The WORST episodes of Later... with Jools Holland

#1 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/1993

Jools is joined by PJ Harvey, 26-piece gospel/funk choir Sounds of Blackness, Seattle rockers Alice in Chains, country superstar Vince Gill and California's Maria McKee.

#2 - Episode 5

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/4/1994

Jools is joined by Bonnie Raitt, G. Love & Special Sauce, Jimmie Vaughan and Jah Wobble.

#3 - Episode 4

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/28/1994

Jools is joined by David Byrne, Cracker, Cocteau Twins, Seal and Ali Farka Touré.

#4 - Episode 3

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/1994

Jools is joined by Evan Dando, The Pretenders, Angélique Kidjo, Erasure, David McComb and Jonathan Richman.

#5 - Episode 2

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/1994

Jools is joined by the reunited 70's band Traffic, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Cassandra Wilson, jazz trio Morphine and rappers Galliano.

#6 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/1994

Jools is joined by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Counting Crows, Honky, Otis Rush and Sheila Chandra.

#7 - Episode 10

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/16/1993

Jools is joined by soul singer Al Green, pop group Squeeze, Efua, Richard Thompson and Rainer Ptacek.

#8 - Episode 9

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/9/1993

Jools is joined by Paul Weller of The Jam and Style Council, Irish Folk group Clannad, A.J. Croce, The Jesus and Mary Chain and new singer-songwriter Lena Fiagbe.

#9 - Episode 8

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/2/1993

Jools is joined by Lenny Kravitz, Gloria Estefan, former Sugercubes vocalist Björk and one time Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg.

#10 - Episode 7

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/25/1993

Jools is joined by former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, with new band Porno for Pyros, making their British TV debut, Saint Etienne, Midnight Oil from Australia and soul singer Oleta Adams.

#11 - Episode 6

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/1993

Jools is joined by The Kinks, Belly with Tanya Donnelly, maldita, Aimee Mann and Neneh Cherry.

#12 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/11/1993

Jools is joined by The The, The Jayhawks with Maria McKee, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Charles & Eddie and Black Umfolosi.

#13 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/1993

Jools is joined by Suede, Fishbone, Soul Asylum, electric violinist Ed Alleyne-Johnson and Bryan Ferry.

#14 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/1993

Jools is joined by Robert Plant, Teenage Fanclub, Nanci Griffith, Gallon Drunk and Buddy Guy.

#15 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/1993

Jools is joined by Shara Nelson, Aztec Camera, Jellyfish and Leonard Cohen.

#16 - Episode 6

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/11/1994

Jools is joined by Crowded House, The Auteurs, Aswad, The Cranberries, Electra Strings and Maori drummers Fia Fia Samoa.

#17 - Episode 10

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1992

Jools is joined by Kirsty MacColl, Simply Red, Me Phi Me and Ann Peebles.

#18 - Muse, Melody Gardot, Sleater-Kinney, Peggy Seeger, Seasick Steve, ALA.NI

Season 46 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2015

Extended edition of Tuesday's live show, featuring Muse, who play tracks from their seventh studio album Drones, jazz singer Melody Gardot and Washington group Sleater-Kinney, who released their first album in almost a decade earlier this year, No Cities to Love. Peggy Seeger makes an appearance, continuing to help the British folk revival with a track from her recent album Everything Changes, and providing his slice of original blues boogie is American singer-songwriter Seasick Steve, performing tracks from his album Sonic Soul surfer. Making her debut on the show is London based dreamy balladeer ALA.NI, who is putting a contemporary touch on a 1940s-50s sound. Plus, acclaimed producer Giorgio Moroder, the man behind Donna Summer classic I Feel Love and Phil Oakey's Electric Dreams, will also be dropping into the studio. Last in the series.

#19 - Rudimental, Simply Red, Joan Armatrading, Ezra Furman

Season 46 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/2015

Joining Jools on the show are south London's bass merchants Rudimental, who return to the studio to perform tracks from their upcoming second album, the follow-up to their best-selling Mercury- and Brit-nominated debut, Home. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Simply Red play a couple of tunes from their first new album in eight years, Big Love, plus one of their classics and from north London comes rapper and grime artist Skepta with his breakout tune Shutdown. Currently on what is billed as her last tour of the UK, legendary singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading is also in the room with a song or two from her catalogue. From Fort Worth, Texas, comes Leon Bridges, who is steeped in the look of the 1950s drive-in with a voice in the style of Sam Cooke and performs a couple of tracks from his upcoming Coming Home LP. Also in the studio, from Illinois, is Ezra Furman, who recently signed to London's Bella Union label. He has been described as a 'ball of energy, bouncing around genre borders with glee', and with his group performs a couple of numbers in the style of 'the rebellion of 90s indie rock, a string of sunshine-y 80s pop, and the snarl of 70s punk'.

#20 - Paul Weller, Joshua Tillman, Lianne La Havas, Curtis Harding, The Hot Sardines

Season 46 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/2015

Extended edition of Tuesday's programme, featuring performances by artists including UK legend Paul Weller, who's about to release his twelfth solo album, Saturn's Pattern. Maryland's Joshua Tillman, better known as Father John Misty, makes his UK debut on the show with tracks from his acclaimed I Love You Honeybear album. East London-based Lianne La Havas will be spotlighting tracks from her second album, Blood, while Atlanta's Curtis Harding, the son of a gospel singer, showcases tracks from his debut album, Soul Power. Plus, New York-based outfit The Hot Sardines offer up a slice of their jazz-infused gypsy swing and Northern Ireland singer-songwriter SOAK shares her debut single from upcoming album Before We Forgot How To Dream.

#21 - Blur, Laura Marling, the Vaccines, Natalie Prass, Marc Almond

Season 46 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2015

#22 - Bryan Ferry, Paul Rodgers, The War on Drugs, Seinabo Sey, Laura Doggett

Season 45 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/2014

Joining Jools in the studio we have English singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry performing tracks from his fourteenth solo album, Avonmore. English rock musician Paul Rodgers, famed frontman of Free and Bad Company, plays numbers from The Royal Sessions, his recent Memphis soul album which was recorded at Willie Mitchell's revered Royal Studios. From Philadelphia, we welcome to the studio indie rock outfit The War on Drugs with tracks from their third album, Lost in a Dream. From south London, the infectious afrobeat sounds of Fuse ODG performs a couple of numbers from his upcoming debut album, T.I.N.A. Swedish newcomer Seinabo Sey, debuts her unique soulful electro pop to the Later studio and also making her debut is hotly-tipped Bath singer-songwriter Laura Doggett. Plus Jools chats to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour about the inspiration behind their much anticipated forthcoming and final album, The Endless River.

#23 - Robert Plant, Counting Crows, tUnE-yArDs

Season 45 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2014

#24 - U2, Sam Smith, Interpol, Zola Jesus, Dave and Phil Alvin, Slaves

Season 45 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2014

#25 - Sinead O'Connor, Rumer, Labrinth, Rival Sons, Ibeyi, Adam Cohen, Holly Johnson

Season 45 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2014

Joining Jools in the studio are Sinead O'Connor, Rumer, Labrinth, Rival Sons, Ibeyi, Adam Cohen and Holly Johnson. This programme is not broadcast live. Joining Jools is Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor, who performs a couple of songs from her recent tenth full-length album I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss. Also in the studio is Sarah Joyce, a Pakistani-born British singer-songwriter better known by her stage name Rumer. She is returning to the show to perform tracks from her upcoming third studio album Into Colour, including new song Dangerous. He made his debut on the show with fellow Londoner Tinie Tempah, but now Labrinth performs on the show in his own right, debuting tracks from his upcoming second album Take Me to the Truth, which sees him take a more soulful 1970s sound. From Long Beach, California, comes the blues-rock of Rival Sons, who make their UK television debut with tracks from their fourth album Great Western Valkyrie, which takes its inspiration from the original blues/psychedelic rockers of the classic rock era. There is also a performance from Ibeyi who are the French/Cuban twin daughters of famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz, who was a member of Buena Vista Social Club. On his death, the twins, then age 11 years old, learned to play his signature instrument the Cajón and studied the folks songs of Yoruba. Now aged 19, they have started recording their debut album. And from Canada, singer songwriter Adam Cohen the son of Leonard. He performs a track from his fifth album We Go Home. Former lead singer of Frankie Goes To Hollywood Holly Johnson chats to Jools about his first new album in 15 years and 30 years since the release of Welcome To The Pleasuredome.