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Discover Harbourne's Vig, and Stoke-on-Trent's Tiara Goonasinghe in full flow. Plus comedian Greg Davies and a long-lost voice of rural Warwickshire, resurfaced. With Lizzie Crow.

Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Lizzie Crow in for Nina Das Gupta, including:

• The new film convention arriving to our area, bringing Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and stars of Italian cult movies galore, with Weird Worcester.

• He runs his own poetry nights in Birmingham and is a serious player in the spoken word scene: Get to know Harbourne's Vig, and hear one of his phenomenal pieces.

• Celebrating 100 years of Stoke-on-Trent, rising poet Tiara Goonasinghe shares a piece marking the heritage of her hometown.

• An incredible slice of rural farming life like you've never heard before - thanks to an interview 50 years old, restored from old tape, and showcasing a Warwickshire farmer's memories of the early nineteenth century.

• Concluding our coverage of the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival, at his hometown of Droitwich - hear from Taskmaster and Inbetweeners star Greg Davies - after headlining the whole event.

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Music Played

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    Miley Cyrus

    Easy Lover

    • RCA.
  • 17 minutes ago

    George Benson

    Never Give Up On A Good Thing

    • George Benson - Classic Love Songs.
    • Rhino.
    • 09.
  • 23 minutes ago

    Tiara Goonasinghe

    A Monument One Hundred Years in the Making

  • 29 minutes ago

    Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • Can't Stop The Feeling.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • 34 minutes ago

    Tiara Goonasinghe

    1010101

  • 42 minutes ago

    sombr

    Undressed

    • Warner Records.
  • 56 minutes ago

    Belinda Carlisle

    (We Want) The Same Thing

    • Belinda Carlisle Gold.
    • Crimson Gold.
    • 01.
  • 1 hour ago

    Ed Sheeran

    Azizam

    • Atlantic.
  • 1 hour ago

    Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • Don't Call Me.
    • POLYDOR.
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