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Let’s start the week right!

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick-start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick-start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Make sure you're listening very carefully to his Secret Star. Can you guess the celebrity with the distorted voice from the clues? You'll get one clue every Monday morning, so make sure you make note of them all if you're going to figure it out!

Richie will also be looking ahead to the brand new week, with The Week in Songs, three songs linked to three things you need to know about in the next seven days.

To get involved with the show, e-mail Richie@bbc.co.uk

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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

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2 hours, 58 minutes

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Mon 6 Jul 2026 00:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Gala

    Freed From Desire

    • Friday Night Fever (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.
    • 18.

  • Shakira

    Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) (feat. Freshlyground)

    • Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album.
    • Epic.
    • 2.

  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Backstreet Boys

    Bottle Up

    • Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • IEMI.

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The White Stripes

    Seven Nation Army

    • (CD Single).
    • Xls.

  • Take That

    Sweet July

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Madonna

    Danceteria

    • Confessions II.
    • Maverick.
    • 5.

  • Blur

    Song 2

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Saturdays

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.

  • The Shires

    Watching You Watching Me

    • Bonfire.
    • Big Machine.

  • Planet Funk

    Chase The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • NOW That's What I Call Legendary (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sylvester

    You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

    • Sylvester - The Original Hits.
    • Fantasy.

  • Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue

    These Alarms

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Lady Gaga

    Poker Face

    • The Fame.
    • Interscope.
    • 6.

  • Dario G

    Carnaval De Paris

    • Fresh Hits 98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Blossoms

    Meet Me In Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Distiller Records.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Delta Goodrem

    Hologram

    • (CD Single).
    • Better Now Records.

  • The Boo Radleys

    Wake Up Boo!

    • Various Artists - Untitled.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Dire Straits

    Walk Of Life

    • Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
    • Vertigo.

  • Adam Lambert

    Under The Rhythm

    • ADAM.
    • EastWest.

  • Eurythmics

    Who's That Girl?

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Olivia Rodrigo

    stupid song

    • you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
    • Geffen.

  • David Essex

    Gonna Make You A Star

    • NOW - Yearbook 1974 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bruno Mars

    I Just Might

    • The Romantic.
    • Atlantic.

  • UB40

    I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde)

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Jealous Lover

    • Foreign Tongues.
    • Polydor.

  • Kate Bush

    Cloudbusting

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Plans

    • Thrasher.
    • Island.

  • Amerie

    1 Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Roger Taylor

    Come On Summer (It's Party Time) (feat. Ndlovu Youth Choir)

    • Violence Insane In A Beautiful World.
    • Columbia.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Kiss

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Shaggy

    Boombastic

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jul 2026 00:00
    BBC Radio 2