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Tom Seals and Debbie Wiseman slap that bass

Pianist Tom Seals and composer Debbie Wiseman join Anna and Jeffrey to add the final five tracks of the current series.

Wolf Hall composer Debbie Wiseman and boogie-woogie pianist and singer Tom Seals are Jeffrey and Anna's final guests of the current series as they add the final five tracks, taking them from a Prince classic via the First Lady of Song to Bob Geldof's ticking clock and a Punjabi bhangra megahit.

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Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

When Doves Cry by Prince
Slap That Bass by Ella Fitzgerald
La Valse by Maurice Ravel
Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats 
Mundian To Bach Ke by Panjabi MC

Other music in this episode:

West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Africa by Toto
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges by Maurice Ravel
Time by Pink Floyd
Hung Up by Madonna
Knight Rider theme by Stu Phillips & Glen A. Larson
Turn It Up/Fire It Up by Busta Rhymes

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