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David Small on 13 December 2025
Thank you to Roger Williams and Paul for a very festive selection of Christmas Dance Band Music this week . Loved all the music and can’t wait for next week selection . Christmas wishes to you and hope you both have lots of mince pies
Nancy on 13 December 2025
Adrian Jackson’s Showstoppers was the fastest hour of music today! Very enjoyable!
Randall Riley on 13 December 2025
Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra – No Name Jive, what a great swing tune to include in the playlist today! The Casa Loma Orchestra isn’t remember as well as this tune proves it should be. If you don’t want to jitterbug after this, check your pulse. Thanks for sharing all the great tunes!
Barbara Heathcote on 12 December 2025
Hi Andy. Serenade radio is definitely the only place to hear Dianna Durbin songs . I’m a fan of her films and it was in one of those films I heard Nessun Dorma before Pavarotti made it famous as the football anthem. Thank you,
Brian Reynolds on 11 December 2025
The Banjoliers played on MWYW 475 times between 1940 and 1982, an indication of their popularity. Today’s show was their final broadcast, I got permission to attend the live show and was amazed at the number of musicians whose names were familiar to me -several of them being bandleaders themselves! It was an unforgettable experience being in the company of these wonderful musicians. Incidentally, yesterday’s programme from the Victor Silvester orchestra was also their ‘swansong’, as well as being the last ever MWYW! Happily we can still continue to enjoy these broadcasts – thanks to Serenade Radio.
Sandra R on 11 December 2025
Hi Andy
Thank you for playing the Banjoliers on Music while you work today,what a treat that was,as it’s my birthday, what a great start to the day.
Brian Bunn on 10 December 2025
Just a note to Andy especially for playing those wonderful retro Christmas songs 👏
Amazing how many versions by different artists that I’ve never heard previously.
So pleased that Serenade are staying with 30’s-60’s Christmas songs 😊 A refreshing change from the endless boring repetitive 70’s & 80’s churned out by other radio stations !
Well done Andy and team, your station is so appreciated 😊
Paul Kirby on 10 December 2025
I have just left a £50 donation for your rather good radio station, and hope others will do the same. That bloke in the morning has a wonderful voice and is as good to listen to as that Wogan fella was. And he tells us the songs he doesn’t like – brilliant! Nowhere else do you get that – it’s all ‘everything is great, isn’t it’ from those rather bland Radio 2 jocks.
Anyway, I promote Serenade Radio in my community newsletter – the Wetherby Free Press so please give it a mention, preferably in the morning between 8 & 9. Anything by Stiff Little Fingers will do (wink)
Cheers, my Dears.
Andy Marriott, Station Manager on 10 December 2025
Thanks very much for the dosh, much appreciated. Especially as we are currently saving up to pay our annual music royalties. Thanks for the kind words too!
Wetherby eh? Lovely place. I travel up and down the A1 a fair bit and for a while Wetherby services was a convenient break point.
But I got sick of the crowds and the general fast pace of it all. So, one day, I decided to try Wetherby itself. Never looked back.
Barry Williams on 9 December 2025
Thanks to all at Serenade for the wonderful traditional Christmas music you are including during each days playlist.
Judy Albutt on 8 December 2025
Just wanted you all to know how much I enjoyed today’s Music While you Work featuring The Don Lusher Big Band, a talented and lovely man! Let ‘s have more, please! Seasons Greetings to everyone at Serenade Radio!
Brian Reynolds on 9 December 2025
This 1991 broadcast was actually the penultimate edition of Music While You Work – Trombonist Don Lusher actually took over the famous Ted Heath band at the request of Heath’s widow and ran it for many years.
Judy Albutt on 9 December 2025
And what a magnificent band that was too! All the best – Judy
Edgar on 8 December 2025
Julie Andrews sounded amazing. I don’t recall hearing that song before.
Joan-Ellen Peluso on 8 December 2025
Wishing Mark Steyn many blessings on his birthday today! Happy Birthday Mark! “Dittos” from FL. US
Nancy on 8 December 2025
Happy birthday blessings to my favorite music historian from Helena Montana!🎂🎉🎁🥰
Nancy on 8 December 2025
Terrible grammar but heartfelt sentiment.
Chris on 7 December 2025
I wanted to take a moment and give my thanks to everyone at Serenade for your continued ability to play music that brings so much pleasure. I have some heart issues which occasionally force me to bed for a couple of days. During those times, your station is a great comfort and companion to keep my spirits up. I need to make special compliments for two of your presenters, however. Steve James has brought music from the mid to late sixties to my attention that I was completely unfamiliar with, and I really appreciate it. Mark Steyn…I know that on both of his shows, I will not only hear things that I didn’t know of yet almost immediately like, but I will also learn facts about the songs and performers that increase my pleasure in the music. (Recently, I single out the hour on Alan Bergman, and the just finished Song of the Week on White Christmas as prime examples.) This note took more than a moment to complete, but it was hard to stop once I got started. My very best wishes for Xmas, New Year’s, and all other adjacent holidays, from Maine in the USA.
Steve James on 9 December 2025
Many thanks Chris for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoy listening to the records as much as I enjoy playing them! Best wishes to you for Christmas and for better health in the new year.
Mark Steyn on 10 December 2025
From one bum ticker to another, I echo Steve’s wishes for your better health in the New Year. If it helps, while I was in the intensive care unit, my delightful nurses came in and caught me with my laptop open – which was not something of which they approved. Then they realised I was listening to Serenade – and, after consultation with the docs, reported back that “the best in easy listening” was highly beneficial to one’s health and greatly to be encouraged.
Chris on 10 December 2025
Thanks to both Mr. James & Mr. Steyn for their kind replies to my original message. I will continue to look forward to all shows by both of you, and indeed to all shows on the station. Hoping that as we get closer to the holidays, there might be a Christmas specific show, as I’m sure there are plenty of songs in the library that deserve more exposure.
Andy Marriott, Station Manager on 10 December 2025
Hi Chris,
We will be playing 100% Christmas music from 15th – 26th December!
Enjoy!
Chris on 11 December 2025
Hooray! (followed by Xmas emojis and such to express happiness, maybe a dancing Snoopy also)
Nicolas Barlow on 6 December 2025
Listened to Stuart Linnell earlier and he played Harriet singing Carole King’s ‘You Got A Friend’. I get goosebumps every time I hear her; she has a beautiful voice and sounds eerily like Karen Carpenter – it’s incredible. Thank you for some great tracks – 3 in a row of Matt Monro was wonderful
Stuart Linnell on 8 December 2025
Thank you Nicolas, and I so agree with you about Harriet. As you say she has a lovely voice and that similarity to Karen Carpenter is uncanny isn’t it? I hope her trip to America in the Spring is successful for her. Thank you for listening Nicolas. Best wishes.
Barbara Heathcote on 6 December 2025
Just sent a small donation towards helping keep this very important and essential radio station broadcasting, Perhaps a couple of mince pies. 🤣
Roger Williams on 7 December 2025
That’s just lovely! Thank you so much – Happy Christmas to you and yours…..
Barbara Heathcote on 6 December 2025
I always look forward to Mark Steyn’d programme, his knowledge and personal experiences of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack is fascinating, the composers, even the breakdown of the lyrics is so interesting, makes you wish you’d been a fly on his shoulder so you could have been there at the time. The playing of Sammy Davies Jnr was missing one song, my personal favourite. I Gotta be Me. I have never heard it played on serenade Radio but I may be wrong. Hopefully this will be rectified 🤞
Nancy on 6 December 2025
I too was waiting to hear ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ from Porgy and Bess – Davis Jr was a terrific Sportin’ Life. Also, where was the funny ‘Sam’s Song’ duet with Dean Martin?
I’m not complaining – Mark gave us a feast of music on today’s show!
Mark Steyn on 8 December 2025
That was my fault, Barbara. We had your favourite song on the original rundown, but the show came out 2’53 too long – and, as “I Gotta Be Me” is 2’57, that seemed the easiest cut to make. But maybe not the right one. So apologies for that. But, perhaps for Serenade’s twentieth birthday, Andy Marriott will release the director’s cut of the show…
Karen on 6 December 2025
Thank you for playing Janis Ian today Johnny. Listened to that lovely voice a fair bit when I was an angst ridden student. Ah , those were the days!
How about Janis for the artist of the week, or failing that Glen Campbell. I know we are moving to the point where all becomes christmas… he does a lovely version of o holy night.
Johnny Mac, A Little Night Music on 6 December 2025
I’m with you, Karen, on the angst factor with Janis Ian. Definitely adding Glen to the Artist of the Week for ’26.
Gwen on 6 December 2025
Listening in Bend, Oregon USA. You are now officially my favorite streaming station. I am 76, my daughter is 53 and my granddaughter is 9. We all love your programming. Thank you for being out there.
Paul Ruddock on 9 December 2025
It’s our pleasure Gwen and especially lovely to know we’re entertaining three generations of your family across the pond!
Happy Christmas to you and yours.
Martyn Bassey on 6 December 2025
Three wonderful songs from Sammy Davis Jr on a Little Night Music. Thanks Johnny for another lovely show. ( I even enjoyed the Clint Eastwood song ) 😃👍
Johnny Mac, A Little Night Music on 6 December 2025
He really deserved the moniker, Mr Show Business, didn’t he, Martyn! Sammy, not Clint…
Nancy on 6 December 2025
Has Joni Mitchell been featured lately as Artist of the Week? She’s a real favorite of mine🥰🎶🎹
Johnny Mac, A Little Night Music on 6 December 2025
Hi Nancy.
I can’t see Joni as having been my Artist of the Week – let me fix that for the new year!
Thank you for tuning in.
Nancy on 6 December 2025
Thank you Johnny, you’re the best!
Martyn Bassey on 6 December 2025
Fabulous music on The Late Show. Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, to name a few. Many thanks to Sean Usher 👍
Barry Carter on 4 December 2025
I have been listening to The Dance Band Days as a regular Saturday evening musical treat. The choice of music, coupled with Roger’s gentle presentation, make it a fun filled hour that flies by in what seems like 20 minutes because I’m enjoying it so much! Thank you Paul and Roger!
Roger Williams on 5 December 2025
An absolute pleasure! It’s great fun to put together and I’m hugely grateful to Producer Paul without whom…….etc
David on 2 December 2025
Good afternoon, I stumbled upon your radio station last Saturday evening and its not been off since. Absolutely fantastic, no weather reports, no news headlines just 1st class music with first class presenters! Many many thanks.
Roger Williams on 2 December 2025
Hello David
Thank you for your stumble! We love doing what we do here at Serenade and it’s great when people find us and like us. No news, no travel, no adverts – but plenty of pips! Thank you for listening.
Mary Williams on 1 December 2025
As your Facebook post said today, you will begin introducing festive music from today….. I look forward to hearing some, Have already started playing my Xmas CDs during the day. 😎
Mark Van Johannes on 30 November 2025
Big Band Special and Dinner at Eight, two more perfect hours of radio you won’t find anywhere else.
Simon McLean on 30 November 2025
Thank you, Mark – lovely to hear you’re enjoying the show!
Fraser Sutherland on 29 November 2025
Mark Steyn’s ‘On the Town’
I first started listening to la Vanoni in the late 70s. ( along with Mina, la Zanicchi and indeed Gino Paoli). High quality, highly literate songs of great insight into the emotions and expressed in a superb lyric. I loved them then. I love them now. To hear the sad news of Ornella, maybe the greatest performer of them all, so compelling and always somehow so modern – even in old age -was a painful loss to this listener for one and, I don’t doubt, legions more. Mark Steyn paid a lovely tribute to Ornella. A great singer celebrated on a great music show and that’s about right, isn’t it? R.I.P. Ornella Vanoni and thanks Mark for your words.
Neil on 29 November 2025
Mark – you played the Ornella Vanoni song ‘If You Don’t Understand’ by Shirley Bassey. It sounds remarkably similar to Matt Monro’s ‘If I Never Sing Another Song’. Any connection?
Mark Steyn on 1 December 2025
There is a definite similarity in the main phrase, Neil. However, “If I Never Sing Another Song” is an Austrian melody from the Seventies, while “If You Don’t Understand” is an Italian melody from the Eighties. And, re the former, Don Black’s lyric has the size of the tune, while, re the latter, Norman Newell’s doesn’t. Otherwise, it would have been a hit – and probably a lawsuit.
Christine Gutowski on 29 November 2025
I love the music on Serenade Radio, it takes me right back to my childhood. I partially enjoy Sonia Beldom weekdays from 22:00-midnight. I wonder if we could hear some songs sung by Ivor Immanuel? I remember a tv programme called, Land of Song, I think, in which he sang. He is probably best known for singing Men of Harlech in the film Zulu.
Sonia Beldom on 5 December 2025
Hi Christine, Lovely that you enjoy the show in the evenings. I’ll check out our Serenade Radio music library for Ivor Immanuel. Keep listening … you never know what we’re going to play next. S x
Josie on 29 November 2025
Hi from David and Josie in North Wales, we have just discovered Serenade radio, loving spending Saturday morning in bed listening to you with a cup of tea . Looking forward to tuning in much much more 😊
George on 29 November 2025
Great to know I’m not alone in waking up with Ed and Steve on Saturday and Sunday mornings, they’re both such good company and then there’s the music of course! Looking forward to Jeff next as he never ceases to make me snigger, a lot. 🤭 Thanks to everyone at the station.
Adrian on 29 November 2025
Not forgetting Sean and Johnny overnight. A true team effort!
Nancy on 1 December 2025
Hear, hear!
Kate Dudley on 28 November 2025
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for Serenade Radio for sure. The time difference makes things interesting (Big Ben at midnight) but the curated content is a blessing in my life.
Amilton on 27 November 2025
My name is Amilton and I’m from Brazil. I’ve been listening non-stop to Serenade Radio since I found out about it. I’m really enjoying it. You play exactly the kind of music I love listening. Thank you for the good taste!!!
Fraser Sutherland on 25 November 2025
Re: ‘Soft Folkus’ with Roger Williams (23/11/25).
It was one of those Serenade moments; Kate and Anna McGarrigle singing ‘Complainte pour Ste-Cathérine’.
Stop everything. Head inclined to phone. Pure concentration. Real joy. ‘Rapt’, I think is the word.
Is there anything better than the Franco-Canadian singing-in-French voice? Not in my small world!
Last thought. Parts of the song reminded me of a Violeta Parra composition. Thanks for your choice and for your show Roger. Great moment.
Roger Williams on 27 November 2025
Fraser!
Thank you so much for your kind comments. Kate and Anna together are very special aren’t they?
There’ll be more French Canadian music this week – but it won’t be quite so mellifluous!
And… as for Violeta? You never know!
Roger
Barbara Heathcote on 23 November 2025
Thank you so much Johnny Beerling for playing Gene Krupa Drummin Man for me, enjoyed your programme tonight, certainly got the feet tapping. See you next week
Kevin at KAB on 22 November 2025
Would be nice to hear elvis costello’s version of My Funny Valentine. He did this with acoustic guitar back in 1978. you can find it on the “taking liberties” album and also on a Radar 45.
Martyn Bassey on 22 November 2025
Many thanks to Sean Usher and Johnny Mac for the great music on The Night Shift. I look forward to hearing their shows every Saturday morning. Good to hear Nilsson as featured singer this week (thanks Nancy). Fab! 👍😊
Nancy on 22 November 2025
Hello Martyn! Of all the programs I enjoy on SR I think ‘A Little Night Music’ is one of the best. Fab indeed!
Nancy on 22 November 2025
Oh my. First, the wonderful Gerry Marsden and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, Then Artist of the Week Harry Nilsson chasing rainbows followed by Nat King Cole and ‘Portrait of Jenny’. I’m smiling and sighing with delight.
Now if I can just pick the right mystery year…
Barbara Heathcote on 21 November 2025
Hi John Darvall. Thank you for playing “And I Love you so” when it was released by Perry Como it became mine and late hubby’s song, reflected both our lives. Also you played our Vic as well. Xx
Barbara Heathcote on 20 November 2025
Hi Andy. Thank you for playing my Vic Damone on your programme , And this is my Beloved, from Kismet which Vic was in. Not exactly a great actor but gorgeous to look at ❤️. Serenade radio has introduced me to some new singers eg Vic Dana and Jerry Vale who I’d not heard before, unless from my childhood radio days and I’d forgotten. Plus I’ve been listening to other presenters’ programmes during the day instead of doing housework. 🤣.
Teresa Fitz on 20 November 2025
Why has Sonia Beldom suddenly started talking all over the end of the music she’s playing?…..hopefully its just a temporary sync glitch and not a new presentation style..
Sonia Beldom on 22 November 2025
Hi Teresa, Thank you for pointing this out. Yes, you’re right, it’s a teeny glitch and great that you bothered to let us know. Hopefully it hasn’t spoiled your listening v pleasure. All the best, Sonia x
Catherine B on 20 November 2025
Hi Andy, Just reminded me listening to your Bit of Nonsense just now, why not try a few of Paddy Roberts’ wonderful, clever ditties? Used to listen to him with my mother on the Light Programme in the 60s and I’m sure a lot of your “younger” listeners may not have heard of him. I hope I’m not the only oldie to remember him.