Gavin And Stacey legend to join Doctor Who star and huge other celeb guests on BBC Radio 2 next week
To kick off the summer holidays, listeners can expect to hear from plenty of famous voices across Radio 2 and Radio 6.
Alison, 78, will join her Gavin And Stacey co-star Rob Brydon Wednesday morning to host Radio 2's flagship show.
She'll begin her morning joining Scott Mills Breakfast Show with Here We Go co-star Jim Howick.
Doctor Who star Billie Piper will be joining her co-star Joanna Lumley on Wednesday's Craig Charles' 6 Music show.
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, 22, will be appearing on the same show on Monday.
The 22-year-old actor, who also performs in band The Aubreys, will appear in the final series of Netflix 's Stranger Things in November.
Last month, Scott Mills was forced to issue a live apology after holding a full-blown 'funeral service' for Call The Midwife on his Radio 2 show.
The Radio 2 presenter, 51, devoted an entire segment of his Breakfast Show to reports claiming the BBC series would come to an end after its fifteenth season next year.
Treating the news with dramatic flair, Scott played sombre funeral-style music and even opened a phone line for devastated fans to call in and share their heartbreak.
However things got awkward after he was told only moments later that the beloved drama hadn't been axed after all.
Opening the segment, he declared: 'This morning, we woke up to the news that the show that never ends is indeed ending. I am sorry if this is how you are finding out.'
As he confirmed the series in question was Call the Midwife, he added: 'It is ending, the fifteenth series will be the last one.
'We opened our phone lines to offer you support in these times because we've all laughed and cried and gasped at some of the births. Lots of you have been messaging in and using the helpline.'
Listeners flooded the show with emotional voice notes, reminiscing about the programme's most memorable moments.
One even expressed hope the series might return, to which Scott firmly replied: 'No it won't.'
But just ten minutes later, Scott was forced to backtrack dramatically after being handed a statement from BBC bosses live on air.
Sounding sheepish, he said: 'Good Morning, I may have done a bad thing here so I'm going to read this prepared statement from the BBC which I've just received.'
He then read word-for-word a response from the BBC, which said: 'The BBC would like to reassure fans that Call The Midwife will remain at the heart of the BBC for years to come.
'As previously announced, there are two Christmas specials, a new series, a film and prequel series, before a sixteenth series in due course. Call the Midwife isn't going anywhere!'
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