LCN - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

LCN - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 29.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th May 2026

LCN, architect of alien sound worlds, producer, DJ and visual artist in the 6 Mix, to celebrate the release of a new project on their own imprint SZNS7N

The 6 Mix is the flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs introduces a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.

Others who have played mixes for Mary Anne in the past include: Four Tet, SHERELLE, Helena Hauff, Blawan, Goldie, Chloé Robinson, Randall, Pet Shop Boys, Ben UFO, Rainy Miller, EMA, IMOGEN, Richie Culver and Azu Tiwaline.

Cecilia - Gros Animal [Halcyon Veil]

djfacmuzica - Caution Spell Inside

mariad & acheve - le coeur [Promesses]

Bible Cuts - Cuts From Life [Shelter]

011668 - lovegame evian christ edit [Self-released]

Brodinski & 0neo & amne - Bad Feelings (Exploited Body Remix) [Broyal]

Kawaii - بانك الشريعة (Instrumental) [Offshore Recordings]

HLZ - Black Core [Utopia Music]

dgoHn - Puik [Pinecone Moonshine]

SQTHRX - B56 [Miniature Recs]

dj lostboi & Soul Feeder - Little Prince X Moon Skin [Unknown]

Silver Waves - Plegere [Illegal Data]

Witch Club Satan - Blod (HEDO HYDR8 Remix) [Lost And Found Productions]

Amen Erric - Strike 2020 [Youth]

Ace-Up - Do We Have A Problem??? [Shinkaron]

Jlin & Zora Jones - Dark Matter [Fractal Fantasy]

F**K!LACRÉME - Dopamine [Bandcamp]

Amen Erric - Lucid [Youth]

Guenter Råler - Ellen Arkbro X Chanel [Self-released]

boygirl - LOVEME [Self-released]

Alvo Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Barco [Raster-Noton]

Ege Şahin & Mehmet Ali Şimayli - Stop Manual Point [Rubber Commune]

LCN - OVER [SZNS7N]

LCN - Unreleased [Unreleased]

The Documentary - The Sir Salman Rushdie Interview

THE DOCUMENTARY - THE SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE INTERVIEW (320kbs-m4a/53mb/23mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 15th July 2023

Sir Salman Rushdie says he is physically "more or less OK" nearly a year after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. However, the 76-year-old told Newshour's Razia Iqbal in an exclusive interview that he was still processing the incident, which left him blind in one eye. "I have a very good therapist who has a lot of work to do," said the novelist. "I have crazy dreams." Last August, the Indian-born British-American author was put on a ventilator and spent six weeks in hospital after being stabbed up to 10 times on stage at an event in New York state.

Image: Salman Rushdie, pictured in May 2023 (Credit: Sarah Yenesel/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Guitar Greats - 10. Carlos Santana

GUITAR GREATS - 10. CARLOS SANTANA (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th March 2026

Carlos Santana talks about his life and career. Presented by Alexis Korner. First broadcast in 1983.

Santana - Samba Pa Ti Live) [Polydor]
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield - Sonny Boy Williamson [Sony Music Distribution]
Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Live At Woodstock) [Columbia]
Santana - Evil Ways [CBS]
Santana - Black Magic Woman [CBS]
Santana - Every Step Of The Way [Columbia / Sony Music Distribution]
Santana - Welcome [Columbia / Sony Music Distribution]
Santana - Samba Pa Ti (Live) [Polydor]
Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - A Love Supreme [Columbia / Sony Music Distribution]
Santana - Maria Caracoles [Sony Music Distribution]
Santana - Well All Right [Columbia]
Santana - Changes [Sony BMG]

Journeys In Sound - Ed O'Brien

JOURNEYS IN SOUND - ED O'BRIEN: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th May 2026

Ed O'Brien of Radiohead shares the pivotal moments that have made him the artist he is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, he dives deep to share his story and the songs that have moved him.

The Radiohead guitarist tells Nemone how his latest solo album Blue Morpho was born out of a lockdown depression, and how deep breathing, cold water and advice from Thom Yorke aided his recovery.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Shy One, Max Cooper and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Ed O'Brien - Incantations [Transgressive]
Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho [Transgressive]
Ed O'Brien - Incantations [Transgressive]
Ed O'Brien - Teachers [Transgressive]
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Now]
The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven [Parlophone]
The Beatles - Paperback Writer [Apple]
Bauhaus - She's In Parties [Beggars Banquet]
Ed O'Brien - Sail On [Capitol]
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [Motown]
Swervedriver - The Other Jesus [Creation]
Radiohead - Planet Telex [Parlophone]
Radiohead - Let Down [Parlophone]
Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho [Transgressive]
Ed O'Brien - Obrigado [Transgressive]
Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Águas De Março [Philips]

Journeys In Sound - Max Cooper

JOURNEYS IN SOUND - MAX COOPER: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th May 2026

Max Cooper shares the pivotal moments that have made him the artist he is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Max Cooper dives deep to share his story and the songs that have moved him.

Electronic royalty Max Cooper talks about how he combines ideas about physical form and human emotions into his compositions, and how he tweaked his famous audio-visual live show to play the Royal Albert Hall.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Shy One, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien.

If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Max Cooper - The Shape Of Memory [Mesh]
Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First [Virgin]
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy [Premiere]
Enya - Boadicea [WEA]
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi [Island]
Three Drives - Greece 2000 [Massive Drive Recordings]
CJ Bolland - The Prophet [Internal]
Wink - Sprung Minimism [Ovum Recordings]
Liquid - Sweet Harmony [XL Recordings]
Vaetxh - List Of Lists [Detroit Underground]
Max Cooper - Harmonisch Serie [Traum Schallplatten]
Max Cooper - Order From Chaos [Mesh]
Max Cooper - Spectrum [Mesh]
Max Cooper (feat. Tawiah & May Kaspar) - My Choices Are Not My Own [Mesh]
Max Cooper - Obsessive Compulsive Order [Mesh]
Max Cooper (feat. Sorcery) - This Is A Bridge [Mesh]
Ben Lukas Boysen - Only In The Dark [Erased Tapes]

Journeys In Sound - Bob Mould

JOURNEYS IN SOUND - BOB MOULD: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd February 2026

Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar shares the pivotal moments that have made him the artist he is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Bob dives deep to share his story and the songs that have moved him and sound-tracked the ups and downs of his life.

Following Sugar's return after a thirty-year break, Bob reflects on his life and career as one of alt-rocks pivotal figures, looking back at some of the records and moments that shaped him, and looking ahead to Spring live dates with Sugar's original lineup.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Sampa The Great, HAAi and Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland.

If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind [Creation]
The Beatles - She Said She Said [Parlophone]
The Fifth Dimension - Carpet Man [Liberty]
Cheap Trick - Downed [Epic]
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop [Sire]
Pere Ubu - Modern Dance [Blank]
Hüsker Dü - Statues [Reflex]
Minor Threat - Straight Edge [Dischord]
Hüsker Dü - In A Free Land [New Alliance]
Hüsker Dü - Too Far Down [Warner Bros.]
Hüsker Dü - These Important Years [Warner Bros.]
Bob Mould - Turning Of The Tide [Capitol]
Sugar - A Good Idea [Creation]
Deep Dish - Stranded [Deconstruction]
Garbage - Special [Mushroom]
Daft Punk - Face To Face [Defected]
Sugar - Long Live Love [BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow [Creation]

Happy Mondays - Playlist

HAPPY MONDAYS - PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2026

Shaun and Bez curate a one-hour Happy Mondays playlist. From early cult classics to the big hits, from remixes to album tracks... get ready for a party!

Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin' [London]
Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Olive Oil [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Oasis [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Stinkin' Thinkin' [Elektra]
Happy Mondays & Anna Prior - God's Cop (Anna Prior Edit) [London]
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro [London]
Happy Mondays - Step On [EMI]
Happy Mondays - Lazyitis [London]
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People [London]
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club Mix) [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Do It Better [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Dysfunktional Uncle [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Dennis And Lois [Factory]

Happy Mondays - At The BBC

HAPPY MONDAYS - AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2026

Shaun and Bez pop up in conversation with Craig Charles on 6 Music, and there is a selection of early Happy Mondays sessions from 1986 and 1989, along with highlights of their 1991 Wembley Arena show.

Happy Mondays - Olive Oil (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 1 Apr 1986)
Happy Mondays - Do It Better (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 21 Feb 1989)
Happy Mondays - Mad Cyril (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 21 Feb 1989)
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Daniel Avery Remix) [London]
Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin' (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 1 Apr 1986)
Happy Mondays - Tart Tart (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 21 Feb 1989)
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit (The Great British Music Weekend, Wembley Arena 18 Jan 1991)
Happy Mondays - Dennis And Lois (The Great British Music Weekend, Wembley Arena 18 Jan 1991)
Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck (The Great British Music Weekend, Wembley Arena 18 Jan 1991)
Happy Mondays - Step On (The Great British Music Weekend, Wembley Arena 18 Jan 1991)

Prince - Live

PRINCE - LIVE (320kbs-m4a/275mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th April 2026

Two hours of Prince live in action across a range of different stages and eras. Enjoy a mix of the most intimate of piano-led solo performances as well as some electric stadium concerts. Highlights include mid 80s shows in New York and Utrecht, songs from his famous 1992 Glam Slam gig plus tracks from the One Night Alone Tour and the more recently released Piano and a Microphone live album.

Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - 1999 (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince - 17 Days (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Nothing Compares 2 U (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - If I Was Your Girlfriend (Live In Utrecht) [Warner]
Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (Live In Utrecht) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Thunder (Live Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, 1/11/1992) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Daddy Pop (Live Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, 1/11/1992) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (Live Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, 1/11/1992) [Warner]
Prince - Mary Don't You Weep (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Adore (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Starfish & Coffee (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Sometimes It Snows In April (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - Little Red Corvette (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - Delirious (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince - When Doves Cry (Live In Utrecht) [Warner]
Prince - The Cross (Live In Utrecht) [Warner]
Prince - Why the Butterflies (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) [Warner]
Prince - International Lover (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version) [Warner]
Prince & The Revolution - Possessed (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince - Purple Rain (Live In Utrecht) [Warner]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Raspberry Beret (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Extraordinary (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The New Power Generation - Everlasting Now (Live One Nite Alone Tour 2002) [Legacy Recordings]
Prince & The Revolution - Take Me With U (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985) [Legacy Recordings]

The Smiths - Playlist

THE SMITHS - PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026

Cultural critic & novelist Michael Bracewell presents a personal Smiths playlist. His Smiths-inspired novella will be published later this year.

The Smiths - Hand In Glove [Rhino]
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man [Rhino]
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Miserable Lie [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Jeane [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? [Rhino]
The Smiths - Ask [Rhino]
The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite [Rhino]
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What She Said [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Know It's Over [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now [Rhino]
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [Rhino]
The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others [Rough Trade]

The Smiths - At The BBC

THE SMITHS - AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/272mb/1hr58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026

Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce guesting and presenting on 6 Music. Featuring highlights from Johnny Marr's Artist In Residence series in 2023 and Mike Joyce presenting on the station sitting in for Guy Garvey in 2018.

Sister Sledge - Lost In Music [Cotillion]
Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider [Tropical]
Ren Harvieu - Through The Night [Island]
Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love {Hip-O Select]
Radiohead - There, There [XL Recordings]
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird [Warner]
Ultravox - Slow Motion [Island]
Gina X Performance - No G.D.M. [LTM Recordings]
John Barry - Theme From The Persuaders! [CBS]
Ennio Morricone - Vamos A Matar Compañeros [EMI]
Desmond Dekker - It Mek [Pyramid]
The Murder City Devils - Every Day I Rise [Murder City Devils]
Mina - Se Telefonando [Ri-Fi]
Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp [Brunswick]
Alternative TV - Action Time Vision [Cherry Red]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish [Rough Trade]
Jimi Hendrix - Lover Man [Legacy Recordings]
The Meters - What 'Cha Say [Warner]
John Bramwell - From The Shore [AllPoints]
Simple Kid - Seretonin [Country Gentleman Recordings]
Magazine - You Never Knew Me [Virgin]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Into The Light [Polydor]
Harlem Spirit - Dem A Sus [CSS]
The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation [Domino Recording Co]
Squeeze - Innocence In Paradise [Love]
Steve Mason - A Lot Of Love [Double Six]

The Smiths - In Session

THE SMITHS - IN SESSION (320kns-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026

The Smiths in session for John Peel on Radio One.

The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? ((Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Handsome Devil (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Still Ill (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Miserable Lie (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - The Night Has Opened My Eyes (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange? (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - London (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Half A Person (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - The Draize Train (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)

The Smiths - Live

THE SMITHS - LIVE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026

The Smiths recorded live in concert at the Kilburn National in 1986.

The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
The Smiths - His Latest Flame / Rushholme Ruffians
The Smiths - The Draize Train
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast
The Smiths - Panic
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

Rebecca Lennon & Ella Finer - Late Junction Attenborough At 100: The Wild Life Of Sound Mixtape

REBECCA LENNON & ELLA FINER - LATE JUNCTION ATTENBOROUGH AT 100: THE WILD LIFE OF SOUND MIXTAPE 08.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 8th May 2026

On Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, Verity Sharp presents a mixtape that celebrates the ways in which recorded sound and acts of listening-imagining can bring us into a close relationship with other species. Assembled as a collaboration between artist and researcher Rebecca Lennon and writer Ella Finer, the mixtape moves through musical and sonic worlds that variously abstract, reimagine and commune with human and more than human presences. Breath, vibration, rhythm, waggle - we meet the heartbeat of a swan, the voice of a whale, the purr of a cheetah, the sonorous lives of bees, foxes and street dogs. Finer’s concept of "the wild life of sound" speaks to something that the sonic and the creaturely realms share in common: a freedom from ownership, a resistance to neat categorisation, a space where connection can happen.

Produced by Alex Yates
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

Richard Ridgway - Mute Swan Heartbeat
Annea Lockwood - World Rhythms
Cevdet Erek - Barking Drums
Ann McMillan - Whale-Wail, In Peace, En Paix: For Voice And Tape Structures Of Whale And Other [Folkways]
Rebecca Lennon - Face To Face [Flaming Pines]
Kate Carr - A Field Guide To Phantasmic Birds
Mira Calix - Nunu [Warp]
Jana Winderen - Spring Bloom In The Marginal Ice Zone
Rebecca Lennon - Waggledance
Ella Finer & Fiora - I want to know you by touch (mars quakes)
Fiora - Men Talking About Birds
Raven Chacon - Aviary
Laura Cannell - Composition With Birds, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Rebecca Lennon - Fox Heartbeat

Intro (320kbs-m4a/14mb/6mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/4mb/1min)

Cabaret Voltaire - Late Junction Mixtape

CABARET VOLTAIRE - LATE JUNCTION MIXTAPE 17.04.26 (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 17th April 2026

Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a mixtape compiled by Steel City's legendary experimentalists Cabaret Voltaire. Forming in Sheffield in 1973, with members Chris Watson, Richard H Kirk and Stephen Mallinder, the band were forged through experimentalism, with radical DIY approaches to music-making as their nucleus. Starting out with tape loops, self-built synthesisers and found sound (including everything from snatches of radio broadcasts to manipulated noise), they made music years ahead of its time. Early performances pre-dating the punk era were raucous and full of mischief (taking place everywhere from public toilets to discotheques to the back of a van) and their sound proved confrontational at times, with plenty of broken glass, mob scenes and notable hospitalisations in the mix.

Following the death of founding member Richard H Kirk in 2021, Stephen and Chris are set to embark on a final tour as Cabaret Voltaire to mark the release of a new live album, 'But What Time Is It Really?' In crafting a special Late Junction mixtape to mark the occasion, the duo celebrate an array of sounds and songs from their most treasured artists and composers.

Pierre Schaeffer - Étude Aux Chemins de Fer [Naxos Classical Archives]
Laurie Spiegel - Drums [Unseen Worlds]
Fela Kuti - International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) [Kalakuta]
Sun Ra - Space Jazz Reverie [Lone Hill Jazz]
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown [Yard Music]
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Nice Time [Lion Of Judah]
Delia Derbyshire - Pot Au Feu [BBC Radio Enterprises]
Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Timewhys [Viceroy Music Europe]
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows [Capitol]

Intro (320kbs-m4a/15mb/6mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/2mb/1min)

Fatboy Slim - Radio 1 Dance @ R1BW (Sunderland 2026)

FATBOY SLIM - RADIO 1 DANCE @ R1BW (SUNDERLAND 2026) (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 22nd May 2026

Step onto the main stage for Friday night at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland!

Fatboy Slim - Opener
Felix da Housecat - Sinner Winner
Run‐D.M.C. - It's Tricky
Green Velvet - Laser Beams
Fatboy Slim - Bus Stop Please
Tim Deluxe - It Just Won't Do
Fatboy Slim - Star 69
The Killers & Underworld - Mr. Brightside / Born Slippy
Fatboy Slim - Eat Sleep Rave Repeat
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Skank
The Beatles - The End

Jasmín - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

JASMÍN - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 22.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd May 2026

Dutch-Argentinian artist Jasmín in the 6 Mix, to celebrate her new 12" release 'It's Girls Night/Long Hair' on the Fabric Originals label.

The 6 Mix is the new flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.

Others who have played mixes for Mary Anne in the past include: Four Tet, SHERELLE, Helena Hauff, Blawan, Goldie, Chloé Robinson, Randall, Pet Shop Boys, Ben UFO, Rainy Miller, EMA, IMOGEN, Richie Culver, and Azu Tiwaline.

Yu Su - One Place After Another [Short Span]
Nazar - Anticipate [Hyperdub]
Malin Genie - Vorm In Geluid 010 [Will & Ink]
Talismann - Anchoryst [Talismann]
Jasmín - It's Girls Night [Fabric Originals]
British Murder Boys - It's What You Hide [Downwards]
Maōh - Sacrifice [Maōh]
Deetron Presents Soulmate - Madness [Ilian Tape]
Jeff Mills - Drums Of Thunder [Purpose Maker]
T ++ - Dig [Honest Jons]
Bruce - Belly (Passing Squall Edit) [Poorly Knit]
Entrañas - Sapo [Markham Road]
Tzusing - Exascale [PAN]
Emily Jeanne - Count Me Out (Đ.K. Remix) [quỳnh]
Massive Attack & Mad Professor - Inertia Creeps (Floating On Dubwise) [Virgin]
Tolouse Low Trax - Geo Scan [Karaoke Kalk]
upsammy & Valentina Magaletti - Collide [PAN]

TYGAPAW - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

TYGAPAW - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 15.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th May 2026

TYGAPAW, the Jamaican-born Brooklyn-based producer DJ is in the 6 Mix, to celebrate their new album 'Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide' on Tresor Records.

The 6 Mix is the new flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.

Others who have played mixes for Mary Anne in the past include: Four Tet, SHERELLE, Helena Hauff, Blawan, Goldie, Chloé Robinson, Randall, Pet Shop Boys, Ben UFO, Rainy Miller, EMA, IMOGEN, Richie Culver, and Azu Tiwaline.

TYGAPAW - Don't Panic [Tresor]
Mike Humphries - Landing Party [Music Man]
Haptic Feedback - Truth Lifting Its Head Up Above Scandals [PPRZ]
Beau Didier & Flits - Red Light District [Insideout]
Uncertain - Dignity [Loud Pressings]
1morning - The Circuit [Arts]
Binary Finary - 1998 (Anfisa Letyago Extended Remix) [Armada Music]
Syberian98 - Arcagal [Syberian]
TYGAPAW - Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten [Tresor]
Patibull (feat. Sykors) - Fluxo 3000 [Self-released]
Wtchcrft - Collapse [Starry]
Ritchrd - Harvest Sky But Its A Remix [NO BIAS]
Cian - Claraboya (Snowfall Edit) [Promesa]
TYGAPAW - M32 Riddim [Tresor]
Hot Boiling Jungle - Bouyon X Jungle (fines herbes et vin blanc) [Dimosoundz]
Prince Pasensi - Paiso Riddim [Bandcamp]

Shanti Celeste - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

SHANTI CELESTE - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 08.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th May 2026

Chilean-born DJ, producer and label head Shanti Celeste steps up ahead of Club Celeste, her 16-hour takeover at The Cause in London.

The 6 Mix is the new flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.

Others who have played mixes for Mary Anne in the past include: Four Tet, SHERELLE, Helena Hauff, Blawan, Goldie, Chloé Robinson, Randall, Pet Shop Boys, Ben UFO, Rainy Miller, EMA, IMOGEN, Richie Culver, and Azu Tiwaline.

Wink - Min 23 (D'Julz Remix) [Ovum Recordings]
Ny Ny - PT X Files 008 [Pressure Traxx]
Dav - Messmaker [Tropic]
DJ Split - The Flower (Basement Of Love Mix) [On Loop]
Daniele Temperilli - Peace What?! [Tripmode]
Ollie Drummond - Thwink Tice [Brixton Row]
King Kooba - You're (So Fine) [Om]
CROFT - Bass 2000 [Self-Released]
Martinez - Threeism [Pressure Traxx]
I. Jordan - Come To Me [Peach Discs]
Michael James - Caffeine [Outright]
Arno & Patrick Raddatz - The People [Pressure Traxx]

Simian Mobile Disco - 6 Mix 2014

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - 6 MIX 05.09.14 (262kbs/222mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th September 2014

Simian Mobile Disco aka James Ford and Jas Shaw, take to the 6 Mix decks with two hours of dark beats & wobbly techno.

The duo have been making music together since 2000; first as part of the four piece Simian – who’s track ‘Never Be Alone’ morphed into the huge electro hit ‘We Are Your Friends’ via the help of Justice – and then later as Simian Mobile Disco.

Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Whorl, the duo take over the 6 Music airwaves with music from Dark Sky, DJ Koze, Luke Soloman and Wesley Matsell.

Achterbahn D'Amour - Odd Movements [Acid Test]
Kassem Mosse - Untitled A2 [Workshop]
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II [Fabric (London)]
Wesley Matsell - Bismuth [Cumbria Instruments]
Delroy Edwards - Untitled 2 [L.A. Club Resource]
0000 - E [White Label]
Kennedy Smith - Panadrama [The Double R]
Christian B - Nebal Dance [Cómeme]
Luke Solomon - Wot U Du [Let's Play House]
Dark Sky - Rare Bloom [Mister Saturday Night]
T. Wiltshire - Memory Boy [Tender Hooks]
D'Marc Cantu - 1Lb of Flesh [MOS Recordings]
DJ Vague - Hard Workin' Trax 1 [Unknown To The Unknown]
Vince Watson - Freq [Planet E]
Head High - Power Seat [Power House]
Johannes Heil - Transition Two [Figure]
Abdulla Rashim - No God [Northern Electronics]
Rrose - Mirror [Eaux]
Mike Denhert - Emlo [Delsin]
DJ Koze - Amygdala (Roman Fluegal Remix) [Pampa]
Maximijam - Son Of A
Donato Dozzy - Test 7 [Absurd Recordings]
North Lake - Moonwalker [Phonica]
µ-Ziq - Rimmy [Planet Mu]
Brian Eno - Cells Bells [Warp]

Simian Mobile Disco - 6 Mix 2012

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - 6 MIX 06.04.12 (217kbs/186mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th April 2012

Clara Rockmore - Unknown Track
Suzanne Ciani - Live Buchla 1975
Raymond Scott - Bassline Generator
Claro Intelecto - Second Blood
Angus MacLise - Shortwave India
Broadcast - Echo's Answer
Julia Holter - Unknown Track
Pablo - Stratus (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
Cat Stevens - Dog A Doughnut
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos
Omar-S - Wayne County Hill Cops
Storm Queen - It Goes On
Mark Hule - Bink
808 State - Narcossa
Helium Robots - Jarza (Theo Parrish Remix)
Tevo Howard - The Wind Of The World
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Daphni Remix)
Magda - Fixation

Simian Mobile Disco - 6 Mix 2007

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - 6 MIX 16.06.07 (320kbs/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th June 2007

Part 1: Mix
DAF - Der Rauber Und Der Prinz
Eno, Roedelius, Moebius & Plank - Pitch Control
Wllesden Dodgers - Unknown
Kano - I Need Love (Edit)
Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe (Prinz Thomas Mix)
Todd Rundgren - International Feel

Part 2: Live In Leeds
Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation
Simian Mobile Disco - I Got This Down
Simian Mobile Disco - Animal House
Simian Mobile Disco - It’s The Beat
Simian Mobile Disco - System
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
Simian Mobile Disco - Tits And Acid
Klaxons - Magick (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco - Scott
Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe

Melanie C - The Sweatbox

MELANIE C - THE SWEATBOX 03.05.26 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd May 2026

It's a first for the Sweatbox as SHERELLE welcomes Spice Girl, DJ, producer and all-round icon, Melanie C, to the show. Celebrating the release of her ninth studio album 'Sweat', she takes over for 30 minutes with a feel-good, pumping mix of house, trance and unmissable re-versions of dance classics. Get ready to sweat!

Melanie C - Attitude [Red Girl]
Cloonee & Prospa - Free Your Mind [CircoLoco]
Bart Skils & Marshall Jefferson - Sweet Harmony [Helix]
Melanie C - Sweat (Guz Remix) [Red Girl]
Josh Abrahams - Addicted To Bass (Extended Dom Dolla Relapse) [TMRW]
Piero Pirupa - Let's Jack [Catch & Release]
Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are vs. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Unreleased]
ESSE - Make My Day [ESSEntial]
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (Steve Angello Remix) [XL Recordings]
Aluna & SIDEPIECE - Misbehave [Lip Service]
Spice Girls - Wannabe vs. Faithless - Insomnia (Disclosures 2025 Edit)

Intro (320kbs-m4a/4mb/2mins)

DJ Storm - The Sweatbox

DJ STORM - THE SWEATBOX 19.04.26 (320kbs-m4a/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th April 2026

The First Lady of Drum and Bass, DJ Storm, enters the Sweatbox with an all-vinyl mix in honour of Record Store Day. Co-founder of Metalheadz alongside Goldie and her late DJ partner Kemistry, Storm has been representing the drum and bass sound for over 30 years, trailblazing the way for new generations of ravers.

Top Buzz - Living in Darkness (Ray Keith Remix) [Basement]
Decoder - Fuse [Elementz]
NJC - Dholi Runner [Function]
Photek - Fusion [Photek Recordings]
Digital - Lower Depths [Photek Productions]
Lemon D - Going Gets Tough [Prototype Recordings]
Jonny L - Phreak [Metalheadz]
Total Science - Defcom 69 [Metalheadz]
Danny C - Warheadz (Part 1) [Metalheadz]

The Morning After Mix - Bird Songs

THE MORNING AFTER MIX - BIRD SONGS (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th May 2026

Relax with a two-hour bird-themed mix of tranquil tunes to mark International Dawn Chorus Day. With music from artists including Fleet Foxes, Kate Bush, Big Thief and Marvin Gaye.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Sounds.

Fleet Foxes - Meadowlarks [Nonesuch]
Bibio - Sleep On The Wing [Warp]
Lou Rhodes - All The Birds [Nude]
Goldfrapp - Little Bird [Mute (A BMG Company)]
Conner Youngblood - The Birds Of Finland [Counter]
Barry Kerr - The Curlew's Cry [Self Release]
Ben Nicholls - Cuckoo [Hudson]
Peter Rogers - Goldfinch [Self Release]
Low - Nightingale [Sub Pop]
Anna B Savage - I Can Hear The Birds Now [City Slang]
Julie Byrne - Morning Dove [Universal Music Australia]
The Beatles - Blackbird [Parlophone]
the clear - Where Do All The Birds Go? [clearmusic]
Big Thief - Sparrow [4AD]
Neil Young & Graham Nash - Birds (Demo) [Rhino Atlantic]
Charlie Forrest - On The Wings Of A Dove [Lewis Recordings]
Erland Cooper - Solan Goose [Phases]
Stick In The Wheel - The Cuckoo VIP (EAN Remix) [From Here]
Julee Cruise - The Nightingale [143/Warner]
Sam Lee - The Falcon - Singing with Nightingales [Cooking Vinyl]
Mazzy Star - Sparrow [Rhymes Of An Hour]
Kate Bush - Prelude [EMI]
Kate Bush - Prologue [EMI]
Rosie Lowe - Birdsong [Wolf Tone]
Yussef Dayes - Birds Of Paradise [Brownswood Recordings]
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle [Arcade]
Cosmo Sheldrake - Dawn Chorus [Tardigrade]
Marvin Gaye - Sparrow [Motown]
Modern Nature - Murmuration [Bella Union]
Buffy Sainte‐Marie - Song To A Seagull [Vanguard]
Jenny Lewis - Little White Dove [Warner Bros]
Ellie O'Neill - Seabird [St. Itch]
Joni Mitchell - Sweet Bird [Rhino/Elektra]

Rory Gallagher - Live Hammersmith Odeon (1979)

RORY GALLAGHER - LIVE HAMMERSMITH ODEON (1979) (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 3rd May 2026

Guitar legend Rory Gallagher performing live at Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. Featuring Shin Kicker, Do You Read Me, Shadow Play, Brute Force And Ignorance, Out On The Western Plain and Tattoo'd Lady.

Rory Gallagher - Shin Kicker
Rory Gallagher - Do You Read Me
Rory Gallagher - Off The Handle
Rory Gallagher - Brute Force And Ignorance
Rory Gallagher - Secret Agent
Rory Gallagher - Out On The Western Plain
Rory Gallagher - Going To My Home Town
Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play
Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd Lady

Badfinger - Live Paris Theatre (1972)

BADFINGER - LIVE PARIS THEATRE (1972) (320kbs-m4a/73mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 25th April 2026

Badfinger performing live at the BBC's Paris Theatre in London in June 1972. Featuring Sweet Tuesday Morning, Feelin' Alright and Take It All. Introduced by Alan Black.

Badfinger - Only You Know And I Know
Badfinger - Sweet Tuesday Morning
Badfinger - We're For The Dark
Badfinger - Feelin' Alright
Badfinger - Take It All
Badfinger - Suitcase

Nirvana At The BBC

NIRVANA AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th January 2026

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Butch Vig in conversation from the BBC archive.

Nirvana - Lithium [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [DGC]
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Nirvana - Molly's Lips [Sub Pop]
Nirvana - On A Plain [DGC]
Nirvana - About A Girl [Geffen]
Nirvana - Breed [DGC]
Nirvana - Drain You [Geffen]
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box [Geffen]
Nirvana - Love Buzz [Geffen]
Nirvana - Sliver [Geffen]
Nirvana - Very Ape [Polydor]

Nirvana Live

NIRVANA LIVE (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th January 2026

Nirvana recorded live in concert in Seattle, Reading & New York.

Nirvana - Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam [Geffen]
Nirvana - Aneurysm [Geffen]
Nirvana - Drain You [Geffen]
Nirvana - School [Geffen]
Nirvana - Floyd the Barber [Geffen]
Nirvana - Serve The Servants [Marmot Music]
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice [Marmot Music]
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Nirvana - Lithium [Geffen]
Nirvana - About A Girl [Geffen]
Nirvana - Polly [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - On A Plain [Geffen]
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [Geffen]
Nirvana - All Apologies [Geffen]
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night [Geffen]
Nirvana - About A Girl [Geffen]

Tracks Of My Years - Peter Capaldi

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - PETER CAPALDI (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 3rd May 2026

Star of Doctor Who, The Thick Of It and many more, actor and musician Peter Capaldi joins Vernon Kay to select his Tracks Of My Years - with an in-depth conversation about his life and his choice of ten songs which have been the soundtrack to it.

Peter discusses his childhood in Glasgow, his failure to get into drama school and the punk band he formed whilst studying at art school instead. Then he gives Vernon insights into the musical references behind his beloved characters from The Thick Of It and Doctor Who, as well as how he's come to the point of releasing his own music in his 60s and joining Franz Ferdinand on stage at Glastonbury. All this comes before revealing which popstar he and his grandson both love and telling an incredible story about putting his foot in it when meeting one of his all-time favourite artists.

Born in Glasgow in 1958, Peter first discovered drama and music whilst in school, performing with youth theatre groups and fronting a punk rock band called the Dreamboys. His professional career took off in the 80s with numerous roles on stage, television and film. His first starring role in television came in 1992 with the BBC series Mr Wakefield's Crusade and during the 90s he also began to occasionally write and direct. He created the short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, released in 1993, which won a Bafta and Oscar for Best Short Film. One of his best-known roles began in 2005 when he starred as political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the acclaimed comedy The Thick Of It - for which he won a Bafta in 2010. Having been a fan of Doctor Who since childhood, and having played a small role in the show before, he joined it as the Doctor in 2013, He played the role in forty episodes across the next four years, before leaving in 2017. In that time he also appeared in Paddington and Paddington 2. Since leaving Doctor Who, he has starred in films such as The Personal History of David Copperfield and The Suicide Squad, as well as the TV series The Devil's Hour. A keen musician, Peter released his debut solo studio album St Christopher in 2021, followed by a second, Sweet Illusions, in 2025. He also was a surprise guest at last year's Glastonbury festival, when he joined Franz Ferdinand on stage to play Take Me Out. Peter is currently starring in the second series of Criminal Record, on Apple TV.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

The Beatles - All My Loving [Apple]
Frank Sinatra - That's Life [Reprise]
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
Neil Young - Old Man [Reprise]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love [Epic]
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren [4AD]
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [EMI]
David Bowie - Starman [Parlophone UK]
David Bowie - Golden Years [Rhino]
Willie Nelson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) [Columbia Nashville]
The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene [Sony Tv/Columbia]
Peter Capaldi - Sweet Illusions [Last Night From Glasgow Limited]
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out [Now]
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version) [Taylor Swift]
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset [BMG]

Tracks Of My Years - Mike Pickering

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - MIKE PICKERING (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 29th March 2026

Musician, DJ, the 'M' in M People and Mancuniuan music legend Mike Pickering takes us on a ten-song journey through the songs that have soundtracked his life.

Mike began his career DJing in the the legendary Hacienda nightclub, and he's credited with introducing house music into the iconic Manchester venue. Later, as an A&R man, he signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records, while at Sony he worked with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris. And with his multi-million selling group M People he sold 11m records, won a Mercury Prize and two BRIT Awards, and helped transform the music industry's attitude to dance music.

At the end of April Mike publishes his memoir 'Manchester Must Dance'.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street [Hip-O]
The Beatles - She Loves You [Parlophone]
David Bowie - Suffragette City [EMI]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Buzzcocks - Boredom [Document]
The Clash - London Calling [Columbia]
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [Now]
Kraftwerk - The Model [Now]
Defunkt - Razor's Edge (12 Inch Version) [Ryko/Rhino]
Quando Quango - Love Tempo [Factory]
Black Box - Ride On Time [Sony Tv/Columbia]
Joe Smooth - Promised Land [Amada Music]
M People - How Can I Love You More? (Sasha Qat Mix) [Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc]
Kasabian - Processed Beats [BMG UK & Ireland]
Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love [Now]

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Oscar Winners 3 - Dustin Hoffman

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: OSCAR WINNERS 3 - DUSTIN HOFFMAN (320kbs-m4a/96mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th March 2026

Hollywood film actor Dustin Hoffman is castaway by Kirsty Young.

In spite of Dustin's Aunt Pearl telling him he wasn't good looking enough to be an actor, for the past 45 years he's been crafting landmark movie performances.

He is that rare and apparently contradictory thing - a character actor and a superstar.

The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, All The President's Men, Marathon Man, Kramer v Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Wag The Dog, and Last Chance Harvey are just a handful of the movies that contribute to an unparalleled body of work.

Dustin is the only actor in history to have top billing in three films that won Best Picture Oscars.

Now in his mid-70s he is making his directorial debut.

He says "I'm always fighting to break through... I'm trying to show you the part of me that wants to love, wants to kill, that wants to find my way out, that feels there is no way out."

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Trevor Peacock and David Ryall - Are You Havin' Any Fun?
BOOK CHOICE: The complete works - Charles Dickens
LUXURY CHOICE: An endless bar

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.

Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Slim Gaillard - Cement Mixer
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Diana Krall - Frim Fram Sauce
Bette Midler - Shoot The Breeze
Jon Hendricks - How High The Moon
Donnie Brooks - Memphis
Trevor Peacock & David Ryall - Are You Havin' Any Fun?

Desert Island Discs Revisited: The Interviewers - Louis Theroux

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: THE INTERVIEWERS - LOUIS THEROUX (320kbs-m4a/97mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st March 2026

Filmmaker Louis Theroux is castaway by Lauren Laverne.

Louis is a TV documentary-maker. He has received two BAFTAs and a Royal Television Society Award for his work which includes the series Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and When Louis Met…

Born in 1970, and brought up in south London, he is the son of the American writer Paul Theroux and the BBC World Service radio producer Anne Castle.

He was privately educated at Westminster School and read History at Oxford, graduating with a first.

He moved to the USA where he was introduced to the American documentary maker Michael Moore and started making segments on unusual subcultures for Moore’s show TV Nation.

He was given his own series – Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – by the BBC in the late 1990s and, after three series, he went on to present two series of When Louis Met…, which included Neil and Christine Hamilton, Max Clifford, Chris Eubank and Jimmy Savile.

Since then, he has made dozens of documentaries, many of them in the USA. In 2016, he revisited his encounters with Jimmy Savile in the wake of Savile’s death and the surfacing of allegations of child sexual abuse.

The same year, his only feature-length film, My Scientology Movie, was released. His most recent documentaries dealt with sexual assault on American campuses, mothers with post-natal mental illness, and escorting.

BOOK CHOICE: Remembrance of things Past – Marcel Proust
LUXURY: 40,000 piece Jigsaw puzzle
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: "Heaven on their Minds" from the album Jesus Christ Superstar

Presenter: Lauren Laverne

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.

Marvin Gaye - All the Way Around
Murray Head - Heaven On Their Minds
The Smiths - Panic
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - Coldcut Remix)
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Fat Joe (feat. Ashanti) - What's Luv?
Joni Mitchell - California
Antônio Carlos Jobim & Herbie Mann - One Note Samba

The Documentary - Paul McCartney: Beatles And Beyond

THE DOCUMENTARY - PAUL McCARTNEY: BEATLES AND BEYOND (320kbs-m4a/115mb/50mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 30th August 2025

The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs celebrates the life and legacy of Sir Paul McCartney, from his Liverpool roots to Beatlemania and beyond.

It's a musical journey that moves from the late 1950s to McCartney's skiffle start with John Lennon in The Quarrymen, all the way through to his long solo career, taking in Mersey Beat; the rise of the Fab Four to 1960s icons; and Wings' 1970s success.

We learn how The Beatles could only have come from Liverpool, and how a visit to McCartney's old grammar school led to a significant legacy: the formation of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA).

Joining Susanna to celebrate McCartney's musical career are author of recent biography Fly Away Paul, Lesley-Ann Jones; veteran songwriter and member of 10cc, Graham Gouldman; LIPA founding principal and chief executive, Sir Mark Featherstone-Witty; Beatles historian and author, David Bedford; lifelong Beatles enthusiast Jean Catharell; BBC Radio Merseyside broadcaster Paul Beesley; Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge; plus two LIPA alumni - award winning composer Hannah Peel, and singer-songwriter and guitarist Natalie McCool.

Plus, an intimately familial contribution from McCartney's younger brother, Mike McCartney.

Presenter: Susanna Hoffs
Producer: Lewis Borg-Cardona
Editor: Steve Levine
A Magnum Opus Broadcasting production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Sir Paul McCartney in front of a self-portrait hanging on a wall. Credit: Mike McCartney)

The Beatles Story

THE BEATLES STORY (320kbs-m4a/10hrs/1.34gb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st to 29th April 2026

Rich in archive and first hand source interviews, including the group themselves, the series is an important historical artefact produced shortly after they split in 1970 & documenting a social and cultural phenomenon.

More importantly than that it's a great listen. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

THE BEATLES STORY - 1. THE BIRTH OF THE LIVERPOOL SOUND (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st April 2026

The Birth of the Liverpool Sound. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from 1960 - Spring 1961. Presenter: Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 2. GETTING IT ON WAX (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st April 2026

Getting It On Wax. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period Summer 1961 - Summer 1962. Refs. to the Cavern club in Liverpool. Presenter: Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 3. CHART SUCCESS & THE PACKAGE TOURS BEGIN (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th April 2026

Chart Success & the Package Tours Begin. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from Autumn 1962 - Summer 1963. Presenter Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 4. THE START OF BEATLEMANIA (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th April 2026

The Start of Beatlemania. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from August 1963 - January 1964. Interviewers: Klas Burling & Chris Denning. Presented by Brian Matthew

THE BEATLES STORY - 5. THE WORLD SURRENDERS (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th April 2026

The World Surrenders. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period 1964. Actuality of press conferences. The film 'A Hard Day's Night'. Presenter Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 6. LIFE AND REWARDS OF SUCCESS (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th April 2026

Life and Rewards of Success. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from Summer 1964 - Spring 1965. Presented by Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 7. WHEN THE TOURING HAD TO STOP (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd April 2026

When the Touring Had To Stop. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from July 1965 - August 1966. Presented by Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 8. THE PSYCHEDELIC CHAPTER (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd April 2026

The Psychedelic Chapter. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period 1967. Refs. to Brian Epstein's death, Sergeant Pepper album. Presenter: Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 9. MEDITATIONS AND CORPORATION (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th April 2026

Meditations and Corporation. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period from December 1967 - December 1968. Refs. to Apple. Presenter: Brian Matthew.

THE BEATLES STORY - 10. HELLO, GOODBYE OR COME TOGETHER (320kbs-m4a/60mins/137mb)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th April 2026

Hello, Goodbye or Come Together. Various interviews with and about the Beatles covering the period 1969. Refs. to the film 'Let It Be', John & Yoko's Amsterdam bed-in. Presented by Brian Matthew.