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Radio 2,17 Jan 2026,117 mins

I Demand A Bad Meal

Liza Tarbuck

Available for 23 days

Many members of the murmuration - AKA the filth - are dreaming vividly of celebrities at the moment. While the real, yet tenuous, encounters with the famous include a badminton match with John Kettley’s sister. Emma of Norwich is experiencing a bad case of "fridge food resentment". But the murmuration is on hand with go-to dinners, when you've got nothing in. Perhaps we should all just head to Italy, where (according to some chatty tourists) you can’t even demand a bad meal. The musical mix includes the underappreciated but magnificent Patti Drew, the praiseworthy Camille Yarborough, Ben L’Oncle Soul covering a White Stripes hit, and a favourite tune from Talking Heads. To listen to the show on most smart speakers, say: “Ask BBC Sounds to play Liza Tarbuck". Produced by Spiritland Productions for BBC Radio 2.

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