not
20:20So we're going to the palace
20:22You're going to let me go on with this, aren't you?
20:24I'm dead right, mate
20:25You started it
20:26We got to the palace
20:27And it's the son of
20:29I think he was a gun runner
20:30And he had guys in turrets
20:32All around the palace
20:33With guns
20:33To keep the poor people out
20:34And he was so pleased to see me
20:37That he put a sheet up
20:38In the garden
20:39At the bottom of the garden
20:41Pour in with rain
20:42Yeah
20:42Servants holding a sheet up
20:44At the far end of the garden
20:45Had a projector
20:46On the porch
20:47Where we were
20:47And we sat and watched
20:49Sahara
20:49With Brooke Shields
20:53Then
20:55Then he threw a party
20:57And he had seven daughters
20:58And seven sons
21:02Yeah
21:03I always laugh when I say that
21:05And the seven daughters
21:07They entertained me
21:08Royally
21:09With dance
21:10And no
21:10Flute playing
21:12Flute playing and dance
21:14And he fed me things like
21:16Monkey breast
21:17And parrot beak
21:19I think it was
21:20It was the course that night
21:21And the next day
21:24I redecorated the bathroom
21:25Of my family
21:26But he sent his daughter
21:28Over to me
21:29Yeah
21:29His favourite daughter
21:30He sent to me
21:32If you know what I mean
21:33Yes
21:33To you
21:34And I couldn't make it
21:35To the front door
21:37Go away
21:38You're beautiful
21:39But go away
21:40This was many years ago
21:41That has nothing
21:43This has absolutely
21:45Nothing to do
21:46With the fact that
21:47I got gastroenteritis
21:48The other day
21:48That was just
21:49It just reminded me though
21:50That I've had it twice
21:59We're going to talk about
22:00The chair
22:01Okay
22:01Shall we talk about
22:02The chair
22:03No you talk about
22:03Whatever you want
22:03But
22:04This is the second
22:05Worst chair
22:06I've sat on today
22:07Show them
22:07Show them the chair
22:08Look at this chair
22:09That chair
22:10The first one
22:11Is owned by
22:12Richard Branson
22:12On Virgin Airlines
22:13And he has
22:15No they're fabulous
22:16Virgin Airlines
22:17Are great
22:17Except this one
22:19It's the 747-200 series
22:21And he bought it
22:22From Cathay
22:23I think
22:23Cathay Pacific
22:24And they've left
22:25The old chairs
22:26On the Chinese chairs
22:27But they've just put
22:28Virgin material on it
22:30And you can't
22:31You know
22:31It won't go anywhere
22:32It's all
22:33And so
22:34I slept like that
22:36I've only just
22:37I've been up for 29 hours
22:38We can tell
22:39Can't we
22:41This is me
22:42Straight buddy
22:44You're lucky
22:45You didn't know me
22:4625 years ago
22:49How are you doing
22:50I'm great
22:50You used to stay up
22:52For 7 to 8 days
22:53At a time
22:54I did indeed
22:54Yes
22:55Now what's that like
22:56I had a lot of friends
22:58And you've got to
22:59Give friends time
23:01Was that the drugs then
23:03What that attracted
23:04The friends you mean
23:05The reason I had friends
23:07Probably
23:08Yeah
23:08I imagine
23:09They all disappeared
23:10When I stopped doing drugs
23:11So I think you're probably
23:12Right on the money there
23:13So did you find
23:14That you wrote
23:15Better songs
23:15Or worse songs
23:17When you did the old
23:17You know
23:18Well
23:19As I wrote
23:20Things like
23:20Low
23:20Heroes
23:21Lodger
23:22Scary Monsters
23:23Or Straight
23:24By the way
23:27Without Joyce
23:30Pretty much
23:31Without drugs
23:33I don't think
23:33I think it's
23:34It's just an attitude
23:35You know
23:36Whether you're enjoying it
23:38But you don't have a drink
23:39Now either do you
23:39I don't drink
23:40And I don't drug
23:41No
23:41But you smoke facts
23:42And you drink coffee
23:43Oh god
23:43Yeah
23:44I'm dying for a cigarette
23:46But you can't have one
23:47On the telly
23:47We're not allowed to
23:48In the old days
23:49You could
23:49But you can't anymore
23:49Seriously
23:50You can have one in drama
23:51But this ain't a drama
23:52Mind you
23:52You're turning it into one
23:53It's very good sense
23:54It's time to tell
23:55A drama
23:55If the harm
23:58That cigarettes did
23:59Yeah
23:59Could be seen
24:00On the outside
24:01Of your body
24:01Could be bottled
24:02And sold
24:02Well it is
24:03I suppose
24:03You could provide
24:04Half the mercenaries
24:05In America
24:06With a new weapon
24:06Couldn't you
24:07But if it was
24:08Forget anthrax buddy
24:09Nicotine
24:10They did a program
24:12On American television
24:13The other night
24:14I cannot believe it
24:16As though we haven't
24:16Got enough problems
24:17Dateline did this thing
24:18Let's recreate
24:20What would happen
24:21If terrorists
24:21Threw anthrax down
24:22On the American subway
24:25And they spent
24:26All this money
24:27Showing us
24:28How 500,000 people
24:29Would be dead
24:30In one day
24:31In New York
24:32How bodies
24:33Would be piled up
24:34Because all the
24:34Gravediggers
24:35Would have buggered off
24:36To Queens
24:37Or wherever they come from
24:38Brooklyn?
24:39I don't know
24:40Where do grave diggers
24:41Come from?
24:41I don't know
24:42Yeah
24:43See the questions
24:44This kind of debate
24:44Rises
24:46And it went on
24:47For about an hour
24:48And I was so depressed
24:49At the end of it
24:50Realising that
24:51I really mustn't stay
24:53In cities where
24:54Even the tiniest possibility
24:56Of anthrax being
24:57Loosed upon
24:57Me and my family
25:00But then I forgot
25:01All about it
25:01In a half an hour
25:02Because friends came on
25:05And that's the world
25:06We live in?
25:06That's the world we live in
25:07It is?
25:07Sure enough
25:08Who are the best
25:09Kisses?
25:09Stop smiling
25:10Your camera's shaking
25:12Who are the best
25:13Kisses?
25:13Men or women?
25:15Why ask me?
25:19Do they kiss differently?
25:24You know
25:25There are a lot of doctors
25:26Who can actually
25:27Help you with this
25:32David Actual Baby
25:33That seemed to work
25:34Didn't it?
25:34So let's do it again
25:35Here's the cure
25:36Back after the break
25:38I don't care if Monday's blue
25:42Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
25:45Thursday I don't care about you
25:49It's Friday
25:50I don't care if you're wet
26:05It's Friday
26:06Let's do it again
26:17Oh, yeah!
26:20I know. The actual cure. That was the cure.
26:24With Friday, I'm in love.
26:27OK, our next guest, it's Jack Savoretti!
26:34Number one, baby!
26:39number one
26:40how does it feel to be number one
26:43what a way
26:45I feel like I'm slightly too old for this
26:47no way
26:48but it's all thanks to you
26:51it's not all thanks to me
26:52you wrote the darn songs and you've been in it forever
26:55yeah forever it feels like forever
26:56we will always be there
26:58the brand new album from Jack Severetti
27:00is currently number one
27:01yeah
27:04absolutely smashing the opposition
27:08okay so
27:09what have we got
27:09Holly Humberston
27:10amazing record
27:11nice one Holly
27:14so close but no cigar
27:16they're at number two
27:17Ella Langley
27:17Dandelion
27:18they're all amazing
27:19they're all amazing
27:20and then there's this newbie
27:22Olivia Dean
27:23Olivia Dean
27:23I told you that when they put a picture of me and her
27:27on socials on the official chart
27:28and my daughter thought it was like me pranking her
27:30she didn't believe that I was actually
27:32first of all you thought it was somebody pranking you
27:33I thought I was being pranked
27:35I wasn't going to say that
27:37I thought I was being pranked
27:39yeah and Ray is at number five as well
27:40I'm such a fan of all these artists
27:42but once again let me say Jack Severetti at number one
27:45I didn't prepare a speech right
27:48no well clearly
27:52but when did you when were you told
27:54when did the whispers start getting loud enough for you to hear that this might be something special
27:58it was online
27:58I mean I asked everybody before the campaign even started
28:02I was like look I'm this is I don't want to know anything
28:04because it's not something I set out to do
28:07it's not something that's in my sort of my reason for going for it
28:10but the minute you know you really want it
28:13the minute they give you that thing of like look we might be up in for a chance of a
28:16number one album
28:17you suddenly start to think it's just such a nice way to thank everybody that's helped you made the record
28:21you can make it mean nothing
28:23it can mean absolutely nothing to you
28:24or you can make it mean everything
28:26to the people that are involved with this
28:27yeah and that's so important isn't it
28:29we've had loads of messages
28:30because people knew you were coming on
28:32you've got loads of fans
28:33loads of people looking forward to the Royal Albert Hall next week
28:35yeah that's another thing keeping me up at night
28:37we're playing the Royal Albert Hall
28:38but you've done this before
28:39not for my own
28:40not on my own back
28:41I've opened up for people
28:43no you've done gigs before
28:44oh I've done gigs
28:46it's just a different room
28:47it's a different room
28:48you know when the decorators come in
28:50and you have to move the sofa out from the living room to the kitchen
28:53it's the same thing
28:54I'm telling myself
28:55I keep telling the band that
28:56like I'm preaching exactly what you're saying
28:58I'm like a football manager
28:59I'm like we stick to our game plan
29:00but you don't believe it
29:01but I'm dying in size
29:02the band will go
29:03Jack we're fine with this
29:04yeah well no
29:05look it is like a football player playing Wembley
29:07everybody wants to bring their A game
29:09and it does make a difference
29:10there's something about that room when you walk into
29:12it's not the size of it
29:14it's the regalness of it
29:16the majesty
29:16and it's intimate
29:18and that's kind of really wonderful
29:20but disconcerting
29:22it's like a velvet cushion isn't it
29:24there's lots of velvet around
29:26there's lots of crushed red velvet around
29:28it's lush
29:28the acoustics are fantastic aren't they
29:30the acoustics are fantastic
29:31they're really good for voice
29:33and if you keep it quite intimate
29:34if you go too big
29:35it can sort of bounce all over the place
29:37alright
29:37so if you've got a ticket for next week
29:39he's not going big
29:40you might as well stay home
29:42oh no we're going to go big
29:43but on a different level
29:45so will it change
29:46will the rhythm of the show change
29:49because of where it is
29:50that's another thing
29:51we're really trying to stick to our guns
29:53and the band playing with me
29:55is my band for pretty much 15 to 20 years
29:56some guys have been with me for ages
29:58and we are
29:59they're the guys playing on the record
30:00so this is kind of like
30:01the first time we're playing the record
30:03from top to bottom
30:03and we're doing something really grown up
30:05we're going to do
30:05I stole this idea from Arcade Fire
30:07we're going to do the new album
30:09top to bottom
30:09then have an interval
30:11oh
30:12right
30:14is that because you
30:16because we're so grown up now
30:17we need a brain
30:18we're so old
30:19we need a wee
30:21that's the thing
30:22the first time this ever happened to me
30:23right
30:24I went to
30:25I think it was the Eagles
30:27I think I want to say
30:28I think it was the Eagles
30:29one of my dream shows
30:30yeah one of the dream shows
30:31and there was an interval
30:32and I was like
30:33an interval
30:34this is interesting
30:34and I'm thinking
30:35okay that's
30:36it's beer time
30:37but of course
30:38you then
30:38you then go
30:39from the stadium
30:40from your seat
30:41and you go down
30:42to where the beers are
30:42and you think
30:43it's going to be a big queue
30:44I better get there
30:44as quick as I can
30:45no
30:45the queue for the lose
30:47was so much longer
30:48than the queue for the beers
30:49because of the demographic
30:51of the audience
30:52yeah
30:53yeah
30:53I mean
30:53I kind of put myself in that
30:55like it'll be nice
30:56to have a little half an hour rest
30:57yeah
30:57and I think
30:58I think the band needed
30:59the band needed a comfort break
31:01as much as the audience
31:01we did it
31:02we did a sort of
31:03we did a show
31:03like a warm-up show
31:04in Liverpool
31:05about a month ago
31:05just to sort of see
31:06if we could actually play this stuff live
31:07and we had an interval
31:09and we were all like
31:09why have we never done this before
31:11yeah
31:11it was so nice
31:12we got this
31:13it's like a half time
31:13in a football game
31:14you get to recap
31:15I love what you did on that thing
31:16let's do that in the second half
31:16smelling salts
31:17bit of a rub down
31:19two beers
31:19yeah why not
31:20two shots
31:21especially if it's going really well
31:22that's the problem
31:23yeah
31:23you've got to not celebrate though
31:25it's only half time
31:25yeah
31:26we learned that on our
31:27on our warm-up
31:28sort of run
31:29don't get too excited
31:30you can't really win it in the second half
31:31but you can lose it in the second half
31:32absolutely
31:33oh my gosh
31:33I don't want to sew that suit
31:35don't blame this on me
31:36no no no
31:37we'll keep it together
31:38but it's really cool
31:39and then the second
31:40the second half of the show
31:41we're going to do our
31:42sort of old friends
31:42our almost hits
31:43it's going to be like an hour
31:45you're almost hits
31:46you should have an
31:47almost greatest hits album
31:49but you don't need to
31:50because
31:50I don't know if you know
31:51but Jack's version
31:52is currently number one
31:53in the UK
31:56oh Jack Jack Jack
31:57where was this new album
31:59where was it
32:00how was it born
32:02where did it come from
32:02it was born out of
32:04it's actually one of the few albums
32:05first albums I've done
32:06in a long time
32:07without any preconceived concept
32:08which sounds a bit clumsy
32:09but in the past
32:10I've sometimes protected
32:12the substance of what I'm saying
32:13in songs with style
32:14it's a bit like
32:15if you feel like
32:16you're having imposter syndrome
32:17or you kind of
32:18don't feel like
32:19you may be up to scratch
32:20with what you're supposed to be doing
32:21you dress it up a bit
32:22and I've done that in the past
32:23also to protect the substance
32:25with this one
32:27I was like no style
32:27we're going full substance
32:29this is jeans and t-shirt album
32:30it'll do what it does
32:31and you no longer need to fear
32:33Olivia Dean
32:33because you're number one
32:35can we hear it
32:36for the current number one
32:38selling artist
32:39in the UK album chart
32:40it's Jack Savarelli
32:45now I've had lots of people asking
32:46is Will McDonald still here
32:48Will
32:49We
32:51We
32:52We
32:56He loves that
32:57and he doesn't hate it
32:58alright
32:59coming up now
32:59Jack Savarelli
33:00please welcome
33:01Jack Savarelli
33:01with the ocean colour scenes
33:03the day we call the train
33:06I never saw it as the start
33:09it's more a change of heart
33:14wrapping on the windows
33:16whisking down the chimney pots
33:20blowing off the dust
33:21in the room where I forgot
33:23I laid my plans in style and cry
33:28stepping through the door
33:29like a troubadour
33:30while I'm just an hour away
33:33looking at the trees on the roadside
33:36feeling it's a holiday
33:39you and I should ride the coast
33:42and wind up in our favourite coast
33:44just finds a way
33:47roll a number
33:49write another song
33:52like Jimmy heard the day
33:54he caught the train
33:56whoa
33:57la la
33:59whoa
33:59la la
34:01whoa
34:02la la
34:04whoa
34:05whoa
34:06la la
34:08sipped another rum and coke
34:12told a dirty joke
34:16walking like a groucho
34:18sucking on a number
34:19time
34:22holding on the floor
34:23with the cigarette burns
34:25walked in
34:25I miss the crush
34:27and I'm home again
34:30stepping through the door
34:32with the night in store
34:33while I'm just an hour away
34:36sleeping to the sky
34:37in the star
34:38a bright feeling
34:38it's a brighter day
34:41well you and I
34:42should ride the coast
34:44and wind up
34:45in our favourite coast
34:46just miles away
34:50roll a number
34:52write another song
34:55like Jimmy heard the day
34:57he caught the train
34:58whoa
34:59oh
35:00la la
35:01whoa
35:02oh
35:03la la
35:04whoa
35:05oh
35:05oh
35:06la
35:06la
35:06whoa
35:07whoa
35:10you and I
35:12should ride the tracks
35:13and find ourselves
35:14just wading through
35:16tomorrow's
35:18you and I
35:20we're not coming down
35:21we're only getting back
35:22and you know
35:23I feel that sorrow
35:25we've got the whole
35:27wide world
35:28yes
35:29when you find the things
35:31are getting wild
35:32don't you want days
35:33like these
35:35when you find the things
35:36are getting wild
35:37don't you want days
35:39like these
35:39when you find the things
35:42are getting wild
35:43don't you want days
35:44like these
35:45like these
35:46whoa
35:48la
35:48la
35:49whoa
35:50oh
35:50la
35:53thank you so much
35:55all right
35:56coming up next
35:56India's biggest star, Shreya Ghoshal, is going to be here.
36:00Performing Coldplay's picture, it's going to be amazing.
36:03But before that, first, more TFI.
36:26We'll take a photograph, we'll burn all the negatives, I hope we fall in.
36:37We'll step in one day, this keeps moving on to us, we'll stand where the river bends.
36:48I hope we fall in, this time maybe we'll.
36:56How great is that, a sleeper sail of the century from back in the day, TFI Gold.
37:01Our next guest, a superstar singing sensation, it doesn't get any bigger than our next guest.
37:06With over 3,500 songs under her belt and hundreds of millions of fans across the planet,
37:11her new album, All Hearts Live Tour, is out now.
37:14So let's say hello to our new pal, it is Shreya Ghoshal!
37:33You're so welcome, you're so welcome.
37:36Shreya Ghoshal, you are gracing us with your presence, your band are here.
37:39Tell us about your latest tour to the UK, what's been going on?
37:42Yeah, so we were here for the Unstoppable Tour and we just finished our London O2 Arena,
37:50which was our first for me as well, like the O2 Arena and it was a wonderful tour.
37:55It started from Manchester, Birmingham and then London.
37:59Okay, was this like a taster tour?
38:01Are you going to come back and do more dates?
38:02You've got to?
38:04Yes.
38:04The response we're getting just from you, from when we said you were going to be on the show,
38:08Oh my gosh, and you've recorded over three and a half thousand songs.
38:12Yes.
38:13I mean, that's incredible, isn't it?
38:14It's like, it's something sort of, you know, our sort of world of rock and roll,
38:19you know, if the Beatles recorded 400 or 500, you're three and a half thousand.
38:23Oh no!
38:24You're three thousand ahead of the Beatles, how does that feel?
38:27Oh God, no, nothing like that.
38:28But I think it's just the amount of work that happens back in India,
38:32because it's not just Hindi, which is the main language spoken.
38:36There are so many different regional languages as well.
38:40You've enjoyed over 12 billion downloads and streams,
38:44and you have like tens of millions of followers on all the social medias,
38:4734.1 million followers on Instagram.
38:49What does that feel like to have that sort of, that quantity of A, output, B, love,
38:56you know, clearly people absolutely adore what you do.
38:59Do you have to sort of, can you, how does one deal with that?
39:04Or do you just, is it, do you just have to park it, I suppose?
39:08I don't think so much about this.
39:10I mean, if you start thinking about how to manage listeners, algorithms, social media,
39:17then I think the music takes a backseat.
39:19So I just focus on the music and everything follows.
39:22Yeah.
39:23That's easy.
39:23But you have just said, you have also said, you know, you look after your fans,
39:27there's literally more and more coming on board all the time.
39:31Yeah.
39:31And so you have to sort of, you are aware of it, of course you're aware of it.
39:35Yeah.
39:35And you do engage with your fans.
39:37I do.
39:37But you have 4 billion more listens than there are people on the planet.
39:43On the planet.
39:45So where are they listening to me from?
39:47Mars!
39:48Right.
39:49You prepared something very special for us tonight.
39:51Can you tell us the story behind it, please?
39:54Oh, so when Coldplay performed in Wembley in 2017, we were there.
40:02I think we, me and my husband, we have the most fondest memory of being in that concert
40:10and we can't forget those memories.
40:14And then when finally Coldplay came to Mumbai and they played, I was there again.
40:19And I, I think literally tears streaming down your face.
40:24It was true.
40:26And, uh, it's special.
40:29I think that song has a lot of depth and a lot of meaning to not just me, to many
40:33people.
40:33It fixes their problems and their, their, uh, you know, how to deal with loss or how to
40:40deal with issues of life.
40:42So Fix You is a special song and Coldplay.
40:45They're just too amazing.
40:46All right.
40:47Now you've never met Chris Martin, but you'd like to.
40:49Yeah.
40:49Please make it happen.
40:51Well, you've got to make it.
40:53Is this your love letter to Chris saying, please, can we hook up?
40:55Yeah.
40:56All right.
40:56So, so, so, no, no, no, no, no, just professionally.
41:02So, so we need, we need to get you to be best mates with Adele.
41:05Yeah.
41:06Yeah.
41:06And collaborate with Chris Martin.
41:08Yes.
41:08All right.
41:09Okay.
41:09Well, let's see how this goes.
41:10I'm sure it's going to be fine.
41:12All right.
41:12You go and get yourself ready, um, to perform.
41:15All right.
41:15We've just about got time for this week's star of the week.
41:17Please welcome Super Max.
41:21Hi, Maxie.
41:23All right.
41:23Tell everybody about yourself.
41:25So my name is Max.
41:26Um, I have a lifelong condition called osteogenesis imperfecta.
41:29Um, otherwise known as brittle bone disease, meaning that my bones are a lot more fragile
41:33than other people's.
41:35Um, I get a lot of chronic pain and fatigue daily, and it means I have to use distraction
41:39techniques to kind of, um, try and put the pain out of the picture so that I can focus
41:44on everyday life, such as, um, I use fidget toys.
41:48Um, I do things like listening to audio books, playing a bit of Lego, um, and coming on TV shows.
41:54Coming on television shows.
41:57All right.
41:58Now you are supported by a charity and now you also support that charity.
42:02Yep.
42:02So the, um, brittle bone society is a charity that has supported me literally throughout
42:06my entire life.
42:07Um, from the moment I was diagnosed.
42:10So they have helped with grants and funds and they've been there for me whenever, whenever
42:14I needed them.
42:15So I wanted to say a big thank you to them.
42:17Um, and I wanted to raise a bit of money for them, um, so that they could, um, be able
42:22to help even more people.
42:24So I did a sponsored bike ride, um, which was the length of 26.2 miles, um, equivalent
42:30to a marathon.
42:31Wow.
42:32Wow.
42:33So I rode that around my local area.
42:35Um, and after that I managed to raise 142,000 pounds.
42:42She's just one of the many reasons she's our first ever TFI Unplugged Star of the Week.
42:47And you know your prizes, don't you?
42:48Okay.
42:48Okay.
42:49Uh, the prize for the Star of the Week.
42:50And by the way, feel free to nominate another Star of the Week for next week.
42:53It is to tell us what's on next week's show.
42:56So drop roll, please.
43:04On TFI, next week is...
43:07We've got absolutely no idea.
43:10Yay!
43:12We're here straight ready now.
43:15When you try your best, but you don't succeed.
43:22When you get what you want, but not what you need.
43:29When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep.
43:35Stuck in rivers.
43:42And the tears come stream down your face.
43:49When you lose something, you can't replace.
43:56When you lose someone, but it goes to waste.
44:02Could it be worse?
44:12Lights will guide you home.
44:19And ignite your bones.
44:26And I will try to fix you.
44:33I'll see you later.
44:33And the tears come through my face.
44:33According to the tears come through my chest.
44:35And the tears come through my heart.
44:39The tears come through my eyes.
44:53And the tears come through my face.
45:01I think it's a sweet love.
45:04I
45:10Did I
45:28Dished me
45:30Tears stream down your face
45:33When you lose something you can't already live
45:41Tears stream down your face
45:55This stream down your face
46:01I promise you I will learn from the mistakes
46:09This stream down your face
46:15And I...
46:24Lights will come to home
46:30And we'll come to home
46:37And I will try to fix you
47:06I can't believe they brought this show back
47:08I can't believe they brought this show back
47:13And I will try to fix you
47:13I can't believe they brought this show back
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