Balancing TV fame and musical authenticity

Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by Scottish singer, actor and TV personality Lulu. The pair discuss her struggles with alcoholism, being married to a Bee Gee, and her intimate knowledge of David Bowie’s thighs.

Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.  

Links/Attachments: 

Song: ‘Shout’, the Isley Brothers (1959) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/72VH13PSrYh963lzB5NzG4 

To Sir, With Love (1967) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062376/  

Book: Lulu: I Don’t Want To Fight, Lulu (2020) 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/lulu-i-dont-want-to-fight/lulu/9780751546255  

Book: If Only You Knew, Lulu (2025) 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/if-only-you-knew/lulu/9781399744249  

TV Show: ‘It’s Lulu’ (1970-1973) - BBC 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299320/  

TV Show: ‘Lulu’ (1975) - BBC  

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072537/  

Song: ‘Getting To Know You’, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein III (1951) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/0aGN51LOR5E4zQAqhT1Ok7 (not 1951 version) 

Song: ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein III (1959) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/5ewWvQPbrBf8Z9TKmYaRY6 (not 1959 version) 

TV Show: ‘Happening For Lulu’ (1968-1969) - BBC 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063926/  

Jimi Hendrix on Lulu’s show (1969) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usel2OAtQ_s&list=RDUsel2OAtQ_s&start_radio=1 

TV Show: ‘Not Only...But Also’ (1965-1970) - BBC 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128004/  

Article: Jimi Hendrix Banned from BBC  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032vp1d  

Song: ‘The Man Who Sold the World’, Lulu (1974) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/36jha42uJrGq7Ew9REPLIo  

Song: Boom Bang a Bang', Lulu (1969) written by Alan Moorhouse and Peter Warne 

https://open.spotify.com/track/67HolMSJIT9IMPhxieOHeu  

TV Special: ‘When Louis Met... Jimmy’ (2000) - BBC  

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304938/  

Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yc9zh  

TV Show: ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ (1975-2007) - BBC  

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197163/  

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9850386/  

Saturday Night Fever (1977) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076666/  

Song: ‘Night Fever’, The Bee Gees (1977)  

https://open.spotify.com/track/4t2euPkyLUs5n5j1HDZ2Tr  

Song: ‘To Love Somebody’, The Bee Gees (1967) written by Barry and Robin Gibb 

https://open.spotify.com/track/0mbS3VwRbO6HVBMPXnzOGA  

Song: ‘Woman In Love’, Barbra Streisand (1980) written by Barry and Robin Gibb 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1pTGc8pwyo6xtgXBKCBcFn 

Song: ‘Chain Reaction’, Diana Ross (1985)  

https://open.spotify.com/track/1it9umP1j9qSqzKbSLLqqy  

TV Special: ‘An Audience with Lulu’ (2002) - ITV 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0788014/  

Lulu’s Mental Health Trust 

https://www.lulusmentalhealthtrust.com/  

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Assistant Producer: Mark Maughan 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  

Shownotes compiled by Elly Young 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk  

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