The WORST episodes of Later... with Jools Holland
Every episode of Later... with Jools Holland ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Later... with Jools Holland!
Jools brings together hot, legendary and undiscovered artists for live studio performances, interviews and musical magic.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Episode 3
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/1994
Jools is joined by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, indie band Elastica, France's Les Négresses Vertes, Russian neo-classical group Terem Quartet and folk singer June Tabor.
#3 - Episode 2
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/1994
Jools is joined by INXS, Percy Sledge and Edwyn Collins. We witness the televison debuts of both Portishead and Sarah McLachlan, with Paula Yates making a guest appearance.
#4 - Episode 1
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/1994
Jools is joined by Suede, J.J. Cale, former Specials frontman Terry Hall, Youssou N'Dour and Sharon Shannon.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/28/1994
Jools is joined by David Byrne, Cracker, Cocteau Twins, Seal and Ali Farka Touré.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Episode 4
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1994
Jools is joined by M People, Ben Harper, Nick Lowe and the Le Mystère des voix bulgares.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Episode 2
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/1993
Jools is joined by Shara Nelson, Aztec Camera, Jellyfish and Leonard Cohen.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1992
Jools is joined by Kirsty MacColl, Simply Red, Me Phi Me and Ann Peebles.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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'.
#24 - 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.