Returning to the show are British vocal powerhouse Jessie Ware, who returns with a couple of numbers from her disco-infused fifth studio album That! Feels Good!, and Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods, fresh from a successful North American tour that included a performance at Coachella. They're joined by three artists making their debuts on the show: Dave Okumu & the 7 Generations, led by the prolific and revered producer and performing a collaboration with ESKA, east London's Olivia Dean, making her TV debut with the song Dive from her forthcoming album Messy, and the Waeve, a musical collaboration between Blur's Graham Coxon and vocalist and musician Rose Elinor Dougall, once a member of The Pipettes. Also, Jools chats to legendary drummer Stewart Copeland, whose forthcoming new album Police Deranged for Orchestra sees him team up with an orchestra to rework some of the biggest hits written and recorded by The Police.

Jools invites more classic and contemporary artists for music sessions in north London's Alexandra Palace Theatre.

Returning to the show are Alison Goldfrapp, here for the first time as a solo artist, to perform a couple of numbers from her LP The Love Invention, Eddie Chacon, joined by his collaborator and producer John Carroll Kirby to perform Holy Hell from their second solo album Sundown, and The Jordan, who has taken a new musical turn with her debut album Nowhere Near the Sky.

Making their debuts in the studio are The Lathums, performing two songs from their second number one album From Nothing to a Little Bit More, and Anglo-American duo Baba Ali, with a track from their second album Laugh Like a Bomb.