Next Episode of Later... with Jools Holland is
Season 69 / Episode 5 and airs on 08 November 2026 22:00
Jools Holland presents BBC Two's flagship music show, with legendary musicians and brand new acts from around the world, all performing live.
Jools is joined by Paul Heaton, Skye Newman, DC3, mary in the junkyard and Dermot Henry, and chats to Johnny Marr.
Jools welcomes rock duo Royal Blood, drummer Moses Boyd, singer and DJ Shygirl, Irish folk group Kingfishr, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson and the legendary Tony Iommi.
Jools welcomes Dexys Midnight Runners, Courtney Barnett, Madra Salach, Ibibio Sound Machine, Mulaa Joans and Elkie Brooks to the show.
Jools welcomes north London rapper Skepta, who returns 11 years after his iconic debut performance on the show. Skepta performs a couple of tracks from his forthcoming album The Fork and Knife, including recent single Innocent Smile, which sees him join forces with Suggs from Madness in what is surely the collaboration of the year. Jools also chats to Skepta about the new album and the influence of his family, and they look back at his debut performance on the show of Shutdown in 2015.
From New Zealand, singer-songwriter and musician Jordan Rakei performs two songs from his forthcoming seventh album A Safe Place to Be Wild, described as 'an intimate, surreal and emotionally direct record about self-acceptance, vulnerability and creative freedom'.
From London, indie stalwarts Bloc Party return to the show with two performances from their recent Top 10 album Anatomy of a Brief Romance, a memoir in 14 songs which frontman Kele Okereke has described as some of the most personal songs he's ever written.
From Hampshire and Pembrokeshire, sibling duo Johnny and Lillie Flynn, who are both actors and musicians, perform the song The Music of the Spheres, taken from their album Beam Cottage - inspired by the folk, acoustic and traditional music they grew up with and named after their childhood home - ‘an idyll of happiness and togetherness before life began to feel more complicated'.
Glasgow's corto.alto, led by multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall, perform a track from their highly anticipated new album SOME SMALL FORTUNE, which sees 'each track…artfully layered and strikingly different from the last, yet they all cohere in the joyous sound world of Shortall's imagination'.
From Los Angeles, singer-songwriter and film producer Rita Wilson performs a song with Jools from her latest album Sound of a Woman, described as an 'impassioned suite of songs that follow the arc of a woman's life, charting all the triumphs and missteps and unseen turning points leading to the radical awakening of full-fledged womanhood'. Jools and Rita also chat at the piano about the new album and how she recorded it in the same Nashville studio that Dolly Parton recorded Jolene and I Will Always Love You.
Jools welcomes Jamie T, the Wimbledon-born singer-songwriter who returns to the show to perform a couple of tracks from his number one album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning), created using voice memos spanning his career and exploring 'growing up, love, loss and reclaiming his identity'. Jools also chats to Jamie at the piano.
From Hyde in Greater Manchester, Antony Szmierek performs The Heron and Chalk, from his second album, Decoding Birdsong, made with long-time creative partner and producer Max Rad, which draws on Antony's love of electronic music and explores themes of luck and loneliness.
Making her Later… debut from Los Angeles, Violet Grohl performs 595, taken from her debut album Be Sweet to Me, inspired by 90s throwback sounds and artists like The Breeders and PJ Harvey. Violet is amidst a world tour whilst also supporting beabadoobee.
Also making her Later… debut is singer, pianist and composer from Rockford, Illinois, Emily Bear, who performs her single God Forbid a Girl Gets Used to This, taken from her first solo album in eight years. A musical prodigy who made her professional debut at the age of five, Emily became the youngest recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre at the age of 20. Jools and Emily also perform a piano duet together of their rendition of Freddy Martin and Jack Fina's Bumble Boogie.
From Kent, rising star Tia Gordon performs her single Feel, exploring 'friendship, uncertainty, loss and letting go when a relationship changes', having just supported Sam Smith at their residency at the Coliseum and is preparing to embark on her first headline UK and European tour.
Completing the line-up is the legendary singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, who chats to Jools about his hugely successful career spanning more than five decades, having sold more than 80 million records worldwide, and who has just released Leothology: The Studio Albums 1973 – Now, an extensive 18-CD collection bringing together 220 songs from his 16 studio albums alongside previously unreleased material. Jools also joins Leo for a performance of his classic 1977 hit When I Need You.
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