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Jo's First Crush, Dolly and a September Reset

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Jo and Zoe rewind to Reading Festival days, celebrate the brilliance of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, and wonder when they suddenly became the mums at the festival gates.

Plus sweet peas, September intentions, new telly, old tunes and those tiny moments when grief catches you completely off guard.


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CREDITS

Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan

Producer: Harriet Thurley

Assistant Producer: Eve Jones

Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty

Video Editors: Cameron Laird and Jack WhitesideĀ 


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