Season 36 2010

Jools's guests include Paul Weller, who makes a welcome return after scooping a number of lifetime achievement awards in the last few years. He performs tracks from his tenth solo album 'Wake Up The Nation', the follow-up to his highly acclaimed '22 Dreams', which is debuted live on the show. South London's Hot Chip return to the studio to showcase tracks from their recently released fourth album 'One Life Stand'; the hotly tipped Marina Lambrini Diamandis aka Marina and the Diamonds make their, or rather her, Later debut performing songs from her 'Family Jewels' debut. Gogol Bordello are on hand to play a number or two from their brand new 'Trans Continental Hustle' release. In the traditional Later spirit of introducing brand new talent, from Malahide near Dublin, Villagers are the first act from Ireland to have signed to the influential label Domino Records and perform a couple of numbers from their upcoming debut album. Plus, Free/Bad Company, Polar Bear and latterly Queen legend Paul Rodgers pops in for a chat about his incredible career.

Kate Nash joins Jools and performs tracks from her second album My Best Friend Is You. Seattle-based Band of Horses showcase numbers from their new album Infinite Arms. Plan B performs songs from his new album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. There are also performances from Jerry Dammers and his Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Pennsylvania's Melody Gardot. Plus Jools chats with Cream's Jack Bruce.

Joining Jools for the third show of this series are Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's multimillion-selling creation Gorillaz, who are making their live debut on the show playing tunes from their latest acclaimed album Plastic Beach, with a host of special guests. Laura Marling, who at 20 has already seen herself compared to Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, is playing songs off her remarkable new album I Speak Because I Can. From Athens, Georgia, comes the band Drive-By Truckers, who have southern soul quite literally in their blood. The six-piece are performing a tune or two from their new album The Big To Do. The multi-talented Mos Def is also in the studio, to play a number from his incredible The Ecstatic album as well as possibly joining in with one of the other acts. Making her UK TV debut is Michigan-born Diane Birch, who has been causing a stir in the US with her album Bible Belt over the last few months. And jazz legend Bobby McFerrin performs a number from his new VOCAbuLarieS album.

Joining Jools are London-based Mumford & Sons, who have been gradually accumulating fans and selling lots of copies of their debut album Sigh No More, from which they perform a few numbers. Harpist Joanna Newsom returns to the studio to play a couple of songs from her recent acclaimed Have One On Me triple album; and Courtney Love and Hole make a welcome return to the studio for the first time since 1998 to perform tracks from their new album Nobody's Daughter. Iggy Pop pops in to discuss the reissue of his incendiary classic album Raw Power, and Ozzy Osbourne is on hand to chat about his career. Ian Hunter and the Rant Band & Lissie will be appearing on the show also. Finally, from Benin, West Africa, Angelique Kidjo performs numbers from her new album Oyo, which pays tribute to the music that inspired Angelique's childhood, such as classic songs by Curtis Mayfield and James Brown.

Joining Jools are James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem performing tracks from their third album This Is Happening; Crowded House, led by original member Neil Finn, with tracks from their new album Intriguer; Kelis, performing tracks from her new Fleshtone album; and Brooklyn-based five-piece The National, with music from their new High Violet long player. Plus Tracey Thorn, half of British duo Everything But The Girl, performs a number from her album Love and Its Opposite.

Joining Jools are Alicia Keys, performing tracks from her chart-topping album The Element of Freedom; Brooklyn-based Yeasayer, with tunes from their Oddbod album; White Rabbits, another Brooklyn band, who make their TV debut on the show; and guitar legend Jeff Beck, who is in the room to play a number from Emotion and Commotion, his highest-charting solo album in a career spanning more than four decades. Plus the Creole Choir of Cuba is on hand to perform in the studio.

Joining Jools for the final show of the series are New York-based Vampire Weekend, whose second album Contra saw them top the US charts earlier this year; Leeds-born singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, with tracks from her second album The Sea; MGMT, whose new album Congratulations sees the duo explore a more psychedelic side to their sound, working with the likes of Sonic Boom; and Canadian duo Crystal Castles who are in the studio to perform a song or two from their acclaimed self-titled second album. Plus the legendary Sir Tom Jones makes an appearance on the show ahead of his 70th birthday, and, from Toronto, four piece indie rock band Metric make their UK TV debut.