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PESHAY - BREEZEBLOCK 25.03.02 (320kbs/72mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 25th March 2002
Tungsten - Expand Your Mind (Danny Byrd Expanded Mix) [White Label]
Roni Size - Sound Advice [White Label/Full Cycle]
Influx Datum - Back For More [White Label/Formation]
Total Science - Lightweight [Advanced Recordings]
Peshay Vs. Flytronix - Satisfy My Love [Cubik Music]
Peshay - Miles From Home [V.I.P. Mix] [Island Blue]
Peshay (Feat. Co-Ordinate) - U Got Me Burning [Cubik Music]
KING OF WOOLWORTHS - BREEZEBLOCK 18.03.02 (320kbs/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 18th March 2002
Peter Green - Shipmeadow [Rephlex]
King Of Woolworths - Take The Strain (Voixdub Version) [White Label]
Don Paulin (Feat. Siggi Schwab) - Sugar Cane 1970 [Crippled Dick Hot Wax]
Nino Nardini & Roger Roger - Creeping Danger [Pulp Flavor]
The Gentle People - Journey [Rephlex]
The Complete Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends - Kinda Wasted Without You [A&M]
Birds 'N Brass - Sort Of Soul [Rediffusion]
Georges Teperino - Cleopatra [Lo Recordings]
John Moran - Rebel [KPM Music]
Harry Nilsson - Early In The Morning [RCA International]
King Of Woolworths - Sunken Field [Mantra Recordings]
Saint Etienne - Shower Scene [White Label]
Mum & Dad - Castle Heights [Twisted Nerve]
Gary Bellington - Merry Go Sound [Lo Recordings]
Hot Butter - Popcorn [Hallmark]
LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS - BREEZEBLOCK 18.02.02 (320kbs/103mb/45mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 18th February 2002
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Cattleprod [Skint]
Spear & Jackson Vs. Wit & Charm - Unknown [White Label]
Unknown Artist - E.T. Want's Future Funk [Disques Deesse]
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Feel What I Feel [Skint]
Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This [Motown]
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Play That Beat (Mix II More Decks) [White Label]
Captain Funkaho - My 2600 Evil Goat Interlude [Stones Throw]
The Charlatans - You're So Pretty (Lo Fi Remix) [White Label]
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Kao-Tic Harmony [Positiva]
Timmie Rogers - The Black Astronaut [Partee]
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Dark Is Easy [Skint]
Curtis Mayfield - Keep On Keeping On [Sequel]
BAD COMPANY - BREEZEBLOCK 04.02.02 (320kbs/108mb/47mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th February 2002
Bad Company - Submarines [Bad Company Recordings]
Bad Company - New Boat [Bad Company Recordings]
Bad Company - Snowcat [Bad Company Recordings]
Bad Company - Planet Dust [Bad Company Recordings]
Jonny L - Untitled [White Label]
DJ Zinc - Fair Fight [True Playaz]
Ed Rush & Optical - Pacman (RAM Trilogy Remix) [Virus Recordings]
Kemal - Plan B [Timeless Recordings]
Adam F & J Majik - Metrosound [Infra Red]
Unknown - Ohh Baby [RAM]
RAM Trilogy - Beast Man [RAM]
Dillinja - Grimey [Cronic]
Sonic & Silva - Disco Tune [Infra Red]
Bad Company - Rush Hour [Bad Company Recordings]
JON CARTER - BREEZEBLOCK 17.12.01 (320kbs/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 17th December 2001
Kurtis Rush - Enter The Bitch [White Label]
Soulwax - Magnificent Romeo [White Label]
Sticky (Feat. Ms. Dynamite) - Boo! [Dubaholic's Remix] [FFRR]
Freq Nasty - Fresh [Skint]
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (Acapella) [White Label]
Direct Hit - House Under The Moon (Cevin's Mix) [Nervous]
Masters At Work (Feat. Nas-T & Denise) - Work [MAW]
Sound Ritual - Back In The Jungle [White Label]
Del Gado - Session 1 [909 Music]
Red Snapper - The Rough & The Quick (Acapella) [Euro Disc]
Inner City - Good Life (Jack Da Booty Mix) [White Label]
Astrid B & JP - Green Glow Mires Mood [White Label]
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord [Apple]
PEACHES - BREEZEBLOCK 08.10.01 (320kbs/144mb/63mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 8th October 2001
Celebrities At Their Worst - James Brown Interview [White Label]
Feedum - Rock 'n' Roll [White Label]
DAF - Der Mussolini [White Label]
The Runaways - Born To Be Bad [MCA]
Angie Reed - Unknown [Chicks On Speed]
Elvis Presley - That's Alright [Sun]
Kiss-O-Gram - Teenage Dance [White Label]
Silicon Teens - Chip And Roll [Mute]
Angie Reed - Habibi [Chicks On Speed]
Mignon (Feat. John Fletcher As Mojo) - No Means No [White Label]
Samantha Fox - Touch Me [BMG]
Motley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls [Virgin]
Heart - Barracuda [White Label]
Elvis Presley - That's Alright [Sun]
Ideal - Ich Steh Auf Berlin [Zak]
Vanity 6 - Drive Me Wild [White Label]
Mister De' - WhatuLike [Electrofunk]
Peaches - Set It Off (Tobi Numann Remix) [Kitty-Yo]
Bitches With Problems - Eat My Pussy Right [White Label]
Pig Cat & Co.w - Fisting The Night Away [El Turco Loco]
Gonzales - Shameless Eyes [Kitty-Yo]
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot [Chrysalis]
MAD DOCTOR X - BREEZEBLOCK 24.09.01 (320kbs/70mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 24th September 2001
Destiny's Child - Say My Name [Columbia]
Todd Terry Project - Back To The Beat [Fresh]
Debbie Malone - Rescue Me [Krunch]
DJ Zinc - Contact Lost [True Playaz]
Blapps Posse - Don't Hold Back [Blapps]
Ruffneck - Everybody Be Somebody [Strictly Rhythm]
Nation 12 - Listen To The Drummer [Rhythm King]
The Doc - Portrait Of A Masterpiece [Ruthless]
Blade - Born To Rule [Bomb]
Shaun Escoffery - Space Rider [Oyster Music]
Xena - On The Upside [Emergency]
Hasim - We're Rocking The Planet [Cutting]
Skinny Boys - Get Pepped [Jive]
Masterdon Committee - Funkbox Party [Enjoy]
World's Famous Supreme Team - She's Looking Like A Hobo [Virgin]
Def Tex - Obscure Journey [Son]
Resin Dogs - Rock The Record [Virgin]
Styly Cee - Filter Out The Weak [Son]
ANDY C - BREEZEBLOCK 24.09.01 (320kbs/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 24th September 2001
Origin Unknown - Truly 1 (Remix) (Ram)
Red 1 & Ant Miles - Bring It On (Ram)
Ram Trilogy - Superfly (Ram)
Kemal & Rob Data - Faith In Chaos (Outbreak)
Bad Company - Blind (BC Recordings)
Matrix & Fierce - Tearaway (Virus)
Marcus Intellects, St Files & Calabre - Swing Time (Soul-A)
Shimon & Andy C - Orient Express (Ram)
Polar - Still Moving (Certificate 18)
John B - Up All Night (Remix) (Metalheadz)
Brazil Crew & Samba All Stars - ELK (V Recordings)
Un-Cut - Midnight (Remix) (White Label)
Mist-I-Cal - I Feel (Soul-A)
Ed Rush & Optical (Feat. Ryme Tyme) - Cannibal Run (Virus Recordings)
Total Science - Squash (C/A)
Bad Company - Space Hopper (Ram)
Moving Fusion - Lazy Bones (Ram)
JAMES HARDWAY - BREEZEBLOCK 20.08.01 (320kbs/71mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 20th August 2001
Steve Reich - Six Marimbas [Nonesuch]
Can - Blue Bag (Inside Paper) [Spoon]
Caberet Voltaire - Low Cool [Rough Trade]
Charles Mingus - Profile Of Jackie [Atlantic]
Tom Waits - Clap Hands [Island]
Prince Far I - Heavy Manners [T.P.]
Bruce Springsteen - Dead Man Walking [Colunbia]
Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love [Mute]
Fargo Voice - U.C. Fargo [White Label]
Can - Doko E [Spoon]
Chet Baker - The Thrill Is Gone [Pacific Jazz]
Porter Ricks - Nautical Dub [EFA]
FATBOY SLIM - BREEZEBLOCK 20.08.01 (320kbs/149mb/65mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 20th August 2001
Jim Ingram - Drumbeat [Respect]
Samich Jackson - Unknown [White Label]
DJ Spinin - Punk Chic (Scanty Rose Garden Mix) [Radar]
Groove Armada - Superstylin [Pepper]
[Love] Tattoo - Drop Some Drums [Positiva]
Fatboy Slim - Song For Shelter (Accapella) [Skint]
Jark Prongo - Rocket Base [Pssst]
Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Deadly Avenger Infantile Remix) [Echo]
Underworld Vs. Fatboy Slim - Born Right Now [White Label]
Espionage - Sex Education (Trippy Funk Mix) [Rosenberg Ent.]
Track 7 - Phunkee Wind [Apricot]
The Chemical Brothers - It Began In Afrika [Virgin]
Santos - 3-2-1 Fire [Incentive]
Arther Baker Vs. Dave Clarke - Unknown [White Label]
Dave Clarke - Retox [White Label]
Fatboy Slim - Song For Shelter (Accapella) [Skint]
Raven Maize - The Real Life (Fatboy Slim Mix) [Rulin]
MR. SCRUFF - BREEZEBLOCK 06.08.01 (320kbs/139mb/61mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 6th August 2001
Treva Whateva - Singalong [Tru Thoughts]
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me [Big Dada Recordings]
The Soul Controllers - I Ain't Lyin [BMI]
Sebastian Williams - Get Your Point Over [Broken Soul]
Asheru & Blue Black Of The Unspoken Heard - Truly Unique [Seven Heads Recordings]
Homelife - Seedpod [Madwaltz]
Quantic - Life In The Rain (Carl Faure Mix) [Tru Thoughts]
Mr. Scruff - Giffin [Ninja Tune]
Ark - Le Magicien D'Os (Mr Wassey Remix) [White Label]
Towanda Barnes - If I'm Gulity [The Groovy Label]
Fertile Ground - Take Me Higher [Counterpoint Recordings]
4hero - 9 By 9 [Talkin' Loud]
J.I. Henderson - Give A Helping Hand [Piggylo]
Sam Dees - What's It Gonna Be [Atlantic]
WAGON CHRIST - BREEZEBLOCK 30.07.01 (320kbs/74mb/32mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 30th July 2001
Ambient Lock - Groove [White Label]
Organized Konfusion - Bring It On (Accapella) [White Label]
Gil Trythall - Folsom Prison Blues [Athena]
Richard Hayman - Peanut Vendor [Command]
Tipper - Multi Plexus [Fuel]
Wagon Christ - Ataride [Ninja Tune]
Eyptian Lover - Egypt, Egypt [Egyptian Empire]
Nino Nardini - Soft Bossa [Chappell]
QB Finest - Da Bridge 2001 [Sony]
Squarepusher - Boneville Occident [Warp]
Dynamix II - Straight From The Jungle [Bass Station]
King Matthews - Chunnel Boogie [Chappell]
Harrell & Sharron Lucky - Body Clap [Stones Throw]
Code 071 - Stop That [Reinforced]
CHRIS MORRIS - BREEZEBLOCK 02.07.01 (REPEAT FROM 11.12.00) (320kbs/59mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 2nd July 2001 (Repeat from 11th December 2000)
Elixir - March Of The Osiris [White Label]
Sly And The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song [Epic]
Plaid - Scoobs [Warp]
Peter Wyngarde - Rape [White Label]
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Atlantic]
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love [Mute]
Étienne de Crécy - 3 Day Weekend [XL Recordings]
Lemon Jelly - His Majesty King Raam [XL Recordings]
Matt Elliott Vs. Chris Morris - Push Off My Wire [Domino]
Cannibal Holocaust - Theme Tune [White Label]
Red Snapper - Some Kind Of Kink [Warp]
Cabbageboy - Departure [Ninja Tune]
Chris Morris & Adrian Sutton - Blue Jam Jingle [White Label]
FELIX DA HOUSECAT - BREEZEBLOCK 25.06.01 (320kbs/143mb/63mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 25th June 2001
Metro Area 3 - Caught Up [Environ]
We In Music - Now That The Love Has Gone (From Loneliness To Happiness Mix by Les Rythmes Digitales) [We Rock Music]
United States Of Deelat - Wetness Anthem [Crydamore]
Ms Kitten And The Hacker - Flexibility [International Deejay Gigolo]
Kiki - Gas 126 [BPItch Control]
Felix da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene [City Rockers]
Ellen Allien - Stadkind [BPItch Control]
Felix da Housecat - The Rush [Clashback]
Model 500 - No UFO's [Metroplex]
Mirwais - Naīve Song [Epic]
Adult - Hand To Phone [Clone]
Radiohead - Idioteque [Parlophone]
Ladytron - Playgirl [Emperor Norton]
Prince - Controversy Remix [White Label]
Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice [Strot]
Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant [Mute]
Jackass And Mule - 1-2-3 Miami [Xylophone Jones Recordings]
User - 10 [White Label]
Bam Bam - Where Is Your Child [Tresor]
RADIOACTIVE MAN - BREEZEBLOCK 07.05.01 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 7th May 2001
Cabbageboy - Talk Show [Ninja Tune]
Two Lone Swordsmen - Rotting Hill Carnival [Warp]
Radioactive Man - Radio Eins [Rotters Golf Club]
The Wee DJ's - Groover [Gasoline]
Si Begg - Sting #1 (Space) [Noodles Discotheque]
Sons Of Slough - Snares & Temptations [Sprüngcartellwachs]
Radioactive Man - Sight & Sound [Rotters Golf Club]
Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car [Warp]
BOMB THE BASS - BREEZEBLOCK 23.04.01 (320kbs/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 23rd April 2001
Richard Maxled - Night Music [Odyssey]
Badly Drawn Boy - Level 2 [Twisted Nerve]
DJ Shadow - Dark Days [MCA]
Badly Drawn Boy - My Friends Cubicles [Twisted Nerve]
Deadly Avenger - We Took Pelham [Illicit]
Casino Versus Japan - It's Very Sunny [City Centre Offices]
Pilote - Paul Cakenfold [Certificate Eighteen]
Prefuse 73 - 7th Meesage [Warp]
Ko-Wreck Technique - Behaviour [Chocolate Industries]
Communication Project - Do Tell [Chocolate Industires]
Tim 'Love' Lee - Twilight Resevation [Tummy Touch]
Los Sampler's - La Vida As Ilena De Cables [Audioview]
Bomb The Bass Vs. Lal Puna - Clear Cut [Morr Music]
P-Zig - Autumn Acid [Virgin]
Tom Tyler - Kigore Trout [DC Recordings]
Ils - Revolver [Fuel]
Big Youth - Some Like It Dread [KilK]
Red Snapper - The Last One [Warp]
ORBITAL - BREEZEBLOCK 09.04.01 (320kbs/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 9th April 2001
Dub Syndicate - The Show Is Coming [On-U-Sound]
Newcleus - Automan [Vogue]
The Selector - Celebrate The Bullet [White Label]
Jill Scott - One Is The Magic # [Epic]
Crucifix - Annihilation [Southern]
Spacer - Contrazoom [Pussy]
Divine Comedy - Lost Property [EMI]
Plaid - Squance [Warp]
Maria Callas - Vissi D'Arte [White Label]
The Tornados - Love And Fury [Repertoire]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray [Rham!]
Queens Of The Stoneage - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret [Interscope]
Orbital - Last Thing [FFRR]
Falguni Pathak - Pal Pal Teri Yaad [Sony]
Susan Cadogan - Don't Burn Your Bridges [Trojan]
P.J. Harvey - Kamikaze [Island]
The Specials - Nite Klub [2 Tone]
SPYLAB - BREEZEBLOCK 02.04.01 (320kbs/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 2nd April 2001
John Carpenter - Escape From New York [That's Ent.]
The Police - Tea In The Sahara [A&M]
John Barry - Vendetta [Columbia]
Massive Attack - Protection (Underdog's Angel Dust Mix) [Circa]
Piombo Rovente - The Other Face [Plastic]
Moby - First Cool Hive [Mute]
Vangelis - Tears In Rain [East West]
DJ Shadow - Lost & Found [Mo'Wax]
The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain [Linn]
Orbital - Nothing Left [London]
KING OF WOOLWORTHS - BREEZEBLOCK 12.03.01 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 12th March 2001
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde [Philips]
Ladytron - Discotraxx [Invicta Hifi]
King Of Woolworths - Bakerloo [Mantra]
Saint Etienne - Le Ballade De Saint Etienne [Mantra]
Matt Harding - 331 [Moshimoshi Music]
Rae & Christian - Flip The Mic [Grand Central]
Pedro - Lay Down Mega Man [Melodic]
King Of Woolworths - Bomfire Tree [Mantra]
STANTON WARRIORS - BREEZEBLOCK 05.03.01 (320kbs/141mb/62mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 5th March 2001
T Power (Feat. Amaziree) - Running [Botchit & Scarper]
Unknown - Let's Get Ill [White Label]
Jeremy Sylvester - D-Bop [Azuli]
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Stanton Warriors Mix) [Edel]
Belushi - Evolution (Gilleon & Rob H Remix) [Loaded]
Dub Marines - Cayo La Luna [TCR]
Artful Dodger - Please Don't Turn Me On (Stanton Warriors Fabric Dub) [FFRR]
Stanton Warriors - Da Virus [MOB]
Wookie - Scrappy [Manchu Recordings]
Mr Reds - Can You Feel It [Dexit]
Stanton Warriors - Da Antidote [White Label]
Stanton Warriors - Right Here [White Label]
The Spoon Wizard - Me & Spoonice (Blue Effect Mix) [White Label]
Raze - Break 4 Love (Future Funk Squad Mix) [Champion]
S.I.A. - Little Man (Exemen Works) [Long Lost Brother Recordings]
THE ORB - BREEZEBLOCK 12.02.01 (320kbs/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 12th February 2001
The Orb - E.D.M. [Orb Remix] [Island]
Creature - Cuba [Wot 4]
Brian Eno - The Dove [EG]
Ash Tracey - I'm Ready [White Label/CDr]
F.F.W.D. - Drone [Inter-Modo]
Schem - The Lost Woods Of Timber [Bad Orb]
S.E. Berlin - Shuttle [Bad Orb]
John Carpenter - Dark Star [Citadel]
World Standard - Country Gazette [Daisy World Discs]
Electric Chairs - Barbie Girl (Blastiquer Mix) [Bad Orb]
U2 - Numb (Deaf And Numb Orb Remix) [Acetate]
The Orb - S.A.L.T. [Island]
John Carpenter - Mr. Sandman [Varese Sarabande]
FAKE - BREEZEBLOCK 29.01.01 (320kbs/73mb/32mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 29th January 2001
Fake - Jackass Wild [White Label]
Fake - Music Keeps My Mum Awake (Electro Mix) [White Label]
Fake - Vertigo [White Label]
Fake - Natality [White Label]
Fake - Sense Idol [White Label]
Fake - Sketching The Fall [White Label]
TWO LONE SWORDSMEN - BREEZEBLOCK 12.09.00 (320kbs/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 12th September 2000
Keith Tucker - Brace Yourself [Electro Cord]
Condition Red - The Safety Is Off [Underground Resistance]
R.A.C. - Nine [Warp]
Transits Of Tone - Battle Zone [Battle Trax]
Dexter - Raad Het Woord [Klakson]
Chromatix - Hyperobtics [Sperlunk]
Heiko Laux - Sense Fiction Part 1 [Kanzlerant]
N.E.M. - See You In Another World [Electrolux]
John Selway - Unearthly [Ultra]
Zeta Reticular - Unknown [Electrix]
6 By 7 - Eat Junk Become Junk (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) [Mantra]
Two Lone Swordsmen - Brootle [Warp]
Marco Bailey - Unknown [Primate]
Monsters From ID - Spatial Lobe [Signal]
PETE HOLDSWORTH - ONE WORLD DUB SPECIAL 05.04.02 (320kbs/124mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 5th April 2002
Overnight Players - Shaka The Great [Pressure Sounds]
Heptones - Revolution [Pressure Sounds]
Donovan Carlos - Be Thankful [Pressure Sounds]
Burning Spear - Travelling [Pressure Sounds]
Big Youth - Cool Breeze [Pressure Sounds]
Earth & Stone - That's The Way You Feel [Pressure Sounds]
Little Roy - Christopher Columbus [Pressure Sounds]
Ken Boothe - Who Gets Your Love [Pressure Sounds]
Wayne Smith - Time Is A Moment In Space [Pressure Sounds]
Half Pint - Mr Landlord [Pressure Sounds]
Lloyd Hemmings - Rude Boy [Pressure Sounds]
Burning Spear - Spear Burning [Pressure Sounds]
Johnny Osbourne - Purify Your Heart [Pressure Sounds]
Garnet Silk - Mystic Chant [Maximum Pressure]
Junior Tucker - Praise His Name [Maximum Pressure]
Prince Far I - Psalm 1 [Pressure Sounds]
ADRIAN SHERWOOD - ONE WORLD DUB SPECIAL 05.04.02 (320kbs/140mb/61mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 5th April 2002
Little Axe - Dark As Night [On-U Sound]
Little Axe - Run Here Boy [On-U Sound]
Little Axe - One Drop Blues [On-U Sound]
Little Axe - Seek The Truth [On-U Sound]
Junior Delgado - Fully Legalize [On-U Sound]
Adrian Sherwood - No Dog Jazz [On-U Sound]
3 Head - Warning [On-U Sound]
Asian Dub Foundation - Cybera Gets Badder [On-U Sound]
2 Bad Card - Noise Polluters [On-U Sound]
RiRa - 25 O'Clock [On-U Sound]
Adrian Sherwood - Hari Up Hari [Real World]
Adrian Sherwood - Xplanation [Real World]
Adrian Sherwood - Haunted By Your Love [Real World]
Adrian Sherwood - Dead Man Smoking [Real World]
ARCHIVE ON 4 - APOLLO 13: THE RESCUE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th July 2020
NASA has never known anything like it. An explosion hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth; a spacecraft leaking oxygen and losing power; a crew freezing in the darkness, at risk of suffocation. Will they survive long enough to get home? Will their damaged spacecraft even get them home? This is the incredible story of the flight of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts who flew it and the teams in Mission Control who saved it.
The launch of Apollo 13 on April 11th 1970 was NASA’s third bid to land people on the moon. It came just nine months after the triumph of Apollo 11, which saw Neil Armstrong’s famous small step win the space race, leaving the United States victorious over the Soviet Union. Apollo 12 followed suit a few months later, executing its lunar landing with pinpoint accuracy. By the time of Apollo 13, NASA appeared to have found its rhythm. And yet to the public and the media, a feat that had appeared impossible less than a year earlier, now began to seem routine.
But Apollo 13 would turn out to be anything but routine. Flawed from the start, its fate was sealed by a faulty oxygen tank installed months earlier that would later explode, triggering a catastrophic series of events that threatened the spacecraft and the lives of the crew, over and over again. At first the teams in mission control are puzzled by astronaut Jack Swigert’s seemingly innocent message: “Houston, we’ve had a problem” and insist that what they’re seeing on their consoles in Houston must be an instrumentation failure. But then the truth emerges – the mission is over and now they’re in the fight of their lives to save the crew.
Kevin Fong relives the rescue with access to the mission audio archives as well as new interview material with surviving astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise and a host of characters who worked round the clock to save Apollo 13 and NASA, from disaster.
Presented by Kevin Fong and produced by Andrew Luck-Baker.
DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: SINGERS - MORRISSEY (320kbs-m4a/97mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st June 2020
From Marianne Faithfull to The Velvet Underground.
Singer-songwriter Morrissey shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
As the lead singer of The Smiths, he captivated a generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a century later, he remains the outsider's outsider.
As a child, Morrissey was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to avoid everything conventional life had to offer.
'I just didn't want the norm in any way', he says, 'and I didn't get it. And I'm very glad.'
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
Record: (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown, New York Dolls
Book: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Luxury: A comfy bed with lots of pillows.
New York Dolls - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown [Mercury]
Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me [Decca]
Ramones - Loudmouth [Sire]
The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song [Verve]
Klaus Nomi - Der Nussbaum (from Myrthen) [RCA]
Nico - I'm Not Saying [RPM]
Iggy And The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell [Columbia]
Mott The Hoople - Sea Diver [Columbia]
DESERT ISLAND DISCS AT 75 (320kbs-m4a/409mb/2hrs58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcat: 6th June 2020
Kirsty Young celebrates 75 years of Desert Island Discs with some of the wonderful voices in the archive and chooses some of her favourite interviews from her 10 years as presenter.
From Dustin Hoffman to Maya Angelou, Stephen Hawking to Victoria Wood, we have glimpses into the castaways’ lives and times.
Coronation Street stalwart, Betty Driver explains why she chose a song she hates to take with her to the island, Dawn French recalls the infamous ‘puddle’ scene in the Vicar of Dibley and legendary broadcaster Richard Dimbleby describes his very early days in broadcasting. Cilla Black, interviewed in 1964, describes how her career began, Ian Fleming talks about the early days of James Bond and Louis Armstrong reveals how he first began playing the trumpet.
Extracts from the programmes of all the previous presenters - Roy Plomley, Sue Lawley and Sir Michael Parkinson – include the voices of Baroness Barbara Castle, Alfred Wainwright, Russell Harty, Jacqueline de Pre, Catherine Cookson and Lady Thatcher.
Kirsty’s favourite moments include Noel Gallagher remembering being forced to dance at his wedding, Sarah Millican explaining why she chose the Frog Chorus and Sir David Attenborough’s choice of disc – the Lyre Bird.
Castaways also explain their choice of luxury, introduce a diverse selection of their choice of discs and describe what they would do to survive on the desert island.
Producer: Cathy Drysdale
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2017.
SOUND OF CINEMA - 58. ENNIO MORRICONE (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 11th July 2020
Matthew Sweet marks the news of the death earlier this week of the great Italian film composer Ennio Morricone with a look back on his career and music with the Italian film expert Pasquale Iannone.
The programme, which is a revised repeat of programme from 2014, includes film music from Morricone’s early years with the experimental ensemble, Il Gruppo through to his work for Sergio Leone and beyond and features music from much loved classics such as "A Fistful of Dollars" and "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"; "Cinema Paradiso", "1900", "The Mission" as well as less well known scores such as "The Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion"; "A Quiet Place In The Country" and Morricone's first score, "Il Federale".
The Classic Score of the Week is "Once Upon A Time In The West".
Ennio Morricone - Faccia A Faccia (1967) - Interlude [Mask]
Ennio Morricone - Il Federale (1961) - Marcia Del Viaggio (Reprise) [Digitmovies]
Ennio Morricone - Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna (1968) - Suite [Saimel Bandas Sonoras]
Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) - Titles [RCA]
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) - The Ecstasy Of Gold [Capitol]
Ennio Morricone - 1900 (1976) - Romanzo [RCA]
Ennio Morricone - Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) - Titles [Cinevox]
Ennio Morricone - Maddalena (1971) - Chi Mai [DRG]
Ennio Morricone - The Mission (1986) - On Earth As It Is In Heaven [Virgin]
Ennio Morricone - Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Titles [DRG]
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West (1984) - As A Judgement [RCA]
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West (1984) - Man With A Harmonica / Titles [RCA]
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West (1984) - Farewell To Cheyenne [Camden Deluxe]
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) - Main Title [Capitol]
THE MORRICONE AFFAIR (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 6th July 2020
Sir Christopher Frayling presents a tribute to the renowned Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone. With contributions from Goldfrapp, Chris Rea, Nitin Sawhney, Anne Billson and Andrew Paresi. From 2008.
SOUND OF CINEMA - 284. JOHN WILLIAMS - THE SCORES YOU'D FORGOTTEN (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 4th July 2020
John Williams is one of the most successful and most identifiable of all Hollywood composers, with the likes of Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List to his credit. But what might the Williams legacy be had Steven Spielberg and George Lucas turned to other composers to write their scores? Matthew looks back over John Williams’ long career and celebrates his associations with the likes of Oliver Stone, Robert Altman, Irwin Allen and Alfred Hitchcock. The programme features music from ‘How To Steal A Million’, Lost In Space’, ‘Land Of The Giants’, ‘The Valley Of The Dolls’, ‘Images’, ‘The Long Goodbye’, ‘The Towering Inferno’, ‘Black Sunday’, ‘Family Plot’, ‘The Fury’, ‘Dracula’, ‘The Witches Of Eastwick’, ‘Home Alone’, ‘Memoirs Of A Geisha’, ‘The Book Thief’ and ‘Jane Eyre’. The Classic Score of the Week draws on music for Oliver Stone’s ‘Born On The Fourth Of July’.
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn (1958-61) - Theme [Rhino]
John Williams - How To Steal A Million (1966) - Main Title [20th Century Fox]
John Williams - Lost In Space (1965) - Theme [TVT]
John Williams - Land Of The Giants (1968) - Theme [Silva Screen]
André Previn - Valley Of The Dolls (1967) - The Gillian Girl Commercial [Stateside]
John Williams - Images (1972) - In Search Of Unicorns [Prometheus]
John Williams - The Long Goodbye (1973) - Variations On A Theme [Silva Screen]
John Williams - The Towering Inferno (1974) - An Architect's Dream [Varese Sarabande]
John Williams - Black Sunday (1977) - The End [Film Score Monthly]
John Williams - Family Plot (1976) - End Titles [Silva Screen]
John Williams - The Fury (1978) - Theme [Silva Screen]
John Williams - Dracula (1979) - Night Journeys [MCA]
John Williams - The Witches Of Eastwick (1987) - The Dance Of The Witches [Perseverance]
John Williams - Home Alone (1990) - The House [CBS]
John Williams - Born On The 4th Of July (1989) - Cua Viet River, Vietnam 1968 [MCA]
John Williams - Born On The 4th Of July (1989) - Theme [MCA]
John Williams - Memoires Of A Geisha (2005) - Sayuri's Theme [Sony Classical]
John Williams - The Book Thief [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Jane Eyre (1977) - Theme [Silva Screen]
SOUND OF CINEMA - 283. THE SCREEN MUSIC OF BARRY GRAY (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 27th June 2020
Jamie Anderson, whose father Gerry Anderson gave us Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, UFO and Captain Scarlet, joins Matthew Sweet for a look back on the music of Barry Gray, the man who provided the musical voice to Anderson's classic small screen creations. Together, Matthew and Jamie consider the varied aspects of Gray's style, his pioneering use of electronics, his working relationship with Gerry Anderson, and his legacy.
The programme features key musical moments from children’s TV classics, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90; and also some of the later live action series such as UFO and Space 1999.
The Classic Score of the week is Barry Gray’s music for the full length big screen supermarionation feature, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’.
Barry Gray - Thunderbirds (1964-1966) - Countdown And Introduction Music [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Supercar (1961-62) - Extended Theme Series 2 And Full Boost Vertical [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Fireball XL5 (1962-63) - Zero G [Melodisc]
Barry Gray - Stingray (1964) - March Of The Oysters [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons (1967-68) - Main Titles & Theme; White As Snow [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Joe 90 (1968-69) - Theme [Castle Classics]
Barry Gray - Doppelgänger (1969) - Unknown
Barry Gray - UFO (1970) - End Titles; Flashback: Alien; Theme [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Space: 1999 (1975-77) - Theme [Silva Screen]
Barry Gray - Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) - Main Titles; Zero X Theme; Rock Snakes [La La Land]
Hans Zimmer - Thunderbirds! (2004) - F.A.B [Island]
Ben Foster & Nick Foster - Thunderbirds Are Go (2015) - Thunderbirds March
Barry Gray - Thunderbird 6 (1968) - Main Title [La La Land]
Barry Gray - Stingray (1964) - Aqua Marina [Silva Screen]
