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ON NOW : Richard Bacon
29/05/2012

Richard Bacon News, sport, entertainment and guest Phil Tufnell, plus your emails, texts and tweets.

ON NEXT : 16:00 5 live Drive

06/04/2010

Duration: 2 hours

Squeeze played their first gig thirty five years ago at Greenwich Borough Hall - there's even a plaque on the wall to commemorate the event and they are still going strong. Glen Tilbrook and Chris Difford join Richard to play live in the studio ahead of a UK tour later this year. They perform several of their much-loved hits, including Tempted, Up the Junction and Pulling Mussels from A Shell.

Including, coverage of the Plaid Cymru news conference, David Cameron on the campaign trail in Birmingham, Nick Clegg in Watford and Gordon Brown in Kent. Plus, Peter Allen on Westminster's College Green with Liam Byrne, Philip Hammond and Simon Hughes.

Peter Kellner, president of YouGov polling organisation, on the large number of undecided voters who may yet determine the outcome of the 2010 general election.

Armando Ianucci on the upcoming TV leadership debates, with Brown, Cameron and Clegg... what difference will they make to the outcome of the race?

Actor Corin Redgrave has died. Colin Paterson looks back at his life.

One of television's much loved detectives reached the end of the line last night, with the final episodes of Frost starring David Jason. What makes an enduring TV cop? Francis Hopkinson from Left Bank pictures - who are behind the British version of Wallander - discusses the phenomenon along with Boyd Hilton and Kevin O'Sullivan.

The TV Review team look at Pacific, Outnumbered and Heston's Chocolate Factory Feast.

Email bacon@bbc.co.uk. Text: 85058 (charged at your standard message rate). Twitter @richardpbacon.

Chapters

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  • Plaid Cymru at the beginning of the election

    The Welsh nationalists, led by Ieuan Wyn Jones, pledge to help pensioners and the more vulnerable people in Wales, as well as working on tackling the faltering economy.

  • Debating the economy on College Green

    Peter Allen comes live from College Green at Westminster, and he's joined by Liam Byrne who's chief secretary to the Treasury, his shadow Philip Hammond, and the Lib Dems' Simon Hughes.

  • Squeeze play for the show

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    South London's finest, Squeeze, play a brace of tracks for the show.

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