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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?
00:29Er, like the old one, only...
00:321% of the budget.
00:37Am I getting paid for this?
00:41It's a bit cheap, isn't it?
00:45My, what, that one?
00:48TFI to survive. Take that.
00:52So, er, yeah, I'm Kedge, and I'm the exec producer of TFI Unplugged.
00:56So, 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.
01:06Boom.
01:07My name's Owen, and I've just started working on TFI Unplugged.
01:18And what do you do, Owen?
01:20Er, mostly get blamed for things.
01:22That seems a bit harsh.
01:24I love it.
01:27Did I feed you lot?
01:29No.
01:31I thought not.
01:31No, we'd never been fed.
01:33Total t-ing, ain't he?
01:37No, no, it hasn't got an albeit.
01:59I didn't love my sons now, honestly.
01:59But if I'd never wait more than that, I will wait too.
01:59I mean, the company's here can be twisted against you.
02:00Got it, yeah, I'm ironed out.
02:01I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
02:04My slices came out, Y kissed another woman's Foi.
02:10Hey, happy Friday, friends.
02:12Thanks 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.
02:28TFI Unplugged, what are you talking about?
02:32I look like Jedward.
02:34How much time did you do, TFI?
02:36Loads.
02:36It was like, it was our second half.
02:38I'd rather top and go down than England win the world.
02:42Yes, I got it.
02:43It doesn't make for good TV.
02:44You can have that.
02:45Thank you very much.
02:46Actually, 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 some 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, because 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.
03:50At number three with It's Your Letters, it's the Bee Gees.
03:55It's Your Letters.
04:00It's your letters.
04:06It's your letters.
04:17It's your letters.
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 Rhys.
04:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
04:43It'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.
05:04MUSIC PLAYS
05:07It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:11It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:20OK, now, is this better or worse?
05:23Once again, Mr Jack Savaretti.
05:25MUSIC PLAYS
05:29It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:33It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:39And he has more.
05:41Once again, is this better or worse?
05:43Jack Savaretti.
05:44MUSIC PLAYS
05:48It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:51It's your what's up, it's your what's up
05:58How good is Jack Savaretti?
06:01Jack has a number one album today in the UK!
06:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
06:07So all we need now, by the way, is a what's up
06:09and I just happen to have one here from made-up name,
06:11Kelly from Kentucky.
06:13That'll do, OK.
06:14Kelly, Kentucky says, she doesn't say, but we say
06:16What's happened, see, what's up, what'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.
06:26Please welcome back, Will!
06:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
06:31Will!
06:36Will is back!
06:38Come and enjoy a bit of Will, everybody!
06:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
06:47Steve Denyer's been dying to do that, haven't you?
06:48Don't do that.
06:49Louise!
06:50Don't do that!
06:51All right, we've been here before, haven't we, Will?
06:53I mean, we've been here anyway.
06:55Yeah, yeah.
06:5596, 97, 98, 99.
06:57But also, they're saying TFI is back, you know,
07:00first time since the 90s, but we've done it before.
07:03Yep, 2015.
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 quite special.
07:11And then we did 10 more.
07:13All right, so we did 11.
07:14So we did 11.
07:15All right, so we brought it back,
07:16because Channel 4 said,
07:17why don't you do, like, a 20th anniversary show?
07:19They said 20th anniversary.
07:21Yes.
07:21We went, great, that's brilliant.
07:23I sat down and went,
07:25oh, it's 19, actually.
07:26Yeah, and they said, it doesn't matter,
07:27just call it the 20th.
07:28Yeah, yeah.
07:29So we did it.
07:29Which is 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, yeah.
07:35And then you went nuts.
07:36Then I went nuts.
07:37Not for the first time.
07:39Not for the first time.
07:41So when we were doing it back in the day,
07:45you were exec producer,
07:47and we did loads and loads of shows,
07:48and 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, yes.
08:00Well, it didn't go well for him,
08:01so he had to go back to singing.
08:03It was his top gear.
08:06At least that's how I'm going to frame it.
08:09So, yeah, and then it went away.
08:11Okay, and then what did you do?
08:12I produced this wonderful novel here,
08:17novella here,
08:19called How to Be a Pub Genius.
08:20Thank you very much for your admiration.
08:22Available in any good eBay's discount bin now.
08:25The thing is,
08:26because Pub Genius was the slot we did on the show,
08:28people loved it.
08:29And to the extent that you brought out this book,
08:31Will MacDonald, Pub Genius,
08:32did really well.
08:33You took it on tour,
08:33you had a whole live show,
08:34you had Dancing Girls,
08:35everything,
08:36pyrotechnics going on.
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
08:42because the ink comes off on your fingers.
08:44And what does your other half do for a living?
08:47She works in opera.
08:48Yeah, she's a little pamphlet, Pub Genius.
08:53No, but I knew about that.
08:54So what's the confession?
08:55The confession is,
08:57you probably don't know this,
08:58I brought out a second volume.
09:01I 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 MacDonald's here to talk about his new book.
09:11Seeing as you have two of these books out now,
09:13I think it's time for an updated reimagination of Will MacDonald,
09:17Pub Genius!
09:22I'm going to drink the beer in that glass
09:25out of that sherry glass.
09:28Sherry, ask your dad.
09:29Anyone who's known what a sherry glass is.
09:32Out of there without touching it with my hands.
09:33Right, at this point we all go,
09:34no, at this point we'll go,
09:35no way!
09:36No, can't be done.
09:37No way!
09:38Can't be done!
09:39Can't be done!
09:41Impossible!
09:42Impossible!
09:43The man's a fraud!
09:52That's the strangest heckle ever.
09:53Be careful with the microphone!
09:55What about my nice jumper?
09:57Um, can be done.
09:59Drum roll, please.
10:00Drum roll.
10:25No way!
10:44Well, Pub Genius, Volume 3 coming soon!
10:49Let's hear from Will, everyone!
10:51He remains the UK's official Pub Genius!
10:55Our next guest has the voice of an angel,
10:57the hair of a god,
10:58and the brightest smile in showbiz.
11:00He is a mentor in the new series,
11:02Your Song,
11:03which continues on Sundays on Channel 4.
11:05So let's make our whole day a lot brighter
11:07with Sam Ryder!
11:09CHEERING
11:26Mate, I'm buzzing for this!
11:28We're buzzing on Channel 4,
11:29both of us on Channel 4!
11:30How are ya?
11:31I'm great, how's your new show?
11:32I was, like, getting goosebumps
11:34hearing your intro to show again,
11:36like that.
11:36I was just like,
11:37this is where you...
11:38Well, this is it, we're back, you're back,
11:39and you have your own thing going on
11:40with Play With Me.
11:41Tell us all about it, Sam Ryder.
11:43It's berserk.
11:44It's...
11:44So we go up and down the country,
11:46we bring a stage with us,
11:47this amazing crew that work tirelessly
11:50building this thing
11:51and setting it up
11:52and organising people
11:53just to get on that stage
11:54who've probably never sung in public before,
11:56by the way,
11:56with a live band,
11:57and the band are absolutely cooking.
11:59They're so good.
12:01And these guys just come,
12:03they share a story,
12:04could be something seismic
12:07that's happened in their life,
12:08the deepest depths of their soul
12:10that they're sharing
12:11with total strangers
12:12that are just out shopping,
12:13walking down the high street,
12:14and they'll sing a song
12:16that's attributed to that feeling
12:18and that story,
12:18and the connection that you see
12:20being made,
12:21honestly, Chris,
12:22it is just beautiful, man.
12:24It's so, so lovely.
12:26And you're perfect for this,
12:27because you wear your heart
12:29on your sleeve and some, don't you?
12:30Well, I try my best to.
12:32I think it's a nice way to live,
12:34because you get to meet people
12:35where they're at
12:36and you find out more about them.
12:39Like any interaction with a stranger,
12:40if you're emotionally open
12:42and your heart is open,
12:43I feel it's more valuable.
12:44So is it an anti-talent show?
12:47How would you describe it?
12:48I've never thought of it that way,
12:49but it's interesting
12:50because there's no carrot, man.
12:51There's no, like,
12:53sort of, you know,
12:54you win a record deal at the end
12:55or we'll put your single out
12:56at the end.
12:57It's nothing like that,
12:58because these people,
12:59they're not professional singers.
13:02They're likely hadn't ever
13:04stood on a stage with a live band,
13:06like an actual drummer
13:07playing before,
13:08something like that,
13:09and they're singing a song
13:09that's totally just theirs.
13:12The words mean something different
13:13to them than they do
13:14to, like, anyone else in the world.
13:17All right.
13:17All the way to best songs.
13:18Here's the thing, though.
13:19If somebody comes on and smashes it,
13:20what are you going to do?
13:21You're not going to ignore them, are you?
13:22Well, no, you don't ignore them,
13:23but you, like,
13:24you have an event at the end of it
13:26at the Hackney Empire.
13:28Yeah.
13:29And then all the singers,
13:30every single person's invited,
13:32everyone comes down
13:32and absolutely rinses the free bar.
13:34But a couple of the people
13:36from each round,
13:38like, we have them perform
13:40on the night.
13:41So that is the prize.
13:43There's no record deal.
13:44There's no, like, old tropes.
13:45It's made by the Bake Off people.
13:47Yeah, so it's got heart.
13:48Yeah, well, also,
13:49the point is,
13:50I know that a lot of people
13:51who've won the Bake Off
13:52have gone on to do amazing things.
13:53Most of them have, in fact.
13:55That is hot, by the way.
13:56Sorry about that.
13:58I tried to style that out.
13:59It's not only our shows
14:00that are smoking,
14:01so is the tea.
14:02Things have changed
14:03at Channel 4.
14:04They bought a kettle.
14:05It's unbelievable.
14:07Not only you,
14:07but Paloma Faith as well
14:08and Alison Hammond as well.
14:09Yeah, man,
14:10they're fantastic.
14:11I mean,
14:11they're mad as a box of frogs,
14:12like, both,
14:13but they're so good to be around.
14:15Individually,
14:15they're bonkers.
14:16Yeah, no,
14:16but together,
14:17all of us.
14:18Do you know what I mean?
14:18They sprinkle a bit
14:19of Ryder on top.
14:20Yeah, yeah, mate.
14:21All of our laughs
14:22also are so cackly,
14:24it's unreal.
14:25So I'm like,
14:25and like,
14:26Paloma as well
14:27and Alison.
14:28So the three of us
14:28laughing together,
14:29it's like the Witches of Eastwick
14:30around the cauldron.
14:31Alison Hammond's laugh
14:33is second only to her smell.
14:36She's the greatest smelling person
14:37in the show.
14:38Oh, mate,
14:38she's great.
14:39Unbelievable.
14:40And so,
14:41do you get together?
14:42Do you perform at any point?
14:44You and Paloma?
14:45Every now and then,
14:45we'll jump up.
14:46There's a little,
14:47they call it a golden hour.
14:49So anyone passing by
14:51that sort of wants to get involved
14:53can just jump up and sing.
14:54And it's so lovely, man,
14:55because you'll just see someone
14:57passing by
14:57with literally holding a bag of shopping
15:00and be like,
15:00I'll have a go.
15:01I love it.
15:02Everyone's getting involved.
15:03I love it.
15:04It's such a simple concept,
15:05isn't it?
15:06Yeah.
15:06This,
15:07it's like,
15:07it's music to your ears
15:08and it's the wind beneath your wings.
15:09Yeah, mate,
15:10absolutely.
15:11And I just want to sing
15:12wind beneath my wings now.
15:14Well,
15:15I always told you're on vocal.
15:16Yeah, I know, mate,
15:17can you hear my voice?
15:17Can you hear my guitar?
15:20Are you working on anything new
15:22at the moment, Sam?
15:23always.
15:24But,
15:24no, mate,
15:25honestly,
15:25you don't want to hear it.
15:27It is bad.
15:28So,
15:29seeing as we're now
15:29back on show,
15:30that's all,
15:30a pair of us.
15:35last orders of the bar,
15:36not just someone I'm drinking
15:37at the moment.
15:38How long have you not
15:39had a drink for?
15:40Over two years.
15:42Yeah,
15:43Nearly three.
15:44Mate,
15:44come on.
15:45Which is ironic,
15:46because the last time
15:46we did have a drink
15:47was together
15:47in a sauna.
15:48Yeah,
15:49absolutely nevered.
15:50Yeah,
15:51yeah,
15:52yeah.
15:53Highly unrecommended.
15:54That's like,
15:54the worst possible thing
15:55you can do in a sauna.
15:56Hydrated in a sauna
15:57with a bottle of tequila.
15:58Yeah,
15:58it was.
15:59It was good tequila.
15:59and that's probably
16:00what it did for both of us,
16:01wasn't it?
16:02It was.
16:02That was our bottom.
16:03Yeah,
16:03that was absolutely
16:05the Lancaster,
16:06all the engines out,
16:08just bang.
16:08It really was,
16:08wasn't it?
16:09Sam,
16:09great to see you,
16:10man.
16:10Mate,
16:10this has been so fun.
16:11this has been Sam Ryder,
16:12everyone.
16:13All right,
16:16we'll be back after the break
16:17with more CHF I Unplugged.
16:19All right,
16:20we'll be back.
16:21Stupid girl.
16:24Stupid girl.
16:28All you had it wasted.
16:32All you had it wasted.
16:43Stupid girl.
16:47It's too bad, girl
16:50All you had to waste is
16:54I can't believe you faked it
17:01Wow, that was the brilliant Garbage and Stupid Girl.
17:06How good is that?
17:07All right, still to come on TFI Unplugged,
17:09India's biggest star, Shrega Scholl's going to be here.
17:12She's going to be performing an amazing cover of Coldplay's Fiction,
17:16plus we reveal the winner of Slurpsy Jolly Juggler 2026.
17:21I know, I know, the finalists are amazing.
17:24Will it be Olympic gold medallist Matt Weston?
17:31Not bad.
17:33Or will it be Patrick McDreamy, Dr McDreamy Dempsey, with it?
17:39Yeah!
17:43Very good.
17:44Or will it be Rockin' Ross Noble, juggling and eating?
17:53Exciting stuff.
17:54And remember, Celebrity Juggling fans, your vote counts.
17:58And most importantly, you can only think your votes in.
18:01Remember that, OK?
18:02Yeah, no, we don't accept any actual real votes.
18:07Sorry.
18:08Who watches this rubbish?
18:10All right, now it's time for something very special on TFI Unplugged.
18:14Every single week, we're going to bring some TFI gold.
18:17And where better to start than with...
18:19David Bowie.
18:39Thank you very much.
18:42Thank you very much.
18:50All right, now listen, you've got these high-heel things.
18:52Very high-heel shoes.
18:53But they don't count...
18:54Oh, OK, it counts.
18:56Well, look, there you go.
18:57I'll give you...
18:58I should...
18:58Measure out 5'10 1⁄2".
19:00I can't do 5'10 1⁄2".
19:02Guess.
19:03Are you 5'10 1⁄2"?
19:04Yes.
19:04You're not 5'10 1⁄2".
19:05I'm 5'10 1⁄2".
19:07Oh, OK.
19:07All right, hang on a minute, hang on a minute.
19:08Let's see.
19:09What are you?
19:10See, let's see.
19:11There you go.
19:11There you go.
19:12That's pretty accurate.
19:13David.
19:14I'm still big.
19:15Bowie?
19:16I'm...
19:16B...
19:17B...
19:18O...
19:19Go on.
19:20Carry on.
19:21W-I...
19:21OK, officially, David Bowie is taller than Benno.
19:24Yeah!
19:30Oh, yeah.
19:33So, David...
19:33I had a hell of a time getting there.
19:35I know.
19:36Go on.
19:36I know you want to talk about this.
19:37Oh, let me tell...
19:38No, you don't know.
19:39I tried to cross Hammond-Smith Bridge
19:41and I didn't know that the rich people
19:42have got it all blocked up.
19:44Right.
19:45So, I got fined, dragged into court,
19:48all that, all in the last half hour.
19:49No way.
19:50Yes, it's absolutely true.
19:51And I've had gastroenteritis.
19:54Oh...
19:55All in the last half hour.
19:57Hey, can't you tell the gastroenteritis
19:58is still doing the rounds?
19:59Do 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.
20:09And 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.
20:21So, we're going to the palace.
20:22You're going to let me go on with this, aren't you?
20:24Dead 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 with guns
20:33to keep the poor people out.
20:35He 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,
20:56then he threw a party
20:57and he had seven daughters
20:58and seven sons.
21:02Yeah.
21:03I always laugh
21:03when I say that.
21:05And the seven daughters,
21:07they entertained me royally
21:09with dance
21:10and, no,
21:11flute playing.
21:12Flute playing and dance
21:14and he fed me things
21:16like monkey 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.
21:26But he sent his daughter
21:28over to me.
21:29His favourite daughter.
21:30He sent to me.
21:32If you know what I mean.
21:34To you.
21:34I 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
21:46that I 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
22:00about the chair.
22:01Okay.
22:01Shall we talk about the chair?
22:02No, you can talk about
22:03whatever you want.
22:04This is the second worst 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 Richard Branson
22:12on Virgin Airlines
22:14and 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 I slept like that
22:36for...
22:36I've only just...
22:37I've been up for 29 hours.
22:39We can tell, can't we?
22:41This is me straight, buddy.
22:44You're lucky you didn't know me
22:4625 years ago.
22:49How are you doing?
22:50I'm great, actually.
22:51Great.
22:51Good.
22:52You used to stay up
22:52for seven to eight days
22:53at a time.
22:54I did indeed, yes.
22:55Now, what's that like?
22:56I had a lot of friends
22:58and you've got to give
22:59friends time.
23:01Was that the drugs then?
23:03What, that attracted
23:04the friends, you mean?
23:06The reason I had friends?
23:08Probably, yeah.
23:09I 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 better songs
23:15or worse songs
23:17when you did the old,
23:18you know...
23:18Well, as I wrote
23:20things like
23:20Low, Heroes, Lodger,
23:22Scary Monsters,
23:23or Straight.
23:23By the way, by the way,
23:24by the way.
23:27Without drugs.
23:30Pretty much without drugs.
23:33I don't think...
23:34I think it's just
23:35an attitude more.
23:36You know,
23:36whether you're enjoying it
23:37and...
23:38But you don't have a drink
23:39now either, do you?
23:39I don't drink
23:40and I don't drug, no.
23:41But you smoke facts
23:42and you drink coffee.
23:43Oh, God.
23:43Yeah.
23:44I'm dying for a cigarette.
23:46Well, you can't have one
23:47on the telly.
23:48We're not allowed to.
23:48In the old days,
23:49you could,
23:49but you can't anymore.
23:50Seriously.
23:50You can have one in drama,
23:51but this ain't a drama.
23:52Mind you, you're turning it into one.
23:54It's not a drama or a...
23:56If you were...
23:57If the harm that cigarettes did...
23:59Yeah.
24:00Could be seen on the outside
24:01of your body.
24:01Could be bottled and sold.
24:02Well, it is, I suppose.
24:04You 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.
24:10Nicotine in the...
24:11They 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.
24:18Dateline did this thing.
24:18Let's recreate
24:20what would happen
24:21if terrorists threw
24:21anthrax 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 in New York.
24:32How bodies
24:33would be piled up
24:34because all the grave diggers
24:35would have buggered off
24:36to Queens
24:37or wherever they come from.
24:39Brooklyn?
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 rises.
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 I
24:52really mustn't stay
24:53in cities where
24:54even the tiniest possibility
24:56of anthrax being
24:57loosed upon
24:58me 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 kisses...
25:09Stop smiling.
25:10Your camera's shaking.
25:12Who are the best kisses,
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 help you
25:27with 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
25:41Monday's booed.
25:43Tuesday's great
25:44and Wednesday too.
25:46Thursday,
25:47I don't care about you.
25:49It's Friday.
25:50I don't care about you.
26:07Do, do, do, do, do, do.
26:10Oh, oh.
26:11Do, do, do, do, do.
26:13Oh, oh.
26:15Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
26:20I know, the actual cure, that was the cure with Friday, I'm in love.
26:27Okay, our next guest, it's Jack Sabaretti!
26:35Number one, baby!
26:39Number one!
26:41How does it feel to be number one?
26:44What a weight!
26:46I feel like I'm slightly too old for this.
26:47No way!
26:49But it's all thanks to you, man.
26:50The promo that you...
26:51It's not all thanks to me.
26:53You wrote the darn songs and you've been in it forever.
26:55Yeah, forever.
26:56It feels like forever.
26:57We will always be there.
26:58The brand new album from Jack Sabaretti is currently number one in the UK.
27:03Yeah, absolutely smashing the opposition.
27:06It's all true.
27:08Like, okay, so Cruel World, Holly Humberston.
27:11Amazing record.
27:12Yeah, nice one, Holly.
27:14So close, but no cigar.
27:16They're at number two.
27:17Ella Langley, Dandelion.
27:18Another amazing...
27:19They're all amazing records.
27:20They're all amazing.
27:20And then there's this newbie, Olivia Dean.
27:23Olivia Dean.
27:24Yeah.
27:24I told you that when they put a picture of me and her on socials on the official chart.
27:28And my daughter thought it was like me pranking her.
27:30Yeah.
27:31She didn't believe that I was actually...
27:32Well, first 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.
27:41I'm such a fan of all of these artists.
27:42But once again, let me say Jack Severetti at number one, my friend.
27:47I didn't prepare a speech, right?
27:48No, well, clearly.
27:52But when were you told, when did the whispers start getting loud enough for you to hear
27:57that this might be something special?
27:58It was online.
27:59I mean, I asked everybody before the campaign even started.
28:02I was like, look, 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 reason for going for it.
28:10But the minute you know you really want it, the minute they give you that thing of like,
28:15look, we might be up in for a chance of a number one album, you suddenly start thinking
28:18it's just such a nice way to thank everybody that's helped you make the record.
28:22Of course it is.
28:22You can make it mean nothing.
28:23It can mean absolutely nothing to you.
28:24Or you can make it mean everything to the people that are involved with this.
28:27Yeah, and that's so important, isn't it?
28:29Yeah.
28:29We've had loads of messages because people knew you were coming on.
28:32You've got loads of fans, loads 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, which is good.
28:39But you've done this before.
28:39Not on my own back.
28:42I'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.
28:48It's a different room.
28:48You know when the decorators come in and you have to move the sofa out from the living room
28:52to the kitchen?
28:53It's the same thing.
28:54I'm telling myself, I keep telling the band that.
28:57Like, 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 inside.
29:03The band will go, Jack, we're fine with this.
29:05Yeah, well, no, look, it is like a football player playing Wembley.
29:08Everybody wants to bring their A game.
29:09And it does make a difference.
29:11There's something about that room when you walk into it.
29:13It's not the size of it.
29:14It's the regalness of it, the majesty.
29:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:17And it's intimate.
29:18And that's kind of really wonderful but disconcerting how intimate it is.
29:22It's like a velvet cushion, isn't it?
29:25Totally.
29:25There'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.
29:32They're really good for voice and if you keep it quite intimate.
29:34If you go too big, it can sort of bounce all over the place.
29:37All right.
29:38So if you've got a ticket for next week, he's not going big.
29:40You might as well stay home.
29:42Oh, no, we're going to go big but on a different level.
29:45So will it change?
29:47Will the rhythm of the show change because of where it is?
29:50No, that's another thing.
29:51We're really trying to stick to our guns and the band playing with me is my band for pretty
29:56much 15 to 20 years.
29:57Some guys have been with me for ages and they're the guys playing on the record.
30:00So this is kind of like the first time we're playing the record from top to bottom and
30:03we're doing something really grown up.
30:06I stole this idea from Arcade Fire.
30:08We're going to do the new album top to bottom, then have an interval.
30:12Oh, right.
30:14Is that because you...
30:16Because we're so grown up now.
30:17We're so old.
30:19You need a wee.
30:21That's the thing.
30:22The first time this ever happened to me, right, I went to...
30:25I think it was the Eagles.
30:27I think it was the Eagles.
30:29One of my dream shows.
30:31Yeah, one of the dream shows.
30:32And there was an interval.
30:33And I was like, an interval?
30:34This is interesting.
30:35And I'm thinking, okay, it's beer time.
30:37But of course, you then go from the stadium, from your seat, and you go down to where the
30:42beers are.
30:43You think, it's going to be a big queue.
30:44I better get there as quick as I can.
30:45No.
30:46The queue for the lose was so much longer than the keys for the beers because of the demographic
30:51of the audience.
30:52Yeah.
30:53Yeah.
30:53I mean, I kind of put myself in that.
30:55It'll be nice to have a little half an hour rest.
30:57And I think the band needed a comfort break as much as the audience.
31:02We did a show, like a warm-up show in Liverpool about a month ago, just to sort of see
31:06if
31:06we could actually play this stuff live.
31:08And we had an interval.
31:09And we were all like, why have we never done this before?
31:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:11It was so nice.
31:12It's like a halftime in a football game.
31:14You get to recap.
31:15I love what you did on that thing.
31:16Let's do that in a second.
31:16Smelling salts.
31:17Bit of a rub down.
31:19Two beers.
31:20Yeah, why not?
31:20Two shots.
31:21Especially if it's going really well.
31:22That's the problem.
31:23You've got to not celebrate, though.
31:25It's only halftime.
31:26We learned that on our warm-up sort of run.
31:29Don't get too excited.
31:30You can't really win it in the second half, but you can lose it in the second half.
31:33Absolutely.
31:33Oh, my gosh.
31:34I don't want to sew that suit.
31:35Don't blame this on me.
31:37No, no, no.
31:37Nice.
31:38We'll keep it together.
31:39But it's really cool.
31:39And then the second half of the show, we're going to do our sort of old friends, our almost
31:43hits.
31:44It's going to be like an hour.
31:45You're almost hits.
31:46You should have an almost greatest hits album.
31:48An almost greatest hits.
31:49But you don't need to, because I don't know if you know, but Jack's never
31:52version is currently number one in the UK.
31:56Oh, Jack, Jack, Jack.
31:58Where was this new album?
31:59Where was it?
32:01How was it born?
32:02Where did it come from?
32:03It was born out of, it's actually one of the few albums I've done, first albums I've
32:06done in a long time without any preconceived concept, which sounds a bit clumsy.
32:10But in the past, I've sometimes protected the substance of what I'm saying in songs with
32:14style.
32:14It's a bit like if you feel like you're having imposter syndrome or you kind of don't feel
32:19like you may be up to scratch with what you're supposed to be doing, you dress it up a bit.
32:23And I've done that in the past.
32:24I've always, also to protect the substance.
32:26With this one, I was like, no style.
32:28We'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 Olivia Dean because you're number one.
32:36Can we hear it for the current number one selling artist in the UK album chart?
32:40It's Jack Soveretti!
32:45Now, if I'd like to be a blessing, is Will McDonald still here?
32:48Will!
32:49Will!
32:51Will!
32:52Will!
32:54It's Will!
32:56He loves that.
32:57He doesn't hate it.
32:58All right, coming up now, Jack Soveretti.
33:00Please welcome Jack Soveretti for the Ocean Colour Scenes, The Day We Call The Trail!
33:05Yay!
33:07Never saw it as the start
33:10It's more a change of heart
33:14Wrapping on the windows, whisking down the chimney pots
33:20Blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot
33:23I laid my plans in scum and cry
33:28Stepping through the door like a troubadour
33:30While I'm just an hour away
33:33Looking at the trees on the roadside, feeling it's a holiday
33:39You and I should ride the coast
33:42And wind up in our favorite coast
33:44Just bounce away
33:48Roll another
33:50Write another song
33:53Like Jimmy heard the day he caught the trail
33:56Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:05-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:09-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:09-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:10-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:14-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:22I'm holding on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in
34:26I miss the crush and I'm home again
34:30Stuckin' through the door with the night in store
34:33While I'm just an hour away
34:36Steepin' to the sky in the star
34:38Bright feelin' it's a brighter day
34:41Well, you and I should ride the coast
34:44And wind up in our favorite coast
34:46Just miles away
34:50Roll a number
34:52Write another song
34:55Like Jimmy heard the day
34:57He caught the train
34:58Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo la-la
35:01Woo-oo-oo-oo la-la
35:04Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo la-la
35:07Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
35:10You and I should ride the tracks
35:13And find ourselves just waiting through toorrows
35:19You and I, we're not coming down
35:21We're only getting back
35:22And you know I feel that sorrow
35:25We've got the whole wide world, yes
35:29When you find the things are getting wild
35:32Don't you want days like these?
35:35When you find the things are getting wild
35:37Don't you want days like these?
35:40When you find the things are getting wild
35:43Don't you want days like these?
35:45I'm not days like these?
35:46Woah la la
35:49Woah la la
35:53Thank you so much
35:55Alright, coming up next, India's biggest star
35:58Shreya Michelle's gonna be here
35:59Performing Coldplay's picture
36:02It's going to be amazing
36:03But before that, first more TFI
36:05Music
36:08Music
36:09Music
36:10Music
36:10Music
36:15We'll stand where the river bends
36:18I hope we fall in
36:21This time maybe
36:25Let's take the boat to black
36:28We'll burn all the negatives
36:31I hope we fall in
36:37We'll stand where the river bends
36:44We'll stand where the river bends
36:48I hope we fall in
36:52This time maybe
36:55Let's take the boat to black
36:56How great is that, Sleeper Sailor of the Century
36:59from back in the day, TFI Girl.
37:01Our next guest, a superstar singing sensation.
37:04It doesn't get any bigger than our next guest.
37:06With over 3,500 songs under her belt
37:08and hundreds of millions of fans across the planet,
37:11her new album, All Hearts Live Tour,
37:13is out now.
37:14So let's say hello to our new pal.
37:16It is Shreya Gishal!
37:33You're so welcome.
37:34You're so welcome.
37:36Shreya Gishal, you are gracing us with your presence.
37:38Your band are here.
37:39Tell us about your latest tour to the UK.
37:41What's been going on?
37:42Yeah, so we were here for the Unstoppable Tour
37:46and we just finished our London Auto Arena,
37:50which was the first for me as well,
37:52like the Auto Arena.
37:53And it was a wonderful tour.
37:55It started from Manchester, Birmingham, and then London.
37:58Okay, was this like a taster tour?
38:01Are you going to come back and do more dates?
38:03You've got to.
38:04Yes.
38:04The response we're getting just from you,
38:06from when we said you were going to be on the show,
38:08oh my gosh,
38:09and you've recorded over 3,500 songs.
38:12Yes.
38:12I mean, that's incredible, isn't it?
38:14It's like, it's something sort of, you know,
38:17our sort of world of rock and roll.
38:19You know, if the Beatles recorded 400 or 500,
38:22you're 3,500.
38:23Oh no!
38:24You're 3,000 ahead of the Beatles.
38:26How does that feel?
38:27Oh God, no, nothing like that.
38:28But I think it's just the amount of work
38:31that happens back in India,
38:32because it's not just Hindi,
38:34which 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
38:46on all the social medias,
38:4734.1 million followers on Instagram.
38:49What does that feel like,
38:51to have that sort of,
38:52that quantity of A, output,
38:54B, love, you know,
38:56clearly people absolutely adore what you do.
38:59Do you have to sort of,
39:01can you,
39:02how does one deal with that?
39:04Or do you just,
39:05is it,
39:05do you just have to park it,
39:07I suppose?
39:08I don't think so much about this.
39:10I mean,
39:11if you start thinking about
39:12how to manage listeners,
39:15algorithms,
39:17social media,
39:17then I think the music takes a backseat.
39:19So I just focus on the music
39:21and everything follows.
39:22Yeah.
39:23That's easy.
39:23But you have just said,
39:25you have also said,
39:26you know,
39:26you look after your fans,
39:27there's literally more and more
39:29coming on board all the time.
39:31Yeah.
39:31And so,
39:31so you have to sort of,
39:33you are aware of it,
39:34of course you're aware of it.
39:35Yeah.
39:35And you do engage with your fans.
39:37I do.
39:37But you,
39:39you have four billion more listens
39:41than there are people on the planet.
39:44On the planet.
39:45So where are they listening to me from?
39:47Mars!
39:48Right.
39:49You prepared something very special for us tonight.
39:52Can you tell us the story behind it, please?
39:54Oh.
39:56So when Coldplay performed in Wembley in 2017,
40:02we were there.
40:03I think we,
40:04me and my husband,
40:06we have the most fondest memory
40:09of being in that concert
40:10and we can't forget those memories.
40:14And then when finally Coldplay came to Mumbai
40:17and they played,
40:18I was there again.
40:19And I think literally tears streaming down your face.
40:24It was true.
40:26And it's special.
40:29I think that song has a lot of depth
40:30and a lot of meaning to not just me,
40:32to many people.
40:34It fixes their problems
40:35and their,
40:37you know,
40:38how to deal with loss
40:40or how to deal with issues of life.
40:42So Fix You is a special song.
40:44And Coldplay,
40:45they're just too amazing.
40:46All right.
40:47Now you've never met Chris Martin,
40:48but you'd like to.
40:49Yeah, please make it happen.
40:52Well, you've got to make it.
40:53Is this your love letter to Chris saying,
40:54please, can we hook up?
40:55Yeah.
40:56All right.
40:57So, so, so,
40:58no, no.
40:59No, no, no.
41:00Just correct me.
41:02So, so,
41:03we need,
41:03we need to get you to be best mates with Adele.
41:06Yeah.
41:06Yeah.
41:06And collaborate with Chris Martin.
41:08Yes.
41:09All 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 to perform.
41:15All right.
41:15We've just about got time for this week's star of the week.
41:18Please welcome Super Max.
41:21Hi, Maxie.
41:23All right.
41:23Tell everyone about yourself.
41:25So my name is Max.
41:26I have a lifelong condition called osteogenesis imperfecta,
41:30otherwise known as brittle bone disease,
41:32meaning that my bones are a lot more fragile than other people's.
41:35I've got a lot of chronic pain and fatigue daily,
41:37and it means I have to use distraction techniques to kind of try and put the pain out of the
41:43picture
41:43so that I can focus on everyday life,
41:45such as I use fidget toys.
41:48I do things like listening to audio books,
41:51playing a bit of Lego,
41:52and coming on TV shows.
41:54Coming on television shows.
41:57All right.
41:58Now, you are supported by a charity,
42:00and now you also support that charity.
42:02Yep.
42:03So the Brittle Bone Society is a charity that has supported me literally throughout my entire life
42:08from the moment I was diagnosed.
42:10So they have helped with grants and funds,
42:13and they've been there for me whenever I needed them.
42:15So I wanted to say a big thank you to them,
42:18and I wanted to raise a bit of money for them
42:20so that they could be able to help even more people.
42:24So I did a sponsored bike ride,
42:26which was the length of 26.2 miles,
42:29equivalent to a marathon.
42:31Wow.
42:33So I rode that around my local area,
42:36and after that,
42:37I managed to raise £142,000.
42:42She's just one of the many reasons.
42:44She's our first ever TFI Unplugged Star of the Week,
42:47and you know what your price is, don't you?
42:48Okay, okay.
42:49The price for the Star of the Week,
42:50and by the way,
42:50feel 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.
43:11Here we go.
43:12We're here straight or anyhow.
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 love someone, but it goes to waste
44:01Could it be worse?
44:12Lights will guide you home
44:18And ignite your foes
44:25And I will try to fix you
45:00I love you
45:03When you get sick
45:03Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
45:10Ah, ah, ah
45:11Etao
45:15Ah, ah, ah, ah ah
45:21Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
45:28Tears stream down your face
45:34When you lose something you can't or end less
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 now
46:24Lights will come to home
46:30And we'll come to home
46:37And I will try to fix you
47:06Can't believe they brought this show back.
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