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Good News Wednesday

Vernon hears about what's making you smile on Good News Wednesday, plus more from the bestselling author of The Gruffalo and many more, Julia Donaldson, in Tracks Of My Years.

Vernon hears about what's making you smile on Good News Wednesday plus more from Britain's bestselling author Julia Donaldson, in Tracks Of My Years, ahead of World Book Day tomorrow.

Julia is the brilliant writer behind an incredibly successful series of children's books, including The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog, Room on the Broom, The Smeds and the Smoos and many more. Her books have sold more than 50 million copies and have been translated into over a hundred languages and dialects across the world. Her latest book, The Magic Feather, will be published in March, and the highly anticipated new Gruffalo adventure, Gruffalo Granny, is coming in September.

Plus two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

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Music Played

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Communards

    Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Luke Combs

    Sleepless In A Hotel Room

    • The Way I Am.
    • Columbia Nashville.

  • Chicane

    Don't Give Up (feat. Bryan Adams)

    • Now 45 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Otis Redding

    I Can't Turn You Loose

    • Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Atlantic.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Alex Warren

    FEVER DREAM

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • Holly Humberstone

    To Love Somebody

    • Cruel World.
    • Polydor.

  • R. Dean Taylor

    There's A Ghost In My House

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Eagles

    One of These Nights

    • Singles & B-Sides.
    • Rhino.

  • RAYE

    Nightingale Lane.

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • RAYE.

  • Stereophonics

    Pick a Part That's New

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Incognito

    Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • (CD Single).
    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Harry Styles

    Aperture

    • Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
    • Columbia.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.

  • Mumford & Sons & BBC Concert Orchestra

    The Cave (Radio 2 Piano Room, 10 Feb 2026)

  • Bruno Mars

    Cha Cha Cha

    • The Romantic.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 2.

  • Catatonia

    Mulder And Scully

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Myles Smith & Niall Horan

    Drive Safe

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Our House

    • Over The Years....
    • Rhino.
    • 011.

  • Julia Donaldson & Malcolm Donaldson

    A Squash and a Squeeze

    • Julia Donaldson Sings The Gruffalo and Other Favourite Picture Book Songs.
    • Macmillan Publishers International.

  • Hilary Duff

    Roommates

    • Luck... Or Something.
    • Atlantic.

  • Rupert Holmes

    Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

    • Temple Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Mar 202609:30
    BBC Radio 2

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