When Jon Ronson was growing up, he went to see The Specials play in Cardiff. "I went on my own to Sophia Gardens," he says. "The crowd was fantastically wild. There's a lot to not like about the feral nature of British street culture – i.e. getting beaten up - but out of turmoil can come great art, songs like Ghost Town and Concrete Jungle. Anyway, before The Specials came on, I made a decision: I would pretend to faint in the hope that I could watch the show from the side of the stage. It worked like a dream. I was carried by the bouncers to the wings, and left there. This was probably the most exciting moment of my life, and as I stood there, Terry Hall noticed me and came over to ask if I was okay. Terry Hall, the coolest man in Britain, being kind and showing concern."
Years later Terry Hall publicly announced that he'd been abducted by paedophiles as a boy. Jon Ronson immediately remembered the care and concern Terry had shown him and wondered if this was why.
Programme includes Terry's bandmate, Lynval Golding, giving his first interview since Terry died in December; plus two of his friends, Shaun O'Donnell and Gary Aspden, and the voice of Terry himself.
Jon Ronson is the author of Adventures with Extremists and presenter of Things Fell Apart, about the culture wars.
Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth nominates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as his "Great Life".
Matthew Parris chairs, assisted by biographer Andrew Lycett.
Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of the pipe smoking, deerstalker wearing, Sherlock Holmes.
Yet this irritated him, and he tried to kill off the great detective, only to bring him back by popular demand.
But Conan Doyle was a footballer, cricketer, skier, a campaigner against the Belgian atrocities in the Congo, and most startlingly, a practising spiritualist who also believed in fairies.
The paradox of Conan Doyle's life was that, having invented the most rational, cerebral fictional character of all time, he himself embraced superstition and behaved in ways that caused even his allies to despair of his credulity.
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke combine on a special Essential Mix, to mark the release of their collaborative album, Tall Tales, on Warp Records.
Mutaburuka - Dis Poem Africa HiTech - Warrior Demo Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub Charlène Darling - Non Mon Garçon XTC - A Dictionary Of Modern Marriage The Fall - 2 By 4 David Lynch - She Rise Up Lio - You Go to My Head Yo La Tengo - Nowhere Near Broadcast - Come Back To Me (Demo) Dorian Concept - Draf Culture Leron Carson - Lemonlime Mike Dunn - Emergency (Orig 9-1-1 Mixx) Ital Rockers - Ital's Anthem (Trebledown Bassup Mix) Los Incas - Danza Wipfala Polibio Mayorga - El Ferrocarril House Of Deb Music Players - Shaka The Warrior Harmonic 313 - Lion Harmonic 313 - Dirtbox Charles Laughton & Walter Schumann - Pearl's Dream The Smile - Don't Get Me Started (James Holden Rmx) Church Andrews & Matt Davies - Yucca Carl Stone - Dong II Jang (1982) Morton Feldman & Joan La Barbara - First Words Farben - Rrival Inn (All) Arca - Madreviolo Blawan - BouQ Oneohtrix Point Never - Memory Vague Count Ossie - Poem 2 David Byrne - Teotihuacan Memotone - Following Billy Woods (feat. Kenny Segal) - Memory Kindohm - Deserted 1 Danny Brown (feat. Kassa Overall) - Jenn's Terrific Vacation The Young Immigrants (feat. Joel Henryson) - Space Migration [CRRNT] José Mauro - As Aventuras Sentimentais de Espiroqueta Camargo
Freeez - I.O.U. [Disky] Will Downing - A Love Supreme [Now] Arthur Baker & Ali Love & Equalateral - Keep The Love Alive [New State Music] Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine [Crimson]
Pete Townshend is the songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of The Who. The band first stormed the pop charts sixty years ago, with teenage anthems including I Can't Explain, Substitute and My Generation. Broader songwriting ambitions led him to create the rock opera Tommy in 1969, and the concept album Quadrophenia four years later. Both projects were adapted as films, and Quadrophenia has now been staged as a ballet by Sadlers Wells. Throughout the seventies, The Who were regarded as the biggest and loudest live act in the world. They played at Woodstock, at Live Aid, Live 8 and the 2012 Olympic closing ceremony. Despite the deaths of drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwhistle, Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey continue to perform as The Who.
Pete Townshend talks to John Wilson about the influence of his parents, who were both musicians. His father, the saxophonist Cliff Townshend, played in the popular dance band The Squadronaires, but it was his mother Betty, a singer, who was most supportive of Pete's early musical talent. Seeing Bill Haley and The Comets at Edgware Road Odeon in 1956 was another formative moment that introduced the teenage Townshend to the possibilities of a rock 'n' roll performance.
Pete also reveals how his art school tutor Roy Ascot, who was head of the Ground Course at Ealing Art School, shaped his his approach to his band that was to become The Who. He also recounts how reading Labyrinths, a book of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges on the first US Who tour in 1967 opened his imagination and helped him expand his musical storytelling.
Who gets to be a Pop star has often been dictated by image and marketability. While Black artists have shaped the sound of pop for decades, many have faced barriers to visibility, recognition, and success. Mia Thornton uncovers how Pop has both embraced and excluded Black artists, and what it takes to truly belong in the UK's biggest music scene.
Broadcaster Clara Amfo discusses stereotypes, colourism and what is considered ‘desirable' within the Pop's power structures and rising star Hannah-Morgan on her hopes of breaking the mould.
From Winifred Atwell, the Trinidadian pianist who in 1954, became the first Black person to have a UK No.1, to Craig David becoming the face of UK garage-infused Pop in the 2000s, Mia discovers how the industry has both celebrated and ignored Black talent.
Sugababes - Push The Button Doja Cat - Say So Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather Beyoncé - Break My Soul Rihanna - Pon de Replay Sophie Ellis‐Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (But Lil Nas X Is Silent The Entire Time) The Beatles - Love Me Do ABBA - Dancing Queen The Human League - Don't You Want Me Spice Girls - Wannabe Rihanna - Umbrella PinkPantheress - Pain Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso KAYTRANADA - Oh No (Instrumental) Rachel Chinouriri - Even Dolf van der Linden And His Metropole Orchestra - Angel Cake Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again Winifred Atwell - Britannia Rag Winifred Atwell - Let's Have a Party Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate Craig David - Rewind Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast Craig David - Walking Away Charli xcx - Apple Hannah-Morgan - Seen Hannah-Morgan - Warm Ezra Collective - No One's Watching Me
A constant in centuries of storytelling, folk music is widely considered the sound of Britain's past - but whose past are we talking about? Has the history of Black people in British folk has been overlooked?
Exploring a genre previously felt not for her, Mia Thornton asks if culture can be owned? And if so, who decides what to protect? Angeline Morrison discusses re-storying British folk music, and reflects on a shocking accusation made after the release of her album The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of The Black British Experience.
Musician and researcher Marie Bashiru challenges assumptions about folk instrumentation and traces the origins of the banjo back to West Africa. And broadcaster and music journalist Kevin Le Gendre examines how different cultural forms of folk music, like Calypso, have influenced and shaped the broader genre.
Lau - Salty Boys Bridget St. John - To B Without A Hitch Doc Watson - Shady Grove Pete Seeger - Keep Your Eyes On The Prize The Longest Johns - Wellerman Marianne Faithfull - Scarborough Fair Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Shirley Collins - Barbara Allen Davey Graham - Lord Mayo / Lord Inchiquin Angeline Morrison - Clouds Never Move Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Cripple Creek Musa Diatta - Watu Eriring Bee Kaolo Esukolaal - Asunge Calypso Rose - Rum & Cola Cola Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me Mighty Sparrow - Short Little Shorts Cerys Hafana - Cilgerran Angeline Morrison - Black John John Renbourn - Old Mac Bladgitt Sugababes - Overload
Discovering the role of Black and Queer artists in the birth of Dance music.
The industry becomes the battleground for ‘erasure'. From uncredited vocal contributions to the sidelining of trailblazers, Mia Thornton asks if Dance music has become a classic case of cultural appropriation?
DJ Paulette, a trailblazer who played at Manchester's iconic Hacienda nightclub discusses overcoming sexism, ageism and racism. Kelli-Leigh, a vocalist who appeared on massive dance hits without a named credit opens up on the painful lessons she learnt from her time in the music industry.
BBC Radio 1 presenter, Jaguar Bingham, discusses her efforts to create more inclusive spaces in the world of dance music and the ongoing struggle for equality and representation.
A Tribe Called Quest - Electronic Relaxation Alanis Morissette - Ironic Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer Frankie Knuckles - Your Love M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray Awesome 3 - Don't Go Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (La Da Dee Le Da Da) Yolander Be Cool & DCUP - We No Speak Americano Nia Archives - Baianá Dave Anthony - I Don't Know Why Musclecars & Kamaal - Tonight (Louie Vega Remix) Quentin Harris - My Joy Duke Dumont - I Got U Ferreck Dawn & Redondo - Love Too Deep Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love Secondcity - I Wanna Feel Calvin Harris - Slide (Instrumental) James Hype - More Than Friends New Order - Blue Monday A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray Gat Décor - Passion (Naked Mix) Chaka Khan - Fate (WSM Compilation Edit) Celeda - Be Yourself (And No One Else) Eliza Rose - B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All) Josh Caffe - Do You Want To Take Me Home (Steffi x Virginia Remix) Disclosure - White Noise Angeline Morrison - Cruel Mother Country
Born in the 1970s, Punk was a cultural uprising against social and political systems. But why don't we celebrate the role of Black artists involved in shaping its sound, ethos and lasting influence?
This episode explores punk's role in creating inclusive communities, offering safe spaces and empowering individuals to express themselves authentically. Through the voices of these influential figures, Mia Thornton uncovers the stories, struggles, and successes of those who helped shape the UK's punk legacy.
Benji Webbe, lead vocalist of Skindred, reflects on how being brought up by his Rastafarian brother shaped the sound he creates today. Andrew Czezowski, co-owner of The Roxy, speaks about punk's early days and Don Letts' pioneering work blending reggae with punk.
Celeste Bell, daughter of Poly Styrene, a Black British punk icon and frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, discusses her mother's journey through the music industry and its impact on her mental health. And Jacob V Joyce, a present day anti-colonial queer artist, acknowledges how their life might have been different if they'd known about Poly Styrene sooner.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize (Instrumental) (2014 Remaster) Stormzy - Big For Your Boots So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds Marcia Aitken - I'm Still In Love With You Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones - Poison Heart Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day The Kingsmen - Louie Louie Death - Keep On Knocking Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop The Clash - White Riot Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Paramore - Misery Business Big Joanie - Fall Asleep Paramore - That’s What You Get Skindred - Set Fazers The Selecter - On My Radio The Specials - Monkey Man The Specials - Ghost Town Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way Skindred - Nobody Generation X - New Order The Clash - Rock The Casbah Bob Marley & The Wailers - Punky Reggae Party The Clash - London Calling X‐Ray Spex - On Bondage, Up Yours! Poly Styrene - The Day That Time Forgot X‐Ray Spex - Crystal Clear X‐Ray Spex - Identity Yard Act - Petroleum Screaming Toenail - Define and Conquer Big Mama Thornton - Sweet Little Angel Big Joanie - Cranes In The Sky Robin S - Show Me Love
Classical music has long been considered a white, European tradition. But what if its history isn't as straightforward as it seems? Mia Thornton sets out to uncover the lasting impact and overlooked legacies of four Black composers and musicians. Artists who have not only played pivotal roles in shaping classical music, but also how all musicians are paid today.
Double bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku recalls the day that led her to form Chineke! - Europe's first ethnically diverse orchestra. Dr Hannah Catherine Jones, shares her perspective on decolonising classical music and making the genre more accessible. Mia explores the story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor whose death was the catalyst for the monumental change in the way artists are paid royalties and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a virtuoso composer and conductor often referred to as the “Black Mozart”.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize (Instrumental) (2014 Remaster) Stormzy - Big For Your Boots So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds Marcia Aitken - I'm Still In Love With You Harry Lightfoot - Heir To The Throne Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Arr. Jeff Meegan, Julian Gallant, David Tobin) Ellen Foster - Greensleeves Beyoncé - CUFF IT Karen Street - Lament For A Lost Love J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Four 3 (Arr. David Tobin, Jeff Meegan, Julian Gallant, Rob Kelly) Paul Mottram - Having A Ball 2 (Sting) J. S. Bach - Prelude (Arr. Duncan Pittock) Beethoven - Victory Symphony (Arr. Julian Gallant) Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Opus 102: Allego (Performed by Joshua Pierce, Paul Freeman, RTV Sinfonie Orchestra Slovenija) Max Richter - Richter: Spring 1 (2022) (Performed by Max Richter, Elena Urioste and Chineke! Orchestra) Maurice Ravel - Boléro (Performed by Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra) Florence Price - Symphony No. 1 in E Minor - III. Juba Dance (Performed by Chineke! Orchestra and Roderick Cox) Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Symphonie Concertante in G Major for Two Violins and Orchestra, Op. 13 I. Allegro (Performed by Paul Freeman and London Symphony Orchestra) Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - String Quartet in D Major, Op. 1, No. 6 – Rondeau (Performed by Gareth Murphy) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Op. 2 - I. Allegro energico (Performed by Chineke! Chamber Ensemble) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Hiawatha's Wedding Feast: You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis (Performed by Richard Lewis, Royal Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent and Philharmonia Orchestra) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Performed by Isata Kanneh-Mason) Sun Ra - Dreaming Alice Coltrane - Journey to Satchidananda (Performed by Peckham Chamber Orchestra) Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders - Journey to Satchidananda Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op. 50 (Performed by Bobby McFerrin, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Instrumental is a Reform Radio production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab Written, Produced and Presented by Mia Thornton Supervising Producers - Aisha Williams and Olivia Swift Executive Producer - Rebecca Gaskell Technical Production - Sami El-Enany Original music - Axel Kacoutié Artwork - Nakisha Kiely Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer
Recognising Black artists' contributions to Britain's best loved music genres. Packed with music that you know and love and stories of instrumental people who've shaped UK music.
Mia Thornton looks at classical, punk, dance, folk and pop music to celebrate the black artists who have played a pivotal role in the development of British music. Without these figures, British music would not be the same, but for far too long, their legacies have been sidelined. It's time to bring their stories to the forefront.
This podcast launches on Tuesday 25th February 2025
Comedian, writer and jazz musician Spike Milligan explains to Robin Ray why certain musical moments enrich his life.
It's a rare opportunity to hear Spike talk about influential pieces of music ranging from jazz to opera.
He includes a performance (The Queen Of The Night's Aria) which he thoroughly enjoys because it's so "awful".
Milligan started out as a band musician in order to earn money. Music ran in his family and he played the guitar and the trumpet, before war interrupted his musical career.
Following the publication of 'The Great Gatsby' a hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald bemoaned the fact that not one of the reviewers, "had the slightest idea what the book was about". They had focused their attention on the book's critique of what would become known as the American Dream, and ever since then the conversation about this most venerated of books has largely remained centred around that same theme. Professor Sarah Churchwell, who has been teaching, thinking and writing about the novel for decades, breaks away from that conversation to explore poetic, aesthetic and philosophical perspectives stemming from Fitzgerald's own ambition to write a serious piece of art rather than merely a one-dimensional slice of social commentary. Sarah also features new cinematic and theatrical discoveries that reveal how most people first came to know the novel through adaptations that differed considerably from the source material. She speaks with academics Anne-Margaret Daniel, Anil Gomes, Nick Gaskill, Martina Mastandrea, Philip McGowan and James West.
Archive includes: 'The Great Gatsby' Dir. Baz Luhrmann 2013 Warner Brothers 'The Great Gatsby' Dir. Elliott Nugent 1949 Paramount 'The Dream Divided' Dir. Fred Burnley 1969
Producer: Geoff Bird Production Coordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
Mark Hodkinson looks at the impact of punk rock outside of London and, in particular, in Yorkshire.
It was here that the Sex Pistols played their first and last gigs outside the capital.
Punk is viewed principally as a London phenomenon. The Sex Pistols in particular are synonymous with the capital, but their UK touring career outside the capital was book-ended by two shows more than 200 miles away.
On Wednesday 19 May 1976, six months before the release of their first single, the Sex Pistols performed at Sayer's nightclub in the sleepy market town of Northallerton. Just 19 months later, on Christmas Day 1977, the band made their last UK appearance, at Ivanhoe's, a small club in Huddersfield.
Music fan and experienced journalist/broadcaster, Mark Hodkinson, visits both towns and speaks to people who were at the gigs.
He plots the impact of punk in the provinces where thousands of disgruntled teenagers heeded The Clash's entreaty to the 'faraway towns' to 'come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls' ("London Calling").
Brian Simpson was the DJ at Sayer's which, in the weeks leading up to the Sex Pistols visit, had played host to Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and The Searchers. Along with Steve Williams, who was also at the gig, he remembers people leaving the club in droves when the Sex Pistols began playing:
"We had no idea who they were," he says. "Northallerton was suddenly at the forefront of punk rock but we had no idea that we were. It was about two weeks later when I saw their picture in one of the music papers that I realised I'd seen them play."
Producer: Kellie While
A Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.
Joaquin Cornejo - Murmuration NTFL - Y Fantoche - Rezagado Con Fé Quixosis - En Llamas Cruzloma - Purísima Candelaria Entrañas x KAIFO - Caña Negra Entrañas - Sequito Entrañas - Fritada Divina Niña (feat. Ene Ese) - Hermano MIJIN - Guagsa Entrañas x MIJIN - Víbora Zunfo x Ene Ese - Allergy Relief Entrañas x Selvagia - Tinete Zunfo - Piedrero Fantoche - Omisión NTFL x Cimarrón - FNTCH Remix Entrañas x Lukrø - Mulheres Entrañas x Zunfo - En El Fondo Hay Asiento Ene Ese - Tremendo Subidón Jatun Mama - Chicha En Balde KAIFO - Hecho Leña Entrañas x Zunfo -Desgaste
Icon of the electronic underground Skee Mask takes over the Sweatbox for 30 minutes.
The Cause - Detour [Primevil] Claude Young - How Is Your DNA? (Marco Bailey Rework) [MBSELEKTIONS] Slobodan - The Pentateuch [Civic] DJ Shorty - Listen [Road] The Youngsters - G-Funk 9903 [G-Funk] Ikam - Ikam 3 [Bush] Mike Grant - Driving While Black (DWB) (Terrence Dixon's Population One Remix) [End To End] 2CB - 3rd Light [2CB] Noetic Movement - Nightshift [Zero Tolerance] Matig & Colburn - Loom (Daniel Jacques Crudo Mix) [Native Collection] Mark Williams - Untold Story (Ben Sims Remix 2) [Real Sessions] Scorp - One Side [Scorp] Konrad Wehrmeister - Blogger J [Unreleased]
Love Grocer - Waiting At The Gate Zion Train - Trance Dub 3 Fat Freddy's Drop - Ernie Jah Warrior - Free Da Hard Way Jah Warrior - Peeping Eye Dub Jah Warrior & Prince Alla - Unknown 10 Foot Ganja Plant - Suits And Ski Masks Solomon Jabby - Ezekial's Visions In Dub Dub Funk Association - Hustlers Choice Iration Steppas - Kilimanjaro Twilight Circus - Binshaker Dubplate Aba Shanti-I - Wrath Of Jah Salmonella Dub - Platetectonics (Fartyboom) (Dub) Mad Professor & Mafia & Fluxy - Orion Dub No More Babylon - Dub The Vampayah (Dub) Centry - Bible Dub II Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - High Plains Drifter
Brinsley Forde - Battlin' Horns Radikal Dub Kolektiv - African Morning Scanlan & Subtronix - Group Reflex Analogue Mindfield - Reckless Behaviour Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon Fullness - Threes A Hard Way Drift Aversion - Dub Of Sorrows Drift Aversion - Unknown Fullness - Dub Of Sorrows Radikal Dub Kolektiv - Reggae Connection General Smiley - Unknown Bloik - Baby Dub Manwel T - Caliente y Frio (Hot And Cold) King Tubby - Natty Dub Doctor Blue & The Time Travellers - Dr. Who Dub (Skreamix) Ital Horns & Bush Chemists - Mas Que Nada (Version) Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Iron Teeth Killer Dub Augustus Pablo - Herbal Weed Dub Augustus Pablo - King David's Melody [VP]
Brinsley Forde - Battlin' Horns Aswad - Deeper Than Deep Dreadzone - Iron Shirt Ital Horns - Maasterful Dub Warrior Charge (feat. Brinsley Forde) - Tek Warning (Adrian Sherwood On-U Mix) Aswad - Shine (Dubplate Bashment Mix) Zion Train - Shining Light Steppers Jah Warrior - Covenant Dub Sly & Robbie - Destination Unknown Fullness - Faithful Dub Radikal Dub Kolektiv - Gyaku Zuki Scientist - Dub Bible Scientist - One Man Dub King Tubby - How Long Dub King Tubby - Sound Boy Massacre Yabby You - Together Yabby You - Beware Of God Sweet T And The Section - Wicked N' Wild Nucleus Roots - Calling Dub King Tubby - Roots Of Dub
THE BANKSY STORY PRESENTS: WHEN BANKSY COMES TO TOWN (320kbs-m4a/221mb/1hr35mins) BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 2nd to 11th April 2025
Roll-up! Roll-up! The Banksy circus is coming to town... What happens when Banksy does one of his naughty drawings on the wall of your house? For Season 2 of The Banksy Story, super-fan James Peak investigates (even though he isn't an art critic, or a journalist).
This series is dedicated to the memory of Duncan Crowe.
Written, Produced & Presented by James Peak Voices: Keith Wickham & Harriet Carmichael Production Support: George Crowe Music: Alcatraz Swim Team & Lilium Street Art Consultancy and Investigative Support: Steph Warren Series Mixing: Neil Churchill Executive Producer: Philip Abrams Commissioner: Dan Clarke With special thanks to Hadrian Briggs, Pete Chinn, Rob Shiret, Rosie Bauer, Tracy Williams, Andy Voss & Noel Lewis.
James visits Sam in Margate and Gert in Lowestoft. They have both been visited by Britain's favourite quality vandal. Banksy left freshly painted artworks on their properties overnight, like some kind of spray-can Santa Claus. But does this make the homeowners the lottery winners you might expect?
Gert in Lowestoft must deal with crowds, chancers and the Council after Banksy left a painting of a massive seagull on her end-of-terrace. And in Margate, Sam and Julian must react quickly if they are to stop Valentine's Day Mascara being spirited away by light-fingered opportunists and the Council's refuse department.
Both Banksys come off the wall so they can be preserved for posterity and perhaps sold on. But what do the legions of local people and art-fans think about this? Also, Steph and James go on the hunt for Banksy's missing frying-pan.
Rod tries to drum up support for a Banksy auction, and in Margate a scheme is hatched to fractionalise Valentine's Day Mascara. What could possibly go wrong? Also, Steph and James' hunt for Banksy's missing frying-pan leads to Pete 'the Street' Brown, the artist Banksy commissioned to capture the aftermath.
Rod has some strong words for the man himself. Also, there's a mega-deal on the table. Will the Banksy sell for big bucks now it's off the wall and on the market? And will we finally find out what happened to Banksy's missing frying pan?
Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing [Harbour Lights] Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė & Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė - Sun & Sea (Marina): Song Of Exhaustion, Workaholic's Song I Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė & Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė - Sun & Sea (Marina): Chanson Of Too Much Sun Terry Allen - Oh Mom Jenny Hval - To Be A Rose [Smalltown Supersound] Woody Guthrie - Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad) [Universal Music Group International] Connie Converse - Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains) [BWSCD, INc. d/b/a SC Distribution] Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator [Duophonic] Dickie Landry - Fifteen Saxophones (Excerpt) [Unseen Worlds] Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love [Righteous Babe] Kesha - Children Of The Revolution [BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd] Lollise - The Booty [Kalanga Soundsystem] Baka Forest People Of Southeast Cameroon - Yelli 1 [Ryko/Rhino] ANOHNI And The Johnsons - Everything Is New [Secretly Canadian] Allen Ginsberg - Father Death Blues [Omnivore Recordings] Lou Reed - Street Hassle [Arista] Skeeter Davis - End Of The World [Old Gold] Asaf Avidan - Different Pulses [Universal Music Division Label Panthéon] Dar Disku - Baar Baar Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher [Brunswick] Dur‐Dur Band - Halelo [Awesome Tapes From Africa] Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living? Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear [Columbia/Legacy] Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown [Legacy Recordings] Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination [Audika] Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground [Motown] Pulp - Babies [Universal-Island Ltd.] Bad Bunny - NUEVAYoL [Rimas Entertainment LLC.] Sun Ra - Somebody Else's World Lou Reed - The Power Of The Heart
Matthew Sweet plays film soundtracks which were replaced before the final cut, such as Alex North's original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey which director Stanley Kubrick didn't use in the final film, preferring to use well-known pieces of classical music such as The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II instead.
Alfred Hitchcock wasn't afraid to change composers either. Bernard Herrmann, who created the iconic Psycho score, wrote music in his usual style for Hitchcock's Cold War drama Torn Curtain, but the director replaced him with John Addison. The two never worked together again. For his 1972 film, Frenzy, Hitchcock replaced Henry Mancini with Ron Goodwin.
Goodwin also replaced William Walton on Battle of Britain. But, as Matthew explains, Walton may have lost the battle, but he eventually won the war.
Alex North - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Main Title + Space Station Docking + The Dawn Of Man [Varese Sarabande] Hans Zimmer - Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003) - Black Pearl + Skull And Crossbones + He's A Pirate [Walt Disney] Elmer Bernstein - Gangs Of New York (2002) - Doctor + Battle [Universal Music Division Decca France] Howard Shore - Gangs Of New York (2002) - Brooklyn Heights, Pt. 3 [Interscope] John Phillips - The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) - Jazz II [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)] John Mervyn Addison - Torn Curtain (1966) - The Murder Of Gromek [Varèse Sarabande] Bernard Herrmann - Torn Curtain (1966) - The Killing [Varèse Sarabande] Henry Mancini - Frenzy (1972) - Prologue [Universal City Studios LLC] Ron Goodwin - Frenzy (1972) - Main Title [Universal City Studios LLC] Ron Goodwin - Battle Of Britain (1969) - Ace High March [Rykodisc] William Walton - Battle Of Britain (1969) - March Introduction + Battle Of Britain March [Rykodisc] William Walton - Battle Of Britain (1969) - Battle In The Air [Rykodisc]
The UK's finest, DJ Yoda, presents a unique mix - mashing up 80s pop hits and classic hip hop bars. Expect Toto... and Busta Rhymes - not many sets see those two together!
DJ Yoda is on tour - with dates in Leeds, York and Saint Leonards coming up in April, ahead of further shows around the country.
Busta Rhymes & Spandau Ballet - Touch It / True Digital Underground & Men Without Hats - The Humpty Dance / The Safety Dance Nice & Smooth - Funky For You / Grange Hill Theme Slick Rick & Prince - Children's Story / Alphabet St DJ Yoda & Jungle Brothers & Peter Gabriel - Afrika / Sledgehammer X-Clan & Toto - Grand Verbaliser, What Time Is It? / Africa Eric B. & Rakim & Starship - Eric B. Is President / Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now A Tribe Called Quest & Berlin - Buggin' Out / Take My Breath Away The Human League & Gang Starr - Step In The Arena / Human OutKast & Simple Minds - Wheelz Of Steel / Don't You (Forget About Me) Three 6 Mafia & George Michael - Stay Fly / Careless Whisper
Public Image Ltd - (This Is Not A) Love Song [EMI] Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Telstar] The Art Of This - In A Moment (Introduction To A Song) Art Of Noise - Moments In Love [ZTT] Bob Marley & The Wailers Band - Is This Love [Tuff Gong] David Bowie & Pet Metheny Group - This Is Not An America [EMI America] The Smiths - This Charming Man [WEA]
Leftfield's Neil Barnes celebrates 30 years since the acclaimed debut album Leftism with a special Salutes Mix.
Released in 1995, the acclaimed electronic album featured tracks like Release The Pressure, Song Of Life and Open Up with John Lydon. It was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and a review from NME at the time said "Leftfield have returned to save the night." It is credited for showing that dance music could work in an album format and the live performances that followed had a reputation for being so loud that plaster fell from the roof of Brixton Academy during one show.
Leftfield are playing live later this year, including a set at Glastonbury Festival and their ‘Celebrating 35 Years Of Original Bass And Beats; Leftism And Beyond’ live tour.
The Salutes Mix is an half hour mix where we can tip our hat to an artist or album celebrating an anniversary.
Leftfield - Cut For Life [Hard Hands] Leftfield - Afro Left [Hard Hands] Leftfield - Storm 3000 [Hard Hands] Leftfield & HALLIDAY - Original (Live Dub) [Hard Hands] Leftfield & John Lydon - Open Up [Incredible]
Kevin Saunderson is one of the most important and foundational figures in techno, acting as one of the Belleville Three (alongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May) who are credited with inventing the genre of Detroit techno. After decades of work as Inner City, inventing the famed Reese bassline and impacting the sound of dance music as we know it, he stops by Rave Forever with his son, Dantiez. Here, their duo e-Dancer will take you on a journey of the past, the present and the future. Spanning from 1987 to the sound of the present, this is a crash course in the history and the spirit of Detroit techno.
Octave One - Night Illusions (Original Mix) René et Gaston - Merluche Ideale [ITH] Plastikman - Spastik (Dubfire Rework) [Not On Label (Plastikman)] E-Dancer vs. Dantiez - Melodica Rudosa - 90s Movement Unknown Artist - Manalive E-Dancer vs. Dantiez - Dancer Outlander - Vamp [Inspired] Carl Craig & 69 - My Machine Todd Terry - Can You Party? George Morel - Let's Groove [Positiva] Ronnie Spiteri - All I Need Tronikhouse - Uptempo (Original Mix) Octave One - Siege Outlander - The Vamp (Kevin Saunderson Remix) [R&S] The Electric 10 - Ex-Pr Playboy - In Da Jungle Uakoz - Get On It E-Dancer - Pump Up The Move [Six6] Sean Deason - Silence Funktion The Sharp Boys - Relentless Mark Broom - Romance Flug - Thunder Innercity - Heavy (Ramon Tapia Remix) Mark Broom - Frontline (Original Mix) [Beard Man] Nayt & METAWAV - Power
ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 5 (320kbs-m4a/253mb/1hr50mins) BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 1st to 22nd March 2025
Alexei Sayle returns for a new series of stand-up, philosophy and memoir as he welcomes made-up customers to buy illusory snacks in his imaginary sandwich bar.
Written and performed by Alexei Sayle
Producer - Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator - Jodie Charman
In this episode, Alexei recalls his unorthodox upbringing in Liverpool, his subsequent move to London, and a woman called Mrs Cocker who said something that has stuck with him for ever.
The song was written and composed by Tim Sutton with:
Sophie Creaner - clarinet and sax Tom Ellis - acoustic guitar Matt Sharp - cello
In this last episode of the current series, Alexei reflects on the nature of charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
What will happen when virtual reality games can deliver real love?
Theo has been booked to give 24 hour care to a gamer who's in an elective coma.
The new immersive game he's playing simulates your first love affair.
But is it a simulation?
Not to Theo...
Starring Ben Tavassoli, Oliver Chris and Claudie Blakley.
Ed Harris's twisted romance.
Theo ..... Ben Tavassoli Saskia ..... Claudie Blakley Paul ..... Oliver Chris Sophie ..... Scarlett Brookes Theresa ..... Adie Allen Game ..... Nicola Ferguson Human ..... Nick Underwood
Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai celebrates the rule breakers & disruptors of the music world. From trailblazers like The Velvet Underground to the DIY noise makers of the 2020s. Featuring music from The Sisters of Mercy, Suicide, NEU!, and closing with a track Stuart considers "the best minute of music ever made"...
Adolescents - Kids Of The Black Hole The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) The Sisters Of Mercy - Floorshow Sacred Paws - The Conversation Elisabeth Elektra - Broken Promises K U T E - Take It Off Neu! - Super My Bloody Valentine - Drive It All Over Me Kurt Ralske & Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat Piney Grove Spiritual Singers - Get Back Satan Suicide - Dream Baby Dream The Velvet Underground - Rock And Roll Zola Jesus - Night Wire - Ex Lion Tamer Black Flag - Wasted
Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai curates a collection of cinematic music, featuring scores from his favourite films & TV shows, plus tracks he believes are movie soundtrack worthy. Including music from Hiroshi Yoshimura, Siouxsie & The Banshees, the iconic 'Escape from New York' main title, and a tribute to the visionary filmmaker, David Lynch.
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme Hiroshi Yoshimura - Dance PM Labradford - Streamlining Richie Culver - Slow Car claire rousay - ii Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place Boards Of Canada - Gyroscope John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Escape From New York Main Title Stars Of The Lid - Another Ballad For Heavy Lids Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle Laurie Anderson - O Superman Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
