Jarvis: Jarvis Cocker's Someday Service

Jarvis returns to BBC 6 Music for his Jarvis Cocker's Someday Service. Jarvis sits in for Iggy Pop who takes a break to work on his music projects for one year. Jarvis's show is on air every Sunday from 4pm to 6 pm, starting from April 5th.

Jarvis:

Why am I returning to 6 Music? Well… I’m looking forward to working for the greatest independent radio station in the world once more. When you’re asked to look after Iggy’s show, are you really going to say no?

I’m looking forward to discovering lots of great new music. But mostly: I miss you. Tune in from April 5th. That’s an order.

Iggy Pop:

The news is true, after 12 years at 6 Music I’m going to be taking a break for a while. I’ve got some other stuff I’ve got to do but I’ll be back. I’m pleased to say Jarvis has agreed to return to the station for a year as my cover – cool, thanks Jarvis.

5th April 2026 - The return!

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis returns to the 6 Music airwaves for a year!
In this first show, he's going to take you on a sonic excursion down to New Zealand and Australia.

Tracklist (Track - Artist)

  1. Premiers Mouvements - Thomas Bangalter
  2. Someday Man - Paul Williams
  3. Pocahontas - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  4. Trysting Fields - Michael Nyman
  5. The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right - Lisa O'Neil
  6. Sanctuary - Bill Orcutt
  7. Eagle - ABBA
  8. Funky Dunedin - Let's Get Naked
  9. Crazy - The Clean
  10. Born in the Wrong Time - The Great Unwashed
  11. Anything Could Happen - The Clean
  12. Made up in Blue - The Bats
  13. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
  14. Magnitudes (Excerpt A) - Mat Watson & MESS Synthesiser Orchestra
  15. Magnitudes (Excerpt B) - Mat Watson & MESS Synthesiser Orchestra
  16. Silly Little Things - Tex Crick
  17. Whole Lotta Love - The Dynamics
  18. Heaven - Talking Heads
  19. Late Last Night - Marina Moore
  20. Theme From "Carrie" - Pino Donaggio
  21. Wind It Up - Mumbo Jumbo
  22. No Kings Here - Gang of Four
  23. You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White

12th April 2026 - Ramblin' On

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis takes you on a sonic trip through time and space, the Peak District and a village that may or may not exist.

Tracklist

  1. Serra Pelada - Philip Glass
  2. Opposite Teacher - My New Band Believe
  3. Wild Horses - Alexis Taylor
  4. The Start of "Music" - Vernon Elliott
  5. Moonshake - Can
  6. The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
  7. Tributary (Satie Rework) - Roger Eno
  8. The Other Village (Tamboura: Discreet) [Part 1 of 3] - Brian Eno & Bette A.
  9. Sister Morphine - Marianne Faithfull
  10. Avenue - Saint Etienne
  11. Der fröhliche Wanderer (The Happy Wanderer) - The Mantovani Orchestra
  12. The Other Village (Tamboura: Discreet) [Part 2 of 3] - Brian Eno & Bette A.
  13. Up the Hill Backwards - David Bowie
  14. The Other Village (Tamboura: Discreet) [Part 3 of 3] - Brian Eno & Bette A.
  15. Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix) - Cymande
  16. Life is Scary Horses - Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  17. Your Funny Uncle - Pet Shop Boys
  18. The Amber Light - Jane Weaver
  19. Pee Wee - Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Tony Williams
  20. Stimmung: Model 1 - Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices
  21. Oops! - Stock, Hausen & Walkman
  22. Pond Scum Ocean - Ryley Walker
  23. The Girl Who Was Death (feat. Iggy Pop) - Noveller

19th April 2026 - Vinyl Weekender: The World of the Record Shop

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis takes you on a sonic journey through the musty world of the second-hand record shop and the inevitable record collector.
Expect some rare slices of crackly vinyl, spoken word nuggets and the odd Record Store Day release

Tracklist

  1. Summa For String Orchestra - Arvo Pärt
  2. That Summer Feeling - Jonathan Richman
  3. Enjoy It - Brian Protheroe
  4. Happy Cycling - Boards of Canada
  5. My Shade (Instrumental) - The Pawnshop
  6. Love Came Tumblin' Down - The Monks
  7. As the Clouds Drift By - Jayne Mansfield
  8. I Gotta Try You Girl (Daft Punk Edit) - Junior Kimbrough
  9. I've Been A Bad Bad Boy - Paul Jones
  10. Get in Line - Art Ensemble of Chicago
  11. Invenzione per John (Version 2) - Ennio Morricone
  12. That's The Way It's Got To Be - The Poets
  13. Flashing Lights - Screaming Lord Sutch
  14. Palladium The Hip - Liz Brady
  15. La Horse - Serge Gainsbourg & Jean-Claude Vannier
  16. Kung Foo Cowboy - Alan Vega
  17. Taboo - Arthur Lyman
  18. In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
  19. My Name Is Carnival - Jackson C. Frank
  20. Where Do The Children Play? - Cat Stevens
  21. Unclouded - Melody’s Echo Chamber
  22. Promise Is a Pendulum - Big Thief
  23. Mr Edward Whymper - Frédéric Soulard
  24. Being Boiled (Fast Version) - The Human League
  25. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

26th April 2026 - Where did I put my maypole?

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis gets you in the mood for May, a time of ritual and a time of the earth coming back to life.
Can you send a dinghy, please? It might get a little pagan.

Tracklist

  1. Hibou, Anenome And Bear - Soft Machine
  2. Sometimes It Snows in April - The Revolution
  3. Now I Need You - Donna Summer
  4. Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy
  5. Fast Car - Foxy Brown
  6. Meditation Aumgn - Graham Bond
  7. Twa Sisters feat. Iona Zajac & Daragh Lynch - Standing Stones
  8. Maypole - Paul Giovanni & Magnet
  9. Willow's Song - Paul Giovanni & Magnet
  10. May Life Throw You a Pleasant Curve - Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  11. Plainsong - Ben Salisbury
  12. Líður ("Chernobyl" TV Series Soundtrack) - Hildur Guðnadóttir
  13. The Door ("Chernobyl" TV Series Soundtrack) - Hildur Guðnadóttir
  14. What About Tomorrow? - Haiku Salut & Meg Morley
  15. Beyond Breath - Balladeste
  16. Twa Brothers (Excerpt) feat. Alasdair Roberts - Standing Stones
  17. Oh Man - Cisco
  18. Sonnet No. 8 - Ottilie Patterson
  19. After The Goldrush - The King’s Singers
  20. Headache for Michelle (Remix) - Au Pairs
  21. Imitation of Life (Main Title Song) - Earl Grant & Frank Skinner
  22. Mostly Patient - Courtney Barnett
  23. On My Own - The Fall
  24. Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials

3rd May 2026 - In celebration of David Attenborough

Programme description (from BBC): To mark David Attenborough's 100th birthday, Jarvis revisits his interview from 2013.

Tracklist

  1. As the Dawn Breaks - Richard Hawley
  2. Birthday - The Beatles
  3. Introduction - David Attenborough
  4. Snatch of Song Accompanied by the Quindina - Field recording
  5. Hallelujah Chant - Field recording
  6. Porters Singing - Field recording
  7. Conclusion #1 - David Attenborough
  8. Guira Campana (The Bell Bird) - Field recording
  9. Conclusion #2 - David Attenborough
  10. Tjapung Gangtuk, Jaws Harp Solo - Field recording
  11. Digeridoo - Aphex Twin
  12. Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1) - James Brown
  13. No More, My Lord - Henry Jimpson Wallace
  14. Sligo River Blues - Muireann Bradley
  15. She Moved Through The Fair - Margaret Barry
  16. Pretty Polly - The Byrds
  17. Fugue No. 2 in C Minor Bwv 847 - Jacques Loussier
  18. Man - A Choice for the future of Life On Earth (feat. David Attenborough) - Edward Williams
  19. So Long, It's Been Good to Know You - Träd
  20. Can't Get Away from My Love - Jackson C. Frank
  21. Nangs - Tame Impala
  22. Young Folks (feat. Victoria Bergsman) - Peter Bjorn and John
  23. Borelesyow Bleujyowa - Daisy Rickman
  24. Run Hide Run - Marina Moore
  25. Introduction #2 - David Attenborough
  26. This Is My Witness Statement - Steven Price & David Attenborough
  27. Cicadas and Crickets and Owls... Oh My! - Country Joe McDonald & Bernie Krause

10th May 2026 - Slow Sunday: Winding through the waterways of Venice

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis heads to La Serenissima, the Most Serene Republic of Venice, to tie in with the launch of this year’s Art Biennale.
Grab a gondola and join us for some Slow Sunday sounds

Tracklist

  1. La Serenissima - Rondò Veneziano
  2. Slow Burner - Swithold
  3. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) - Donovan
  4. AMERICA! - Bill Callahan
  5. I'm Not In Love - 10cc
  6. Journey (Aphex Twin Care Mix) - The Gentle People
  7. My Mind Went Blank (Screwed) - DJ Screw
  8. O viridissima virga, Ave - Hildegard von Bingen
  9. Passage Through The Spheres - Kali Malone
  10. My Name Is Mary (Excerpt) - Patti Smith
  11. Om Namah Shivaya - Laraaji
  12. Candy Bullets And Moon - Meredith Monk
  13. Quisque Mutatus (Excerpt) - Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst
  14. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
  15. The Rakehell - Earth
  16. Awakening - Bhairavi Raman & Nanthesh Sivarajah
  17. Inevitable Ecstasy (feat. Alan Watts) - Tycho, Superposition & Formless
  18. Big New Prinz - The Fall
  19. Overcome (2009 Remix) (feat. Martina Topley‐Bird) - Tricky
  20. The Monochrome Set (I Presume) - The Monochrome Set
  21. E.V.A. - Perrey & Kingsley
  22. Black Silk Stocking - Krisma
  23. In My Heart - Damaged Bug

24th May 2026 - (Shiny, Shiny) Shiny Boots of Vegan Pleather

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis looks at the impact and influence of the Velvet Underground in the 21st century.
For this, he's joined by American journalist, Richie Unterberger author of "Do What You Fear Most: The History of The Velvet Underground".

Tracklist

  1. Maggot Brain - Flea
  2. Tagesanbruch - Stuzzi, Diane Emerita, & Bruno Berle
  3. Wanderlove - Claudine Longet
  4. Residue - Benjamin Clementine
  5. Rosetti Noise - Harold Budd
  6. Just Another Sucker On the Vine - John C. Reilly
  7. Empire State of Mind, Pt. 2 - Alicia Keys
  8. The Ostrich - The Primitives
  9. Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground
  10. New Age (Live at The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) - The Velvet Underground
  11. All Tomorrow's Parties (Demo) - Lou Reed & John Cale
  12. All Tomorrow's Parties (Single Version) - The Velvet Underground
  13. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Partial) - Lou Reed
  14. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan
  15. I'm Waiting For My Man - David Bowie & the Riot Squad
  16. Tell Mamma Not to Cry - Robertha Williams
  17. New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
  18. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - Pixies
  19. Gray Air-O-Plane (feat. Sharon van Etten) - Ed Askew
  20. I Get Lifted - George McCrae
  21. Key West (Philosopher Pirate) - Bob Dylan

31st May 2026 - Cocker goes Cumbia

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis takes us on a musical journey through the year.
He also looks forward to his upcoming trip to Mexico with some essential Cumbia cuts he was given last time he ventured that way.

Tracklist

  1. La Danza de los Mirlos - Los Mirlos
  2. Bizzarro vs. VB - Vetiver Bong
  3. Neon Lights - Kraftwerk
  4. Transmission - Joy Division
  5. LOVE OVER GOLD (feat. Edie Baron) - JIM
  6. Switch Up - Mike D
  7. Story of the Year - Tirez Tirez
  8. 8th of January/Arkansas Traveler - Cliffie Stone & Orchestra
  9. February Face - Wil Malone
  10. Mound Nod - February Montaine
  11. March of the Balloon Animals - Dengue Fever
  12. The Empire Strikes Back - Meco
  13. April Morning - Jimmy Campbell
  14. Images of April - Pearls Before Swine
  15. Hair or Hat? - Mike Nichols & Elaine May
  16. PHONE ME - MAY
  17. Ring of Fire - June Carter Cash
  18. Dandelion Seeds - July
  19. August - Baxter Dury
  20. September Song - Chet Baker
  21. October (Love Song) - Chris & Cosey
  22. November Rain - Guns n' Roses
  23. December's Dream - Fred Neil
  24. Kiss My Lips (feat. Princess Chelsea) - Jonathan Bree
  25. Psychobin - Disease
  26. Electricity (Hannett/Cargo Studios Version) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  27. Innocents - John Cooper Clarke
  28. Cumbia Caribe - kalbox
  29. Ceviche - Isidro Cuevas & Willie Cabañas
  30. Perro Rabioso (Rebajada por Sonido Dueñez) - los esplifs

7th June 2026 - John Cooper Clarke sits in

Jarvis is touring with Pulp in South America.

Tracklist

  1. Groovin' - The Rascals
  2. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - The Hombres
  3. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
  4. Houston - Dean Martin
  5. Laisse tomber les filles - France Gall
  6. Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille - Jacques Dutronc
  7. The Last Race - Jack Nitzsche
  8. Bone Idol - The Drones
  9. Denis - Blondie
  10. John Jones - Rudy Mills
  11. Breakfast In Bed - Lorna Bennett
  12. Funky But Chic - David Johansen
  13. Mexico - Lee Dorsey
  14. Train Round The Bend - The Velvet Underground
  15. Evening Of Light - Nico
  16. Caesar - Iggy Pop
  17. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) - The Byrds
  18. TV Set - The Cramps
  19. Boss - The Rumblers
  20. Hangin' Around - Ersel Hickey
  21. I Fought The Law - The Clash
  22. Did You No Wrong - Sex Pistols
  23. Mumblin Guitar - Bo Diddley
  24. Cycles - Frank Sinatra
  25. Non Ho L'eta' - Gigliola Cinquetti
  26. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
  27. Mohair Sam - Charlie Rich
  28. Chills and Fever - Tom Jones
  29. King Of The Whole Wide World - Elvis Presley
  30. Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
  31. Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
  32. Early Autumn - Ella Fitzgerald
  33. Jack, That Cat Was Clean - Dr. Horse
  34. Pink Cadillac - Johnny Todd
  35. Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton

31st May 2026 - John Cooper Clarke sits in

Jarvis is touring with Pulp in South America.

Tracklist

  1. Groovin' - The Rascals
  2. Mishugana Mambo - Slim Gaillard
  3. Nervous Breakdown - Eddie Cochran
  4. Breakdown - Buzzcocks
  5. High Blood Pressure - Gene Vincent
  6. Janie Jones - The Clash
  7. I Fought The Law - The Bobby Fuller Four
  8. Westbound Train - Dennis Brown
  9. Screaming Target - Big Youth
  10. Wolf Dub - Hollie Cook
  11. Dke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
  12. Time Of The Season - The Zombies
  13. Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
  14. Send In The Clowns - Frank Sinatra
  15. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
  16. Red Hot - Robert Gordon & Link Wray
  17. Slave Girl - Lime Spiders
  18. Gloria - Patti Smith
  19. The Way Young Lovers Do - Van Morrison
  20. Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
  21. Jesus on the Mainline - Ry Cooder
  22. Cajun Moon - J.J. Cale
  23. Lady Lady - Cynty & the Monkeys
  24. Red Red Wine - Ken Boothe
  25. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
  26. I Spy (For the FBI) - Jamo Thomas & His Party Brothers Orchestra
  27. Hurt By Love - Inez & Charlie Foxx
  28. Moon River - Louis Armstrong
  29. On The Grand Canyon Line - Burl Ives
  30. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  31. Runaway - Del Shannon
  32. I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts
  33. Born To Cry - Johnny Thunders
  34. F-'Oldin' Money - The Fall
  35. Venus - Shocking Blue
  36. Yesterday's Papers - Chris Farlowe
  37. Come Into My Parlour - The Bleechers
  38. Riding For a Fall - John Holt

21st June 2026 - A South American Getaway... and a little sojourn to Mexico

Programme description (from BBC): Jarvis returns to the 6 Music airwaves after a brief trip abroad.
Expect stories of rifling through second-hand vinyl in Mexican markets alongside the odd bit of field recording.

Tracklist

  1. The Sound of Silence - Chromatics
  2. It Isn't Easy - Batti Mamzelle
  3. Glastonbury - People
  4. Memory of a Free Festival (Pt. 1) - David Bowie
  5. Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie - Augustus Pablo
  6. Video Games - Lana Del Rey
  7. Strangers - The Kinks
  8. Love Is In the Air - John Paul Young
  9. Pretty Boys (Khruangbin Remix) - Paul McCartney
  10. Diego de Valencia No Logró Hacer Fortuna - Chingos de Changos
  11. You Are Accused Before Us... - Alec R. Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra
  12. Glad to Know You - Chaz Jankel
  13. Murió la Flor - Los Ángeles Negros
  14. Cuerpo y Alma - Pedro Aznar
  15. Duncan (Live, feat. Los Incas) - Paul Simon
  16. Her Gift (Movement 10) - Floating Points
  17. Mythologies: XIX. Circonvolutions (Remix) - Thomas Bangalter
  18. Oh What a Circus - David Essex
  19. Cinema Music and Wallpaper Sounds - Pete Shelley
  20. Dirty Harry (Theme) - Lalo Schifrin
  21. We Are the People - Empire of the Sun
  22. The Man I'm Supposed to Be - Bill Callahan
  23. Samskeyti (Ára Binaural Mix) - Sigur Rós
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