A remarkable survivor

Jools Holland and Ed Sheeran

It’s been 25 years since Jools Holland ambled into shot and introduced the first artists to appear on Later – a quartercentury of steadfastness in a world of music that never stands still.

How Later beat the odds to stay on air for 25 years

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