OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Home / Artists / The Divine Comedy

ARTIST loading photo…

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy is a group from the UK, active since 1991.

Group GB since 1991 chamber pop baroque pop indie rock

TOTAL PLAYS

2,291

SONGS PLAYED

153

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-15 13:28 · 6 Music — "Come Home Billy Bird"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "National Express"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

Loading biography…

◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,225 53%

Radio 2 1,053 46%

Radio 1 13 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 National Express 699 2026-08-26

2 Something for the Weekend 363 2026-08-10

3 Becoming More Like Alfie 143 2026-08-24

4 Everybody Knows (Except You) 93 2025-02-14

5 At the Indie Disco 80 2021-03-14

6 I Like 75 2023-02-25

7 To the Rescue 72 2018-12-28

8 Diva Lady 56 2018-10-29

9 Norman and Norma 49 2025-09-25

10 Absent Friends 40 2025-01-11

11 To Die A Virgin 40 2011-04-26

12 Tonight We Fly 37 2025-12-10

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 16:56 National Express Radio 2

2026-08-24 02:31 Becoming More Like Alfie Radio 2

2026-08-18 03:31 National Express Radio 2

2026-08-10 17:15 Something for the Weekend 6 Music

2026-08-04 08:13 National Express Radio 2

2026-07-31 02:24 Something for the Weekend Radio 2

2026-07-29 06:34 National Express Radio 2

2026-07-25 22:30 Becoming More Like Alfie Radio 2

2026-05-22 17:23 Songs of Love 6 Music

2026-05-20 23:42 National Express Radio 2

2026-05-12 16:50 The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count 6 Music

2026-05-07 18:03 Something for the Weekend Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

153 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Drinking Song —

2 2018-10-09 ▶

A Lady of a Certain Age —

9 2025-12-10 ▶

A Lady Of A Certain Age —

6 2011-05-26 ▶

A Lady Of A Certain Age (BBC 6Music Session) —

1 2006-11-15 ▶

Abesent Friends / Tonight We Fly - Glastonbury 2004 —

2 2018-12-30 ▶

Absent Friends —

40 2025-01-11 ▶

Absent Friends (6 Music Session, 03 Dec 2025) —

3 2025-12-05 ▶

Absent Friends / Tonight We Fly - Glastonbury 2004 —

6 2010-06-22 ▶

Absolutely Obsolete —

2 2019-07-25 ▶

Achilles —

7 2025-05-19 ▶

Achillies —

1 2025-06-02 ▶

Alfie —

4 2017-10-24 ▶

Alfie - BBC Session 1998 —

3 2009-05-28 ▶

Alfie - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

All The Pretty Lights —

14 2025-12-26 ▶

All the Pretty Lights (6 Music Session, 03 Dec 2025) —

2 2025-12-06 ▶

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World —

2 2019-11-16 ▶

Arthur C. Clarkes Mysterious World —

1 2008-03-20 ▶

At the Indie Disco —

80 2021-03-14 ▶

At The Indie Disco (6Music Session, 28 May 2010) —

1 2019-05-28 ▶

At the Indie Disco (Live) —

1 2011-06-08 ▶

At The Indie Disco - 6Music Session 28/05/2010 —

2 2016-06-28 ▶

Bad Ambassador —

13 2022-06-02 ▶

Bang Goes the Knighthood —

2 2013-10-27 ▶

Bang Goes The Knighthood (6 Music Session, 03 Dec 2025) —

1 2025-12-03 ▶

Becoming More Like Alfie —

143 2026-08-24 ▶

Becoming More Like Alfie 1997 —

1 2006-12-19 ▶

Becoming More Like Alfie (BBC Session 1998) —

6 2016-04-27 ▶

Becoming More Like Alfie/Diva Lady/National Express —

1 2006-12-12 ▶

Bernice Bobs Her Hair —

3 2020-07-05 ▶

Booklovers —

3 2017-04-09 ▶

Can You Stand Upon One Leg —

1 2015-02-19 ▶

Catherine the Great —

22 2023-01-12 ▶

Charmed Life —

2 2019-09-10 ▶

Come Home Billy Bird —

36 2023-12-09 ▶

Come Home Billy Bird / Becoming More Like Alfie - Glastonbury 2004 —

8 2018-12-30 ▶

Computor Love - Cambridge Junction 1998 —

1 2008-05-01 ▶

Daddy's Car —

4 2018-10-29 ▶

Daddy's Car - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Diva Lady —

56 2018-10-29 ▶

Diva Lady (Radio Edit) —

1 2015-11-21 ▶

Diva Lady (Summer Sundae 2007) —

1 2007-08-11 ▶

Diva Lady - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Divine Comedy Lp —

1 2006-06-17 ▶

Don't Look Down —

3 2020-03-10 ▶

Don't Look Down - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Down in the Street Below —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

Eric the Gardener —

1 2020-11-16 ▶

Eric the Gardener (acoustic) —

1 2008-12-31 ▶

Everybody Knows —

1 2008-12-19 ▶

Everybody Knows (Except You) —

93 2025-02-14 ▶

Everybody Knows That I Love You (Except You) - (Radio 2 Session, 09 June 2019) —

1 2019-06-09 ▶

Festive Road —

1 2021-05-29 ▶

Freedom (edited) —

1 2013-02-02 ▶

Frog Princess —

1 2015-08-07 ▶

Generation Sex —

6 2024-06-23 ▶

Generation Sex - BBC Session 1998 —

1 2009-05-05 ▶

Generation Sex (Glastonbury, 27 Jun 2004) —

1 2018-12-30 ▶

Generation Sex - Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2007-06-13 ▶

Generation Sex - Glastonbury 2004 —

10 2013-09-11 ▶

Generation Sex - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Gin Soaked Boy —

25 2025-09-24 ▶

Happy Goth —

1 2009-05-22 ▶

Have You Ever Been In Love —

4 2010-07-17 ▶

Have You Ever Been In Love? —

2 2010-05-31 ▶

How Can You Leave Me on My Own —

5 2018-05-27 ▶

I Like —

75 2023-02-25 ▶

I've Been to a Marvellous Party —

3 2022-02-06 ▶

If —

1 2007-08-22 ▶

If - Cambridge Junction 1998 —

1 2008-05-01 ▶

If.... —

1 2020-01-01 ▶

Infernal Machines —

5 2019-10-24 ▶

Invisible Thread —

11 2025-12-09 ▶

Lady of a Certain Age —

1 2010-12-30 ▶

Lady Of A Certain Age - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Lady Of A Certian Age —

2 2014-07-13 ▶

Laikas Theme —

2 2014-04-20 ▶

Lay All Your Love On Me (Radio 2 Session, 12 July 2019) —

3 2019-08-21 ▶

Light Of Day - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Lost Property —

1 2009-10-01 ▶

Lucy —

7 2024-07-08 ▶

Lucy - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Make It Easy on Yourself —

1 2006-12-17 ▶

Make It Easy On Yourself (Live) —

1 2013-01-13 ▶

Mastermind —

3 2018-10-29 ▶

Mastermind (Summer Sundae 2007) —

1 2007-08-11 ▶

Mastermind - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Mother Dear —

2 2020-08-29 ▶

My Imaginary Friend —

1 2013-08-30 ▶

My Lovely Horse —

10 2026-02-04 ▶

My Lovely Horse (from Father Ted) —

1 2021-04-21 ▶

Napolean Complex —

1 2023-11-20 ▶

Napoleon Complex —

1 2016-09-02 ▶

National Express —

699 2026-08-26 ▶

National Express - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

No Excuses —

1 2020-10-18 ▶

No One Knows (Glastonbury, 27 Jun 2004) —

1 2018-12-30 ▶

No One Knows —

1 2006-09-30 ▶

No One Knows - Glastonbury 2004 —

9 2014-10-19 ▶

No One Knows - Live —

1 2023-07-16 ▶

Norman and Norma —

49 2025-09-25 ▶

Norman and Norma - (Radio 2 Session, 09 June 2019) —

3 2019-06-16 ▶

Office Politics —

2 2019-12-23 ▶

Our Mutual Friend —

12 2024-03-04 ▶

Perfect Lovesong —

4 2017-02-03 ▶

Philip and Steve's Furniture Removal Company —

3 2020-02-01 ▶

Queuejumper —

9 2021-10-07 ▶

Something for the Weekend —

363 2026-08-10 ▶

Something for The Weekend (Instrumental) —

1 2016-06-23 ▶

Songs of Love —

32 2026-05-22 ▶

Songs Of Love (6Music Session, 28 May 2010) —

1 2019-05-28 ▶

Songs Of Love (Glastonbury, 27 Jun 2004) —

1 2018-12-30 ▶

Songs Of Love (Theme From 'Father Ted') —

1 2022-04-03 ▶

Songs Of Love - 6 Music Session 28/05/2010 —

1 2012-02-23 ▶

Songs Of Love - 6Music Session 28/05/2010 —

2 2016-06-28 ▶

Songs Of Love - Glastonbury 2004 —

8 2013-09-11 ▶

Sunrise —

5 2022-04-03 ▶

Sunrise - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Sweden —

3 2023-08-07 ▶

Sweden - Cambridge Junction 1998 —

1 2008-05-01 ▶

The Best Mistakes —

10 2023-10-28 ▶

The Booklovers —

4 2024-03-07 ▶

The Certainty of Chance —

1 2008-06-06 ▶

The Complete Banker —

5 2010-12-28 ▶

The Complete Banker (6 Music Session, 28th May 2010) —

1 2019-05-28 ▶

The Frog Princess —

6 2018-05-10 ▶

The Happy Goth —

1 2009-05-22 ▶

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (6 Music Session, 03 Dec 2025) —

1 2025-12-03 ▶

The Last Time I Saw The Old Man —

7 2025-08-31 ▶

The Life and Soul of the Party —

2 2020-06-21 ▶

The Light Of Day —

1 2009-10-27 ▶

The Lost Art Of Conversation —

3 2010-07-17 ▶

The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen —

23 2015-05-23 ▶

The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count —

32 2026-05-12 ▶

The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count (with ding) —

1 2015-01-12 ▶

The Summerhouse —

1 2022-03-22 ▶

The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale —

2 2019-06-16 ▶

The Wreck of the Beautiful —

1 2018-05-24 ▶

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out —

1 2014-02-16 ▶

This Charmed Life —

1 2010-09-02 ▶

Threesome (Instrumental) - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Thrill Seeker - BBC Session 1998 —

1 2005-06-24 ▶

Time To Pretend —

11 2023-05-26 ▶

Time To Pretend (Saturday Sessions) —

1 2020-04-04 ▶

Timewatch —

1 2010-11-08 ▶

To Die A Virgin —

40 2011-04-26 ▶

To Die A Virgin (BBC 6Music Session) —

1 2006-11-15 ▶

To the Rescue —

72 2018-12-28 ▶

Tonight We Fly —

37 2025-12-10 ▶

Tonight We Fly - Summer Sundae 2007 —

1 2008-08-31 ▶

Victoria Falls —

1 2024-01-13 ▶

When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe —

1 2017-11-28 ▶

You'll Never Work in This Town Again —

5 2019-10-09 ▶