Internationally celebrated jazz and musical theatre legend, Dame Arlene Phillips, opens up about her challenges, such as losing her mother at 15, being dropped from Strictly Come Dancing, and overcoming a fear of flying. She reflects on aging, regrets in her career, and finding resilience through dance and personal strength.

Graham is back and so is a new cracking addition of the Graham Norton Radio Show with Waitrose! Here’s what to come in this week’s podcast. Jack Lowden gave us the lowdown on starring in new Apple TV+ series Slow Horses as well as his role in upcoming film Benediction. Shaparak Khorsandi takes us on tour with her for her ongoing show IT WAS THE 90s! And the wonderful Dame Arlene Phillips has been busy busy busy and was here to tell me all about it! She’s working on The Cher Show as well as Grease The Musical. And our brand new EGGcellent Easter competition made its debut, so listen out how The Chicken And The Egg went!Graham and Maria solve a couple of Graham’s Guides! Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear all of the highlights each week! And why not give us a follow on our socials @VirginRadioUK?! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.