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The End Of The Week With Stuart & Rachael The Podcast

The End Of The Week 31st July 2026

Season 2026, Ep. 16

Stuart and Rachael round off July with a huge feel-good summer send-off before taking their August break!


With birthdays taking centre stage, they celebrate Harry, Rachael and plenty of friends and listeners with their own special song choices. There’s also an August number-one challenge featuring hits from 1980 through to 2025, the latest builder request, weekend plans and plenty of the usual studio chat and laughs.

Featuring music from Madonna, Avicii, Pulp, McFly, Dua Lipa, Oasis, Robbie Williams, Dexys Midnight Runners and many more.


It’s two hours of birthday bangers, summer memories and bottled joy to keep you smiling until Stuart and Rachael return on Friday 4th September!


Listen back to the full radio show including the feel good tunes here - https://www.mixcloud.com/stonyradiouk/playlists/end-of-the-week-show/


Listen to all the songs from EVERY show on our Spotify playlist here - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6KgE6ony2pk3THxguGVArz?si=cf3ceaf7b1e9462d


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