Rugby Hospital Radio

01/11/2026

SUNDAY EVENING SPIN 💿
💿 Sunday · 8.00pm

This week it’s Phil Smith’s turn in our rotating presenter chair. The theme tonight is singer-songwriters: you’re going to hear some melodic, accessible material from familiar voices.

There are a few tunes you will recognise and some great ones to discover. It’s going to be great songwriting all the way, so join Phil from 8 o’clock.

Here’s the playlist:

* MARK KNOPFLER – Darling Pretty
* NANCI GRIFFITH – Once in a Very Blue Moon
* BOB DYLAN – If Not for You
* GEORGE HARRISON – I’d Have You Anytime
* VAN MORRISON – These Dreams of You
* JONI MITCHELL – Coyote
* PAUL SIMON – Train in the Distance
* ERIC CLAPTON – Black Summer Rain
* OASIS – Going Nowhere
* WINGS – Band on the Run
* CARLY SIMON – That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be
* GORDON LIGHTFOOT – Softly
* BILLY JOEL – You’re My Home
* ELVIS COSTELLO – Days

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30/10/2026

WEEKEND MEMORIES 🕰
Saturday mornings from 10 o'clock

If you like your music easy on the ear and likely to bring back thoughts of years gone by, join Phil Smith on Saturday mornings for our two-hour nostalgia show, including some of the artists patients have requested over the last week or so.

The show covers everything from vintage pop to military bands and musical theatre, plus some Scottish, Irish and Welsh favourites.

Here's what you can expect in the six segments, starting from 10 o'clock and running until 12 noon:

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10:00 ▶︎ Vocal Stars ⭐️
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MATT MONRO - Around The World
HARRY CONNICK JR - We Are In Love
DINAH WASHINGTON - Cry Me A River
BROOK BENTON - Boll Weevil Song
SHIRLEY BASSEY - What Kind Of Fool Am I?
FRANK SINATRA - It's Nice To Go Trav'ling
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10:20 ▶︎ Country & Easy 🐎 🛋
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BILLY MAY - Till There Was You
KATIE MELUA - If You Were A Sailboat
CHARLIE RICH - The Most Beautiful Girl
ANNE MURRAY - Last Thing On My Mind
BREAD - Baby I'm A Want You
JOHN DENVER - Dancing With The Mountains
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10:40 ▶︎ Strike Up The Bands 🎺
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ROYAL CORPS OF TRANSPORT BAND - Trumpet Voluntary
CENTRAL BAND ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - Hands Across The Sea
BLACK D**E MILLS BAND - There's No Business Like Show Business
GLEN MILLER - Anvil Chorus
WOODY HERMAN - The Good Earth
KENNY BALL - March Of The Siamese Children
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11:00 ▶︎ Golden Era Pop 🎙
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NEIL SEDAKA - Oh Carol
EDEN KANE - Forget Me Not
DION - Runaround Sue
HELEN SHAPIRO - Walkin' Back To Happiness
JOHN LEYTON - Johnny Remember Me
CRYSTALS - Da Doo Ron Ron
SAM COOKE - Twisting The Night Away
THE SHADOWS - Dance On
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11:20 ▶︎ British & Irish Memories 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪
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BUD FLANAGAN - Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner
LONNIE DONEGAN - Nobody Loves Like An Irishman
FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR - Bonnie Mary Of Argyle
MOIRA ANDERSON - Dancing In Kyle
CAERPHILLY MALE VOICE CHOIR - All Through The Night
MAX BOYCE - Slow, Men At Work
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11:40 ▶︎ Stage & Screen 🎭 🎬
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DON HARPER - World Of Sport
ROY BUDD - Get Carter
JOHN BARRY - I Had A Farm In Africa (From 'Out Of Africa')
BARBARA STREISAND - All I Ask Of You (From 'Phantom Of The Opera')
HOWARD KEEL & KATHRYN GRAYSON - Wunderbar (From 'Kiss Me Kate')
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30/10/2026

PRIME CUTS with Steve Prime 🎵
Fridays 4 pm

Join Steve Prime this Friday afternoon for another great hour of music, bringing together classic rock, pop, country, soul and singer-songwriters.

As ever, there are two featured albums, a Springsteen favourite a plus a varied selection of music from across the decades.

Featured albums

💿 Dire Straits – Making Movies

* Romeo and Juliet
* Solid Rock

💿 Van Morrison with Lonnie Donegan – The Skiffle Sessions

* Midnight Special
* Goodnight Irene

🎸 Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day

Plus:

🎶 Lulu – To Sir With Love
🎶 ABBA – The Piper
🎶 Peter Gabriel – Don’t Give Up
🎶 Eagles – Girl from Yesterday
🎶 Giorgio Tozzi – Some Enchanted Evening
🎶 Willie Nelson
🎶 Johnny Cash
🎶 Darrell Banks – Open the Door to Your Heart
🎶 Sam Cooke – I’ll Come Running Back To You
🎶 Southside Johnny – Walk Away Renée

📻 Tune in this Friday from 4pm for PRIME CUTS with Steve Prime.
Rugby Hospital Radio is available on your bedside media unit.

💌 We welcome dedications for patients. Please send us a direct message with your dedication and we’ll do our best to get it on air.

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29/10/2026

We’ve been thinking of Steve and his family today.

Rest in peace Cooperman. Thank you. 💛

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26/10/2026

Moving to Monday for one week only, the Judge's Jukebox will be back on free play from midday until 2pm today, with a great selection of hit songs from the 60s and 70s, today including the Yardbirds, Ray Charles, Shirley Bassey, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard & the Shadows, Four Tops, Seekers, Manfred Mann, Troggs, Long John Baldry, David Bowie, Marbles, Boney M, Alice Cooper, David Cassidy, John Miles, Donna Summer, Al Green and many more, including, climbing to Number 16 on the UK singles chart this week in 1974, the brilliant Sparks, with my favourite hit single of theirs, 'Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth'.

🎧 You can hear us on your bedside radio-TV-phone unit. It’s free to listen and the station is available 24/7.

📧 We are always ready to play dedications for patients, so if you have a loved one in St Cross, send us a direct message.

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26/10/2026

HALLOWEEN EDITION 🎃
Monday 6 pm

Sean Smith has a monster of a programme lined up for you this Monday. Halloween comes early as Sean breaks out some of the most popular spooky party songs of all time. 🧙

The Monster Mash, Ghost Town, Superstition, The Purple People Eater, Somebody’s Watching Me, Thriller are all on the playlist, along with many more.

The musical of the week is the Rocky Horror Show with the Timewarp. 👩🏻‍🎤

It’s all great fun and won’t give you nightmares. Tune in from 6 pm.

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24/10/2026

JAMES BOND SPECIAL 🔫
Sunday 8 pm

As the search for the new 007 steps up, we have tasked Alan Pettifer with a very special mission:

This Sunday at 20:00 hours, Alan will be this week’s presenter for the Sunday Evening Spin. He is going all in on James Bond with audio clips, facts about the films and of course, the songs, including:

👉 Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey
☄️ Thunderball – Tom Jones
💀 Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney & Wings
🎻 The Living Daylights – A-ha
🌋 You Only Live Twice – Nancy Sinatra
🔥 Skyfall – Adele

It’s going to be spectacular! Join Alan from 8 pm. 🕗

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20/10/2026

It's Tuesday again, and the Judge's Jukebox will be back on free play from midday until 2pm, with a great selection of hit songs from the 60s and 70s, today including the Kinks, Roy Orbison, Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, Ssndie Shaw, Yardbirds, Del Shannon, Troggs, Hermans Hermits, Slade, Carpenters, 10cc, Status Quo, Bryan Ferry, Smokie and many more, including, climbing to Number 14 on the UK singles chart this week in 1970, the Hollies, with in my opinion their greatest ever single 'Gasoline Alley Bred'.

🎧 You can hear us on your bedside radio-TV-phone unit. It’s free to listen and the station is available 24/7.

📧 We are always ready to play dedications for patients, so if you have a loved one in St Cross, send us a direct message.

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18/10/2026

MONDAY 6 pm

Remember the “cat and budgie” advert with the Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell song?

Sean Smith has pulled out an hour of songs that were used in popular TV adverts over the years.

You’ll hear classic hits from the Bellamy Brothers, Elvis Presley, Survivor and more.

Gene Wilder sings “Pure Imagination” from W***y Wonka, and there’s a classical moment with the Bach piece that became known for its use in the Hamlet cigar adverts.

There will be a few more surprises on the list by the time Sean has put it all together in time for 6 o’clock on Monday evening. How many will you remember? Join him and find out!

📻 You can hear Rugby Hospital Radio on your bedside media unit, channel one.

💌 We love to play dedications for patients. Please send us a message if you know someone in St Cross.

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16/10/2026

🕰 WEEKEND MEMORIES 🎶
Saturday mornings from 10 o'clock

If you like your music easy on the ear and likely to bring back thoughts of years gone by, join Phil Smith on Saturday mornings for our two-hour nostalgia show. As ever, this new edition is guided by many of the songs and pieces of music patients have requested over the last week or so.

The show covers everything from vintage pop to military bands and musical theatre, along with country and some Scottish, Irish and Welsh favourites.

Here's what you can expect in the six segments, starting from 10 o'clock and running until noon:

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10:00 ▶︎ Classic Vocal Stars ⭐️
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ELLA FITZGERALD - Isn't This A Lovely Day

BING CROSBY - Dear Hearts And Gentle People

CLEO LAINE/JOHN DANKWORTH - On A Slow Boat To China

FRANK SINATRA - Brazil

JOHNNY MATHIS & DENIECE WILLIAMS - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

ANDY WILLIAMS - Music To Watch Girls By

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10:20 ▶︎ Country & Easy 🐎 🛋
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HERB ALPERT & TIJUANA BRASS - Spanish Flea

PATSY CLINE - Just Out Of Reach

GEORGE JONES - A Girl I Used To Know

DOLLY PARTON - Coat Of Many Colours

GLEN CAMPBELL - Gentle On My Mind

CHICAGO - If You Leave Me Now

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10:40 ▶︎ Strike Up The Bands 🎺
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GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND - Sweet Georgia Brown

ALEX WELSH - Cornet Chop Suey

ROYAL ARTILLERY BAND - Le Reve Passe

ROYAL MARINES - Eye Level (Van Der Valk)

BENNY GOODMAN - Sing, Sing, Sing (1956 version)

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11:00 ▶︎ Golden Era Pop 🎙
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LITTLE RICHARD - Tutti Frutti

GENE VINCENT - Say Mama

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS - Oh Boy!

ADAM FAITH - Someone Else's Baby

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - I Only Want To Be With You

BEATLES - Chains

HELEN SHAPIRO - Woe Is Me

MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - The Story Of My Life

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11:20 ▶︎ British & Irish Memories 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪
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MAX BYGRAVES - You're A Pink Toothbrush

ALMA COGAN - Where Will The Dimple Be

PADDY KELLY - Where The Three Counties Meet

PAUL HARRINGTON & CHARLIE McGETTIGAN - Rock And Roll Kids

CORRIES - Black Douglas

KATHERINE JENKINS - Lisa Lân

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11:40 ▶︎ Stage & Screen 🎭 🎬
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TONY HATCH - Sportsnight

PETER SELLERS & SOPHIA LOREN - Goodness Gracious Me

ENNIO MORRICONE - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

JAMES GRAEME - Starlight Express (from 'Starlight Express')

MGM CAST - Hallelujah! (from 'Hit The Deck')

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📻 You can hear us on your bedside media unit, channel 1.

💟 Send a dedication for a loved one and we'll play it with your message. Please send us a direct message at Rugby Hospital Radio

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