Jools welcomes south Londoner Raye, who is best known for featuring on many dancefloor hits but who now steps forward in her own right with a couple of numbers from her debut record. She also chats to Jools about her musical influences, including Joan Armatrading, who she chooses from the Later... archive.

Jools bids a welcome return to two acts. From Versailles come Phoenix, who perform a couple of tracks from their new album Alpha Zulu, which was recorded in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Louvre. Also, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott perform a song from their fifth and latest album together, N.K-Pop.

Making their debuts on the show are Dubliner Dermot Kennedy, who is about to release his second album, Sonder, the follow up to his 2019 number one debut album, and folk musician ANGELINE MORRISON, from Cornwall, whose focus as an artist is on the place of people of colour in British folklore. She will perform Unknown African Boy from her debut album The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience.

Three of the five artists on the show are making their debut. The first are Scottish legends Simple Minds, who perform a couple of tracks from their 18th studio album Direction of the Heart while also chatting to Jools and choosing a Glen Campbell performance from the Later... archives.

The second debut comes from south London's Wu-Lu, a producer and multi-instrumentalist who swims effortlessly between genres. He performs his track South, joined by rapper Lex Amor. The song cultivates a new sound that lies between the interplay of underground punk and alternative hip-hop and is taken from his debut album LOGGERHEAD.

The third debut is London-based girl group FLO, who perform an acoustic version of their viral hit Cardboard Box, a song that showcases their love for honeyed harmonies and rich emotion fused with classic old-school R&B. It features on their five-track EP The Lead, produced by British artist and producer MNEK.

Returning to the show from France is Christine and the Queens Presents Redcar, with songs from his album Redcar les adorables étoiles, a record described as an opera and one that has given him ‘crazy freedom'.

And completing the line-up is LA-born singer, actor and film producer Rita Wilson, who returns to the show with her album Rita Wilson Now & Forever: Duets. She's joined by Jools on piano and shares vocal duties with one of her collaborators on the album – the multi-record selling US artist Jackson Browne.