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Boyz On Block, Perfect Planet and Kwoklyn Wan

Nicki Chapman goes behind the scenes on Perfect Planet and welcomes Boyz On Block and professional chef and restaurateur Kwoklyn Wan to bring Chinese Takeaway to you

Nicki Chapman plays the best music and welcomes amazing guests to Saturday mornings.

Having first met over twenty five years ago at Pride in Bolton and sold more than sixty million records combined - Abz Love (Five), Ben Ofoedu (Phats and Small), Dane Bowers (Another Level) and Shane Lynch (Boyzone) are Boyz On Block. They became firm friends, in contrast to the public perception of band rivalries and quickly realised they had a shared love of pop and R&B. The music of the 1990s provided the soundtrack to their lives, leading them to officially unite to reinterpret some of the tracks which meant so much to them. They have already released a collaboration with Tony Mortimer of East 17. Nicki will find out what other treats they have planned.

Kwoklyn Wan literally grew up, with his brother Gok, in the kitchens and store rooms of Chinese takeaways and restaurants. He has now become an author, chef, restaurateur and expert on Chinese cuisine. Kwoklyn will unlock trade secrets with Nicki to bring Chinese takeaway to your kitchen with just five ingredients and very little prep.

Nick Shoolingin-Jordan is the producer of the Perfect Planet's breath taking episodes The Sun and Humans. Nick filmed a sequence in Thailand in which fig wasps go through an elaborate and sacrificial mating process. Sarah Walsh researched and filmed in 12 different countries across all 5 episodes of The Perfect Planet including wood frogs in Cincinnati and Galapagos marine iguanas in Fernandina.

Nicki also plays The Greatest Record Ever Made...But Rarely Played, dips into The Chappers Collection to feature an artist she has worked with in the past and asks jounalist Sophie Harris to take our minds off the news in Nicki's Escape Club

2 hours, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Coolio

    Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tommy Boy Music.
  • Marisha Wallace

    Faith

    • Tomorrow.
    • Decca.
  • Madonna

    Lucky Star

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 5.
  • Boyz On Block

    Stay Another Day

    • Stay Another Day.
    • Deevu Records.
    • 1.
  • Boyz On Block

    All My Life

    • Deevu Records.
  • Justin Bieber

    Anyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
  • Louis Armstrong

    What A Wonderful World

    • This Is My Song - Love Songs Of The 6.
    • Old Gold.
  • Nicole Scherzinger

    Never Enough (From Radio 2 Musicals, The Greatest Show)

  • Harry Styles

    Treat People With Kindness

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    One Love / People Get Ready

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.
  • Elton John

    Philadelphia Freedom

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Passenger

    Sword From The Stone

    • Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted.
    • Black Crow Records.
  • Stardust

    Music Sounds Better With You

    • Now 41 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Tom Speight

    Everything's Waiting For You

    • (CD Single).
    • Nettwerk.
    • 1.
  • The Blue Nile

    Headlights On The Parade (Bob Clearmountain Remix)

    • Headlights On The Parade (Bob Clearmountain Remix).
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 1.
  • Barry Gibb

    Words (feat. Dolly Parton)

    • Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1.
    • Capitol Records.
  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Steps

    To The Beat Of My Heart

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.
  • U2

    Angel Of Harlem

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 12.
  • Shakira

    Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • Jason Derulo

    Lifestyle (feat. Adam Levine)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Tears for Fears

    Pale Shelter

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Tom Grennan

    Little Bit Of Love

    • Evering Road.
    • Insanity Records.
  • Rupert Holmes

    Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

    • Various Artists - Open Top Cars.
    • Temple Records.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Locomotion

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 9.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Gary Clark Jr.

    When I'm Gone

    • This Land.
    • Warner Bros.
  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Feb 2021 10:00