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Damon Albarn reads The Grinch!

Jo's asked Damon Albarn to give a festive reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss! Plus some of Jo's favourite tracks from the year and brilliant Christmas tunes.

Jo's got some of her favourite Christmas tunes as well as her favourite tracks from this year and years gone by!

Plus, as a festive treat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas - courtesy of Dr Seuss Enterprises - was read by Damon Albarn.

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Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Dec 202519:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Sigrid

    Home To You (This Christmas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island Records.

  • Djo

    Delete Ya

  • Gorillaz

    19-2000

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Tyler, The Creator

    You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

    • Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Columbia.

  • She & Him

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    • Merge Records.

  • The Drifters

    White Christmas

    • Billboard Greatest Xmas Hits.
    • Rhino.

  • Oh Wonder

    This Christmas

    • This Christmas.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Donny Hathaway

    This Christmas

    • (Single).
    • ATCO Records.
    • 5.

  • Falco

    Rock Me Amadeus

    • 25 Years Of No.1 Hits (Various).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!

    • Songs For Christmas.
    • Asthmatic Kitty.
    • 5.

  • Lucy Dacus

    Fool's Gold

    • Fool's Gold.
    • Matador.
    • 1.

  • Jamie Cullum

    I Believe in Father Christmas (Sofa Session, 8 December 2021)

  • Divorce

    Hangman

    • Gravity.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Another Lonely Christmas

    • The Hits & B Sides.
    • Paisley Park.
    • 3.

  • Low

    Just Like Christmas

    • JEEPSTER RECORDINGS.

  • Smith & Burrows

    When The Thames Froze Over

    • Funny Looking Angels.
    • Play It Again Sam.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Typmany Five

    Baby, It's Cold Outside

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Dec 202519:30
    BBC Radio 2