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Mark and Stuart present a purrfect selection of feline-themed tracks and chat for International Cat Day

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

They mark International Cat Day today with a purrfect selection of feline-themed music and chat. With tracks from artists including Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey and Thundercat.

Also on the show... long-running feature The Chain which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains more than 8,800 songs.

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Music Played

  • The Cure

    Love Cats

    • Fiction.

  • Alabama Shakes

    I Feel Hope Coming

    • Island.

  • Thundercat

    A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II)

    • Drunk.
    • Brainfeeder.
    • 5.

  • Jimmy Smith

    The Cat

    • VERVE.

  • Robyn Hitchcock

    Breathless

    • The Confuser.
    • Tiny Ghost Records.
    • 4.

  • Mitski

    Cats

    • Nothing's About to Happen to Me.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 3.

  • Felix da Housecat

    Ready 2 Wear

    • Rykodisc.

  • Tricky

    I'm Yours (feat. Mitch Sanders)

    • False Idols.

  • Ghost Flowers

    By Then

    • Sonic Lung.

  • Lee Hazlewood

    My Autumn's Done Come

    • The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood (Expanded Edition).
    • Universal Records.
    • 6.

  • Catatonia

    Lost Cat

    • Polygram TV.

  • Charli xcx

    No One Lasts Forever (6 Music Session, 5th August 2026)

  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • A&M.

  • Fat Dog

    Cancel Me (I'm Tired)

    • Domino.

  • Cat’s Eyes

    Cat's Eyes

    • Cat's Eyes.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 1.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Get It Right Next Time

    • EMI.

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Get Up And Dance

    • Fiction.

  • PJ Harvey

    Cat On The Wall

    • Island.

  • Cassius

    Go Up (feat. Pharrell Williams & Cat Power)

    • Love Supreme SARL/Justice SARL/Interscope Records.

  • Surusinghe

    Party Criminal (feat. Warrior Queen)

    • dh2.

  • Kate Bush

    Rocket's Tail

    • The Sensual World (2018 Remaster).
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 09.

  • Pink Floyd

    Lucifer Sam

    • The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • The Orielles

    Bobbi's Second World

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • The Linda Lindas

    Nino

    • Epitaph.

  • Durul Gence

    Black Cat

    • Finders Keepers Records.

Broadcast

  • Saturday 08:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music