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Lena Dunham chats to Nick about her new memoir, Famesick.

Lena Dunham chats to Nick about her new memoir, Famesick. Lena is known for creating the TV series Girls, and the Netflix series Too Much, as well as writing and directing several films including the semi-autobiographical comedy drama Tiny Furniture.

Also on the show, film and TV critic Rhianna Dhillon shares her recommendations for what to watch this weekend, and Nick has plenty of magnificent music - including the Cloudbusting mix to banish the grey skies.

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Music Played

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Out Of Control

    • Virgin.

  • Jack White

    G.O.D And The Broken Ribs

    • Third Man Records.

  • Ralphi Rosario

    You Used To Hold Me

    • Trax Recordings.

  • Jacana People & Vraell

    Paper Thin

  • Solange

    Binz

    • When I Get Home.
    • Saint Records/Columbia.
    • 14.

  • ROSALÍA

    Focu 'Ranni

    • Columbia.

  • Cakes da Killa

    CAKEWALK

    • Young Art.

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • EMI.

  • M.I.A.

    Boyz

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.

  • Ohio Players

    Love Rollercoaster

    • Mercury.

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • Capitol.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Ramble On

    • Atlantic.

  • David Bowie

    Fame

    • EMI.

  • 1-800 GIRLS

    eye contact (feat. Council)

    • Sony.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • Warner Bros.

  • Todd Terje

    Inspector Norse

    • It's Album Time.
    • Olsen Records.
    • 001.

  • Barbara Tucker

    Beautiful People (C.J.'s Vocal Radio Edit)

    • Polystar.

  • Jessie Ware

    Free Yourself

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Land Of 1000 Dances

    • TELSTAR.

  • Joe Smooth

    Promised Land

    • D.J. International Records.

  • RIP Magic

    5words

    • DFA.

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)

    • Virgin.

  • Lambrini Girls

    Cult of Celebrity

    • City Slang Records.

  • Show Me the Body

    Dance In The USA

    • Loma Vista.

  • Hashim

    Al-Naafyish

    • Al-Naafyish.
    • Cutting Records.
    • 5.

  • Surusinghe

    FRIED

    • dh2.

  • Sub Sub

    Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) (feat. Melanie Williams)

    • Universal.

  • Honey Dijon

    Satisfied (feat. Jacob Lusk)

    • SOS.

  • 100 gecs

    Dumbest Girl Alive

    • 10,000 Gecs.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 1.

  • The Nightingales

    Born Again in Birmingham

    • Out of True.
    • Iron Man Records Ltd.

  • Microplastics

    Crumpled and Ruffled

    • self release.

  • Kurt Vile

    Chance to Bleed

    • Verve Records.

  • Pixies

    Velouria

    • Island.

  • Kim Gordon

    PLAY ME

    • Matador.

  • Jordan Rakei & Tom McFarland

    Easy To Love (6 Music Session, 29 Apr 2026)

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Nosedive

    • Fiction Records.

  • Getdown Services

    The Radiator

    • Breakfast Records.

  • Saint Etienne

    Like A Motorway

    • LIKE A MOTORWAY.
    • Heavenly.

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