Lee Gamble - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

LEE GAMBLE - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 04.07.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th July 2026

Lee Gamble has a rich history recalibrating ideas about what club music can be. Tonight, he's with us to rep The Black Lights festival in Blackpool.

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

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs brings a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icons.

Others who've Mixed for Mary Anne previously 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.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Low End Activist - TWOC [Sneaker Social Club]
Paleman - Come I Leave [Club Glow]
DJ Shaun-D - Speakers [Nyege Nyege Tapes]
Rebekah Abdeen - Mmmmm Ahh [UTTU]
Regal86 - Club Issue '24 01 [Self-released]
Introversion - Cataphiles [ARTS]
Slikback - Sekli [Planet Mu]
Introspekt - Perhaps... [Tempa]
Mantra - Damaged [Sneaker Social Club]
Klahrk & Roxas & KaTT - Hypertension [Activia Benz]
Icicle - Dominate (Former Remix) [Vision Recordings]
Buckley - Top4 [SPE:C]
Nørbak - Adeus [NRBK]
Kay Mascara - Mozart [Void+1 Recordings]
Mark Leckey - Soundtrack For GreenScreen(Refrigerator) [The Death Of Rave]
Znzl - Rescaler [Void+1 Recordings]
Peder Mannerfelt - Scouse [Fever AM]
LSD - Process 1 [Ostgut Ton]
Regal86 - sOUThsIDefADe (Eternal Pad Mix) [Self-released]
Bas Mooy - Nastase (Developer Remix 1) [Audio Assault]
S.U. Crew - Strictly Underground Info [Strictly Underground Records]
Amvars - Dread [Union Crew]
JD. REID - KOFFEE DUB [Baby Gravy]
Bok Bok - Scorpio (Half Time) [AP Life]
Mohammad Adam - Intro [Self-released]

Gina Breeze - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

GINA BREEZE - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 26.06.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th June 2026

Gina Breeze, Producer, DJ and resident at HOMOBLOC in Manchester in the 6 Mix, as part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season.

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

As Part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season, each week in June, Mary Anne Hobbs introduces a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon in LGBTQ+ club spaces.

Others who've mixed for Mary Anne previously 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.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Dam Swindle (feat. DJ Minx) - Back To The Old School [Heist Recordings]
Gledd - On His Way [Delusions Of Grandeur]
GIDEÖN - The Body Image [Homo-Centric]
Gina Breeze - UR LOVE (Gina Breeze Edit) [Bandcamp]
DJ Rae & DJ Spen & Mike Dunn - The Vision (DJ Spen & Mike Dunn Work Yo Body Mix) [Let There Be House]
KAVAL - Sonic Boom [Sneaker Social Club]
Gina Breeze - Fuzzy Duck [Hot Haus Recs]
Triple Five Sol - Prime Time At The Sizzler (Cudmore vs. Servito Remix) [Major]
DJ Split - Up 2 U [Major]
Gina Breeze - LOVE 4 U [Southern Fried]
Strandtuch - See U Clap (131bpm Remix) [Happiness Therapy]
Jesse Maas - You Cheater [Rawax]
Kim Anh - Strung Up [Nervous]
Da Posse - In The Heat Of The Night (The Blessed Madonna It's Called Acid Mix) [Freerange]

Rahul.mp3 - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

RAHUL.MP3 - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 19.06.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th June 2026

Rahul.mp3, Producer, DJ and founder of Scandal in Glasgow in the 6 Mix, as part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season.

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

As Part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season, each week in June, Mary Anne Hobbs introduces a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon representing LGBTQ+ club spaces.

Others who've Mixed for Mary Anne previously 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.

Tiffany Day - EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED [Broke]
Shygirl & Cosha - Thicc [Because Music]
Rahul.mp3 & Cherrie B - Kiss me [Mañana Electronic]
A. G. Cook - Britpop [New Alias]
Indigo (Sierra) - GRRL [PC Music]
umru & underscores - Poplife (dudda bootleg) [Bandcamp]
The Deep - Make Up [YG PLUS]
Cimarrón - Trituradora (Bubbling Mix) [Buenos Aires]
SOPHIE - Whole New World (Pitchka x Iloveducky Remix) [Transgressive]
Nick León & Erika de Casier - Bikini [Tra Tra Trax]
Oklou - Harvest Sky (Ruined By 2AT) [SoundCloud]
Girl Tool - Computation Rmx [Bandcamp]
umru & Warpstr - Matter Of Time (GRRL Remix) [LuckyMe]
Freebot & Rosa Pistola - Phrygian [Matachin Music]
SOME GUEST - Basic Foundation [Zejście]
Cimarrón & El Nick DGO - Amanece [Cimarrón]
Rahul.mp3 - Want It [Mañana Electronic]
Loossemble - TTYL (Xerberus Flip) [HanGangMunHwa/ADA]
Cimarrón - Beautiful <3 [Buenos Aires]
NewJeans - Super Shy (2AT Remix) [SoundCloud]

DJ Subaru - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

DJ SUBARU - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 12.06.26 (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th June 2026

DJ Subaru, producer, DJ and resident at Pleasuremaxxx in Leeds in the 6 Mix, as part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season.

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

As Part of 6 Music's Loud & Proud season, each week in June, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon representing LGBTQ+ club spaces.

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.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

Xenon - Galaxi (Idjut Boys Edit) [Radius]
Apiento - The Orange Place [World Unknown]
Scott Fraser - Remains The Same [World Unknown]
Juan Ramos - Pulse [Bless You]
Darryn Jones - Gibberish [Durty Truth]
Juju & Jordash - Clubsex [Golf Channel Recordings]
Secret Circuit - Nebula Sphinx [Beats In Space]
Tanya Jackson - Virgin Eyes (Club Mix) [Sizzle]
Amelia Fletcher - Wrap My Arms Around Him [Fierce Recordings]
Tanya Hyde - Herr Wunderbar [Waldo's]
N.O.I.A. - True Love (Sexual Version) [ZYX]
Rouge - Love Line Operator [RCA]
Sparks - Beat The Clock [Repertoire]
Babes In Love - Surrender (Bonus Babes Dub Reprise) [Bless You]

Peter Shaffer - Equus

PETER SHAFFER - EQUUS (320kbs-m4a/262mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th May 2026

*** Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer joins 4 Extra's 100 Club - born 15th May 1926. He died in 2016 aged 90 ***

Dysart: "With one particular horse, called Nugget, he embraces. The animal digs its sweaty brow into his cheek and they stand in the dark for an hour - like a necking couple....."

Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is asked by a local magistrate to take on an unusual case.

He soon finds himself in the midst of a nightmare - his patient is a 17-year-old boy who's blinded six horses with a metal spike.

Starring Peter Barkworth and Ian Sharrock.

The most shocking play of its day, Peter Shaffer's original stage production opened in 1973 at the National Theatre in London

Martin Dysart ... Peter Barkworth
Alan Strang ... Ian Sharrock
Hesther Salomon ... Jennifer Piercey
Frank Strang ... Malcolm Hayes
Dora Strang ... Jane Wenham
Jill Mason ... Jenny Twigge
Harry Dalton ... Ronald Herdman
A Young Horseman ... Philip Sully
A Nurse ... Jan Care

Other voices:

Richard Gibson
Nigel Greaves
David Parfitt
Jonathan Scott

Special sound by Dick Mills of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: David Spenser

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1980.

The Rise And Fall Of Madchester

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER (320kbs-m4a/393mb/2hrs48mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

How Manchester started to rebuild itself through a new sound. Presented by Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell.

A BBC Audio Production.

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 1. WILDERNESS (320kbs-m4a/43mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

Manchester in the late 1970s is a city in retreat. Industry is collapsing and jobs are disappearing. Whole neighbourhoods feel abandoned. Out of that stillness comes a stark, unsettling new sound. Joy Division capture the mood of a city that has lost its rhythm. Their music is tense, mechanical and unflinching. When Ian Curtis dies in May 1980, just as the band stand on the brink of America, it feels like the end of something fragile and important. A month later, Love Will Tear Us Apart is released. But this story does not end there.

Tony Wilson, television presenter and cultural instigator, has already opened a club night called The Factory. Within two years, the surviving members of Joy Division return as New Order and take a huge gamble to open a cavernous nightclub by the canal. On opening night at The Haçienda, a white grand piano sits in the middle of a vast, echoing room. Almost nobody dances.

Episode 1 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester tells the story of how a broken industrial city began to rebuild itself through sound. From the Russell Club in Hulme to the birth of Factory Records, from the stark poetry of Joy Division to the uncertain promise of the Haçienda, this is where Manchester finds a room… and the faintest hint of a new pulse.

Featuring archive interviews from Tony Wilson, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris and a new interview with Mike Pickering.

The Stone Roses - Love Spreads [Silvertone]
Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Vince Clarke Remix) [London]
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold [Silvertone]
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Step On [EMI]
Buzzcocks - Boredom [Cherry Red]
Joy Division - Transmission (The Factory, Manchester 1980) [London]
Joy Division - Digital [Rhino]
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [Virgin]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 2. MOVEMENT (320kbs-m4a/51mb/22mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

Manchester finds its rhythm. From the birth of Blue Monday to the reinvention of the Haçienda.

March 1983. New Order take to the stage on Top of the Pops to perform their new single, Blue Monday. The machines misfire, the sequencer slips and Bernard Sumner glances upwards as if waiting for help that never comes. On national television, it looks like chaos. Within weeks, Blue Monday becomes the biggest selling 12 inch single in British history. Inside the Haçienda, the early nights are sparse and uncertain. The building is vast, expensive and half empty. Almost nobody dances. But beyond Manchester, in the clubs of Chicago and New York, a new sound is transforming dance floors into places of collective release. That pulse begins travelling across the Atlantic, carried by DJs, white labels and restless curiosity.

As house music seeps into Hulme community centres and Moss Side blues parties before reaching the city centre, the rules begin to change. Door policies loosen. Guitars make room for groove.

Episode 2 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester charts the moment Manchester finds its rhythm. From the uneasy birth of Blue Monday to the early reinvention of the Haçienda, this is the story of how a city that had stood still began, tentatively at first, to move.

Featuring archive interviews from Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Shaun Ryder, Ian Brown and Tony Wilson alongside new interviews with Mike Pickering, Angela Matthews and Steve Atherton.

Happy Mondays - Loose Fit [Factory]
Hey! Elastica - Eat Your Heart Out (12" Version) [Virgin]
Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? [EMI]
Evelyn Thomas - High Energy [BMG]
New Order - Blue Monday [Factory]
New Order - Leave Me Alone [Rhino]
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It [Trax]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 3. TWENTY FOUR HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (320kbs-m4a/48mb/20mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays release their first records on the very same day.

In 1985 two Manchester bands release their first records on the very same day. The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays barely register beyond the city. They are promising, scruffy... and largely ignored. But elsewhere in Manchester, something far more seismic is taking shape. In community halls, tower blocks and semi-legal parties, imported house records from Chicago and Detroit begin changing the temperature in the room. A new chemical arrives and with it a new way of feeling. Strangers embrace. Dance floors dissolve old boundaries. The Haçienda, once awkward and half empty, starts to pulse.

Episode 3 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester tells the story of the moment when guitars collided with house, when ecstasy rewired a generation and when Manchester stopped documenting its decline and started losing itself in the dark.

Featuring archive interviews from Noel Gallager, Liam Gallagher, Shaun Ryder, Bez, Peter Hook, Mani, Chris Jam, and Tony Wilson alongside new interviews with Angela Matthews, Mike Pickering and Kermit.

Deskee - Let There Be House [RCA/Legacy]
Happy Mondays - Delightful [London (Because Ltd)]
Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin' [London]
T-Coy - Carino [LTM Recordings]
New Order - Dreams Never End [Rhino]
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray [Rham!]
808 State - Pacific 707 [ZTT]
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon [Revolver]
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People [London]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 4. LOOSE FIT (320kbs-m4a/58mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

Baggy jeans, bucket hats and loose jumpers become the Madchester Uniform.

By 1989, Manchester is no longer underground, it is now unavoidable. Baggy jeans, bucket hats and loose jumpers become a uniform. Market stalls and record shops replace boutiques and fashion houses. The look travels as fast as the music and the city has found its silhouette. The Happy Mondays record Bummed in a blur of ecstasy and mischief, then quietly redraw the indie rulebook by handing a track to a club DJ for remixing. The Stone Roses release their debut album to modest chart impact, but something else is happening beneath the numbers.

Coaches roll out of Manchester bound for Blackpool. Inside the Empress Ballroom, chandeliers shake as a crowd bounce before the band even appear. Within weeks, Madchester is on prime time television. The Late Show. Top of the Pops. Living rooms across Britain are introduced to a city no longer asking for permission.

Episode 4 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester captures the moment the movement breaks through. When fashion becomes identity, when dance becomes pilgrimage and when Manchester steps from dark rooms into the national spotlight.

Featuring archive interviews from Mani, Clint Boon, Shaun Ryder, Ian Brown, John Robb, alongside new interviews with Leo Stanley, Mike Pickering, Tim Booth from James and Steve Atherton.

James - Hymn From A Village [EMI]
Inspiral Carpets - Joe [Mute]
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Delightful [London (Because Ltd)]
Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Vince Clarke Remix) [London]
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored [Silvertone]
The Stone Roses - Waterfall [Silvertone]
Fingers Inc. - Never No More Lonely [Clone]
The Stone Roses - This Is The One [Silvertone]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 5. WORLD IN MOTION (320kbs-m4a/43mb/19mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

Madchester becomes too big to contain.

1990 does not begin quietly. London burns during the Poll Tax riots. Strangeways prison erupts in Manchester. Margaret Thatcher stands outside Downing Street for the last time. Britain is shifting politically, socially and culturally. At the very same moment, Madchester explodes into the mainstream. The Happy Mondays release Step On as smoke rises over the city. Ecstasy fuels a new chemical confidence. Indie and rave collide. What began in dark rooms is now national news.

Then comes an unlikely coronation. The Football Association asks New Order to write England's 1990 World Cup anthem. World in Motion goes to number one and Manchester owns the summer. At Glastonbury, The Happy Mondays arrive with a thousand mates and a bootleg pass printer. In the charts, The Inspiral Carpets and The Charlatans surge forward. And in Widnes, on a former chemical works surrounded by factories and wind, tens of thousands gather for Spike Island. The Stone Roses take the stage as fireworks burst overhead. The sound system falters. The crew threaten to strike. The wind shifts... but it barely matters.

This is the peak. The moment Madchester becomes too big to contain.

Episode 5 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester tells the story of the year politics, football, rave and pop culture collided.

The Charlatans - The Only One I Know [Beggars Banquet]
James - Come Home [Fontana]
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again [See For Miles]
New Order - World In Motion [Factory]
LFO - LFO [Warp]
Happy Mondays - Judge Fudge [Concert Live Ltd]
Inspiral Carpets - Move [Mute]
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon [Revolver]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 6. SHOOT YOU DOWN (320kbs-m4a/55mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

The movement that once felt unstoppable begins to fracture under its own weight.

Barbados was supposed to save them. In early 1992, The Happy Mondays are flown to the Caribbean to record their next album. Fresh from the success of Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, this should be consolidation. Instead, Shaun Ryder drops his methadone at Manchester airport, the studio fills with smoke rather than songs and the budget disappears pound by pound. A sun lounger is sold for drugs. Back home, the gold rush continues. James score a number two single with Sit Down and a wave of new bands flood the charts. A&Rs circle the city nightly, desperate for the next Madchester success.

But at The Hacienda, the mood has changed. Security tightens as gangs move in. Tony Wilson announces the club's temporary closure. When it reopens, it does so under suspicion and noise complaints from new city centre flats rising around it. Meanwhile, the Stone Roses vanish into courtrooms and contracts. By 1992, Factory Records is running on fumes. The Hacienda is bleeding money. And in a final, almost absurd twist, Shaun Ryder sells the master tapes of Yes Please! for £50, a moment that tips the label into bankruptcy.

Episode 6 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester is the story of the comedown and how the movement that once felt unstoppable begins to fracture under its own weight.

Happy Mondays - Step On [EMI]
Paris Angels - Fade [Virgin]
James - Sit Down [Fontana]
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Fishes Eyes [Play It Again Sam]
Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath [Warp]
Korda - Move Your Body (To The Sound) [Z]
New Order - World (The Price Of Love) [Centredate]
Happy Mondays - Monkey In The Family [London]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 7. REGRET (320kbs-m4a/42mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

Madchester dissolved. The Hacienda is fading. Is the party over?

In 1995, after five years of court cases, silence and mounting expectation, The Stone Roses are finally back. The Second Coming has been released, and a Glastonbury headline slot awaits. Then on a rare day off in America, guitarist John Squire falls from his bike and breaks his collarbone. The momentum snaps.

Meanwhile, Britpop storms the charts. Blur and Suede set the tone and Oasis inherit Manchester's swagger and carry it into a different decade. Then, on 15 June 1996, a bomb detonates in Manchester city centre. The physical damage is vast. The city rebuilds quickly, shinier and safer, the rough edges that once nurtured experimentation begin to disappear.

By the time The Stone Roses limp onto the stage at Reading Festival in August 1996, expectation outweighs belief and the performance falters. Within months, the band are finished. The Happy Mondays have already collapsed under the weight of addiction and excess. Factory Records is gone. The Hacienda is fading. The party is over.

Episode 7 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester charts the slow unravelling of a movement that once felt unstoppable. This is the story of how Madchester dissolved and how the city it transformed, moved on without it.

The Stone Roses - One Love [Sony]
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads [Geffen]
The Stone Roses - Begging You [Geffen]
The Stone Roses - Driving South [Geffen]

THE RISE AND FALL OF MADCHESTER - 8. WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR (320kbs-m4a/52mb/22mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast 23rd March 2026

In the final episode Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell discuss what Madchester stood for and the legacy that still lives on.

As Tony Wilson once told Newsweek Magazine in 1990 - "If there is any idea at all, it is about community and collective strength. There is power in people being lovely to each other."

It might be more than 30 years ago but today, Madchester both made its mark and left its mark. Madchester did more than just transform the music of its own city – it rewrote the rule book on how a movement could emerge, free of music industry controls, and produce the sort of bands, DJs and records that labels could never create. It brought dance culture to the masses and laid the foundation for Britpop.

In this final episode of the The Rise and Fall of Madchester, presenters Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell share their take on what it stood for, who it influenced, the changes it brought about and the legacy that still lives on, featuring archive interviews with Tony Wilson, Mani, Shaun Ryder and Noel Gallagher.

"The Rise & Fall of Madchester" is a BBC Audio Production for BBC Sounds.
It was presented by Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell.
It was produced in Salford by Catherine Earlam.
The Editor for BBC Audio was Helen Hobday.
It was written by Philip Smith, Catherine Earlam and Steve Lamacq.
Technical Production by Philip Smith.
The Commissioner was Will Wilkin, and the Commissioning Producer was Hannah Clapham.

The producers wish to thank all the contributors and archive interviewers and interviewees.

Happy Mondays - Hallelujah [Factory]
808 State - Pacific 707 [ZTT]
The Fall - Hit The North [Beggars Banquet]
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums [Silvertone]
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored [Silvertone]
The Stone Roses - What The World Is Waiting For [Silvertone]

Archive On 4 - Ramones At The Roundhouse

ARCHIVE ON 4 - RAMONES AT THE ROUNDHOUSE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 27th June 2026

One of the defining moments in rock history saw Ramones made their triumphant UK debut in front of 2,000 fans at The Roundhouse in Camden on July 4, 1976, blitzkrieging the London crowd with NYC punk attitude. The following night they played Dingwall's.

The arrival of the Ramones in the UK had been hotly anticipated due to the hype created by music journalists Nick Kent and Lisa Robinson and Malcolm McLaren, who had seen the band at CBGB's in New York and made plans with record label supremo Seymour Stein to bring them to the UK to spread the Gospel of Punk.

That weekend, members of The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Slits, The Buzzcocks, The Pretenders, The Ruts, The Stranglers and The Adverts (and even Marc Bolan!) saw those gigs.

As Joe Strummer from The Clash said afterwards, “We all saw them play fast and hard, so we went away and immediately sped everything up. It was the sound of the next generation getting angry. It made us realise we weren't alone. That kick started everything.”

Fifty years later, with exclusive access to key people who played a huge part in the early success of the Ramones - including Craig Leon who discovered the band, signed them to Sire Records and then produced the band's debut album - Mariella Frostrup revisits one of the most important weekends in the history of Punk.
 
With previously unheard tracks from both those London gigs and their debut recording sessions the previous April, along with contributions from those inspired by those Ramones gigs including Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock, Hugh Cornwell, Paul Simonon, John Giddings, Gaye Black, Rob Lloyd and Rat Scabies - along with New York compatriots Debbie Harry, Chris Frantz, Roberta Bayley and Mickey Leigh.

Mariella Frostrup explains the importance and influence of those London concerts that cemented the Ramones' reputation as the godfathers of Punk and provided a huge impetus for the nascent UK punk scene.

A Zinc Media production for BBC Radio 4

The Documentary - Agony And Ecstasy: A History Of Penalty Shootouts

THE DOCUMENTARY - AGONY AND ECSTASY: A HISTORY OF PENALTY SHOOTOUTS (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 25th June 2026

As the knockout stage of the men's World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA draws closer, so too does the dreaded penalty shootout. Why do penalties bring so much drama and anxiety to both players and fans when they are used to decide tied games in knockout football?

Former South African captain Amanda Dlamini looks back at the history of the shootout with penalty expert and author Ben Lyttleton. South African internationals Nomathemba Ntsibande and Gabriela Moodaly‑Salgado take us through their penalty routines, while West Ham United Women's sport psychologist Dr Adrienn Szabadics explains the psychology behind the penalty shootout.

We hear from 1999 Women's World Cup winner Brandi Chastain about her winning penalty at that tournament, and the coach of Amanda's former club in Johannesburg, Alexia Cassar, tells us about the role coaches play in preparing for shootouts.

Finally, commentator Andrés Cantor reminisces about the 2022 World Cup final, while South Africa goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams, who is playing in this year's World Cup, gives us an insight into how he once saved four out of five penalties in a single shootout.

Presenter: Amanda Dlamini
Producer: Tim O'Callaghan
Sound engineer: Cameron Ward
Production co-ordinator: Phoebe Lomas
Editor: Tom Bigwood

(Photo: Lionel Messi of Argentina scores a penalty past Hugo Lloris of France during the FIFA World Cup 2022 final between Argentina and France at Lusail Iconic Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Tom Jenkins/Getty Images)

Good Bad Billionaire - Roger Federer: The Billion-Dollar Backhand

GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE - ROGER FEDERER: THE BILLION-DOLLAR BACKHAND (320kbs-m4a/85mb/37mins)
BBC World Service podcast: 29th June 2026

Roger Federer isn't just one of the greatest tennis players of all time - he's also one of the richest. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng follow his journey: from a fiery, racket-smashing junior in Switzerland to the calm, composed global icon who conquered Wimbledon, and the world of endorsements.

With over 20 Grand Slam titles and more than $100 million in prize money, Federer's sporting success was extraordinary, but it wasn't enough to make him a billionaire. So how did he do it? The answer lies off the court: luxury sponsorships, savvy brand management, and a game-changing investment that paid off hundreds of millions.

Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics, and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility. Simon and Zing put their subjects to the test with a playful, totally unscientific scorecard — then hand the verdict over to you: are they good, bad, or simply billionaires? Here's how to contact the team: email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or send a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176. Find out more about the show and read our privacy notice at bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire.

Good Bad Billionaire - Toto Wolff: Mercedes's Billion-Dollar F1 Boss

GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE - TOTO WOLFF: MERCEDES'S BILLION-DOLLAR F1 BOSS (320kbs-m4a/104mb/45mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 27th May 2026

Toto Wolff is the most successful team principal in Formula One history. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng find out what drives him. From losing his father and abandoning his own racing dreams, Toto Wolff redirected his love of risk and need for control into venture capital, making millions during the early tech boom.

But Toto Wolff couldn't stay away from motorsport. After a crash that almost killed him, he got involved in the business of the sport, ultimately transforming Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One into one of the most valuable teams in the sport, alongside his driver and friend Lewis Hamilton.

Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics, and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility. Simon and Zing put their subjects to the test with a playful, totally unscientific scorecard — then hand the verdict over to you: are they good, bad, or simply billionaires? Here's how to contact the team: email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or send a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176. Find out more about the show and read our privacy notice at www.bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire

Good Bad Billionaire - David Geffen: The Hollywood Power Broker

GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE - DAVID GEFFEN: THE HOLLYWOOD POWER BROKER (320kbs-m4a/109mb/48mins)
BBC World Service podcast: 12th January 2026

David Geffen is the money man behind Crosby, Stills and Nash, Guns N' Roses, Cher, Shrek, Gladiator, and even Cats the musical. Journalist Zing Tsjeng and BBC business editor Simon Jack tell the remarkable story of the Brooklyn boy who conquered Hollywood and became an entertainment mogul. From starting in a New York agency mailroom to the heart of Laurel Canyon’s hippie-rock scene, David Geffen rubbed shoulders with almost every major cultural figure of the 20th century. Joni Mitchel wrote a song about him, and Cher dated him. Then he moved from the music industry to movies, founding DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg and building one of the world’s most valuable art collections.

Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility. Simon and Zing put their subjects to the test with a playful, totally unscientific scorecard — then hand the verdict over to you: are they good, bad, or simply billionaires?

Here's how to contact the team: email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or send a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176. Find out more about the show and read our privacy notice at www.bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire

Space Afrika - Ambient Focus

SPACE AFRIKA - AMBIENT FOCUS 27.06.26 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th June 2026

Feel focused with this concentration inducing, ambient mix curated by Manchester-based duo Space Afrika, featuring new releases from Dedekind Cut, Fauzia, Martina Bertoni and more.

Joshua Inyang and Joshua Reid, who are also an active part of the Manchester experimental music scene, have been playing together as Space Afrika for the past two decades, creating powerful and cinematic ambient soundscapes with a dub-techno flavour. With their latest album released in 2021, Honest Labour, Space Afrika opened the door to new collaborations with other artists including Blackhaine, Bianca Scout and LA Timpa.

First broadcast in 2023.

Iceboy Violet - Not a Dream (Intro) [Fixed Abode]
Gigi Masin And Jonny Nash - Interstellar [Melody As Truth]
Patrick Belega & Jazmin Romero - Grey Eye [PAN]
Zaumne - Prairie [sferic]
Microstoria - Per Formal [Thrill Jockey]
Jonathan Bockelmann - A Flower Is Not A Flower [Squama]
Space Afrika - Version 2 [sferic]
Oliver Okkolin - Sukellus
OHYUNG - yes my weeping frame! [NNA Tapes]
Inki Taane - Invocation Of Spirit
John Bence - Gabriel, Archangel Of Yesod [Thrill Jockey]
D.K./S.K. - Burn [Melody As Truth]
Shotta Tapes - + [Shotta Tapes]
Florian T M Zeisig - iv [Enmossed]
Space Afrika - With Your Touch [Dais]
Stolen Violin - Temperate Touch [Spunk]
FAUZIA - Time [Bandcamp]
Jack Sheen - Sub Six [SN Variations]
Saroon - (the bardo)
Hainbach - The Money Loop [Bandcamp]
Richard Skelton - In The Altar Of Burnt Offerings [Aeolian]
Martina Bertoni - Hemisphere [Karlrecords]
Romance - Crying Is The Only Thing That Gets Me Through [ECSTATIC]
Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void - Travel With Friend [A L T E R]
Simon Scott - Ashma [Miasmah Recordings]
Peure - No Love in Our Cities
Honour - WAYOE (TTN) [PAN]
Space Afrika - Version 1 [sferic]
tibslc - Guiding Each Other [co:clear]
Dedekind Cut - 46:50
Huerco S. - Promises Of Fertility [Brain Leeds]
Celer - (06.23.17) From the doorway of the beef noodle shop, shoes on the street in the rain, outside the karate school [Bandcamp]
Vanessa Amara - Piano I [Posh Isolation]
Oxhy - And We Try [Hospital Productions]
Michael Kiwanuka - Floating Parade [Polydor]

The Cure - Live Primavera Sound 2026

THE CURE - LIVE PRIMAVERA SOUND 2026 (320kbs-m4a/59mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th June 2026

Highlights from The Cure at Primavera Sound 2026.

The Cure - Lovesong
The Cure - 2 Late [Universal]
The Cure - A Forest
The Cure - Lullaby
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
The Cure - Close To Me

Sounds Of The 70s With Bob Harris - Bob Harris At 80: A Life In Music

SOUNDS OF THE 70S WITH BOB HARRIS - BOB HARRIS AT 80: A LIFE IN MUSIC (320kbs-m4a/253mb/1hr50mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 12th April 2026

Radio 2 raise a very stylish, very rock 'n' roll glass to broadcasting legend, Bob Harris, at 80. Zoe Ball leads the celebration with Bob, delving into the voice, the passion, the stories, the sheer love of music… through the milestones and music in Bob's career and life.

Zoe explores significant milestones alongside the wonderful musical moments that accompanied them, including how Bob co-founded the listings magazine Time Out, launching his first Radio 1 show on 19 August 1970, touring with T Rex, and presenting the Old Grey Whistle Test in September 1972. We'll hear about his OGWT adventures, including his legendary interviews with John Lennon and others. We'll hear about his return to Radio 1 in the 1990s, joining BBC Greater London Radio, and launching Bob Harris Country on Radio 2 in 1999. Bob and Zoe discuss his major health issues, as well as receiving his OBE in 2011. Bob will tell us about how he felt when took over as the Sounds of the 70s host in November 2024, following the death of beloved Radio 2 presenter, Johnnie Walker.

Produced by Listen for BBC Radio 2.

Paul Anka - Diana [Telstar]
Cream - I Feel Free [Premier]
Love - Alone Again Or [Warner Strategic Marketi]
David Bowie - Memory Of A Free Festival [Parlophone UK]
T. Rex - Get It On [Now]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells {Virgin]
The Beach Boys - California Saga: California [Epic]
Elton John & John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Live From Madison Square Garden) [EMI]
Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky [Columbia/Legacy]
David Gray - Late Night Radio [Capitol]
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) [Rounder]
Lori McKenna - Fireflies [Catalyst]
Ben E. King - Stand By Me [Global Television]

Sounds Of The 60s With Tony Blackburn - Paul McCartney In 15 Songs

SOUNDS OF THE 60S WITH TONY BLACKBURN - PAUL MCCARTNEY IN 15 SONGS (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 24th May 2026

Radio 2 explores the extraordinary song catalogue from one of our greatest musicians, singers and composers, through his collaborations, work with The Beatles and unparalleled success as a solo artist.

Vernon Kay will introduce the song Paul has to play live. Paul Gambaccini looks through the charts at his first number ones. Tony Blackburn remembers introducing his first solo releases on Top Of The Pops. Liza Tarbuck will explain why Linda changed his life and play the song that makes his feelings plain. Zoe Ball has made the difficult choice about McCartney's definitive album track – it is one of her father Johnny's prized possessions. Mark Radcliffe is amazed that he sat in Abbey Road studios, watching Paul play Blackbird on the original instruments the four lads from Liverpool used under the direction of the late George Martin. Trevor Nelson's choice backs up his claim that Paul could have been in a great soul or funk band. Jeremy is moved by a poignant video. Gary Davies was in seventh heaven on a trip to the cinema when his favourite Bond film had a McCartney theme song. Mark Goodier thinks the 1970s were the best time, thanks to Band On The Run. Bob Harris literally bumps into Paul at the BBC and later introduces a live set that passes the Old Grey Whistle Test. Finally, Dermot O'Leary plays some hidden gems, which make up the perfect end to an album and indeed an amazing era for The Beatles and this country, where Paul's lyrics have definitely stood the test of time.

It's the best of Sir Paul McCartney in 15 Songs.

Photograph by Mary McCartney © 2026 Mary McCartney

The Beatles - Lady Madonna [Apple]
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand [Apple]
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony & Ivory [MPL]
Paul McCartney - Another Day [MPL]
The Beatles - Blackbird [Parlophone]
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die [MPL]
The Beatles - Yesterday [Apple]
Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed [Virgin/EMI]
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life [Parlophone]
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home [Apple]
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run [Apple]
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace [Parlophone]
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End [Apple]

Tracks Of My Years - Tinie Tempah

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - TINIE TEMPAH (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 21st June 2026

Multi award-winning rapper, entrepreneur and presenter Tinie Tempah joins Vernon Kay to choose ten songs that have soundtracked his life, including tracks from Calvin Harris, Shanks & Bigfoot, Craig David and Basement Jaxx.

Tinie tells Vernon about arranging for his mum to meet one of her heroes Dolly Parton and the work ethic he learned from both his parents. They discuss the recording and writing of his huge debut hit Pass Out in 2010, TInie's pastime of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and how he got into it thanks to actor Tom Hardy, plus the lessons he has learned from his time in the industry and how he's trying to pass that on to the next generation.

Born in 1988 in London, Tinie Tempah began his music career in the mid-00s as part of the collective Aftershock Hooligans before going solo and founding his own independent label. In 2010 he released his huge breakthrough single, Pass Out, which spent two weeks at #1 in the UK singles chart, followed by a second chart-topper and massive international hit Written In The Stars, then his debut album Disc-Overy. The album topped the UK chart, went top 30 in the US and has been certified 3 x platinum, leading to two Brit Awards for British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single. He's also won four MOBO Awards, as well as an Ivor Novello and has released two more records. Over the years he's collaborated with Zara Larsson, Calvin Harris, Labrinth, Swedish House Mafia, Kelly Rowland and many more. In the last few years he's presented TV documentaries and shows including Extraordinary Extensions on Channel 4 and appearing as a guest investor on Dragons' Den. He's also a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and has recently returned to music, with the latest single Living Life released earlier this year.

The BBC are currently celebrating 125 of Black Music in the UK with season of programming called The Music Is Black. It includes a concert presented by Trevor Nelson and DJ Spoony for Radio 2, recorded at the Hackney Empire and starring the Chineke! Orchestra as well as guest artists including Alison Limerick and Elisabeth Troy. It is available on BBC Sounds from 22 June, and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 28 June

Find more programmes and content from the season at www.bbc.co.uk/themusicisblack

Listen to Tracks Of My Years on BBC Sounds, and watch Vernon's conversations on BBC iPlayer and Radio 2's YouTube channel, just search for 'Tracks Of My Years'.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

Dolly Parton - Jolene [Now]
Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate [Chocolate Boy]
Artful Dodger (feat. Craig David) - Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) [Now]
Craig David - Fill Me In [Sony]
Tinie Tempah - Pass Out [Parlophone]
So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds [Now]
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At [XL Recordings]
The Streets - Has It Come To This? [Locked On]
Fat Joe (feat. Ashanti) - What's Luv? [Atlantic]
Tinie Tempah (feat. Jess Glynne) - Not Letting Go [Parlophone]
KDA (feat. Katy B & Tinie Tempah) - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) [Ministry Of Sound]
Tinie Tempah (feat. Ellie Goulding) - Wonderman [Parlophone]
Amy Winehouse - Rehab [Island]
Calvin Harris - The Girls [Columbia]
Tinie Tempah - Girls [Parlophone]
Calvin Harris (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Drinking From The Bottle [Columbia]
Tinie Tempah & Daecolm - Living Life [Believe UK]
Route 94 (feat. Jess Glynne) - My Love [Rinse/Virgin EMI]

Tracks Of My Years - Mick Jagger & Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones)

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - MICK JAGGER & RONNIE WOOD (THE ROLLING STONES) (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 31st May 2026

Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood from The Rolling Stones join Vernon for a special edition of Tracks Of My Years, taking us through their lives and careers in ten songs.

With The Rolling Stones set to release their new album Foreign Tongues this summer, Vernon Kay sat down with frontman Mick Jagger and guitarist Ronnie Wood for a revealing and often hilarious trip down memory lane.

Mick tells Vernon about the ramshackle way the band's first songs were recorded, how he knew he was destined to be a frontman and meeting one of his heroes, Muddy Waters, in Chicago. Plus, how he consumes music now, being excited to work with Sir Paul McCartney on their new album and the importance of Charlie Watts posthumously featuring on the record too.

Ronnie talks about being inspired to learn to play music by his older brothers and self-teaching himself to play riffs by his heroes such as Chuck Berry in his bedroom. Plus, how he joined the band in the mid-70s and used his house as a studio to record their songs, and his first experiences bringing ideas to the band. He also discussed the guitar part he wrote in the studio after hearing of Brian Wilson's passing and his own memories of the late, great Charlie Watts.

Every week on Tracks Of My Years, Vernon is joined by a special guest who chooses ten songs that have soundtracked their life. Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on BBC iPlayer – just search Tracks Of My Years.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

The Rolling Stones - Tell Me [ABKCO]
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy [Telstar]
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) [ABKCO]
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - Whoa Babe [Amuze]
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode [Now]
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up [ABKCO]
The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane [ABKCO]
Cilla Black - It's For You [Parlophone]
The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man (Remastered 2009) [EMI]
The Rolling Stones - Dance (Pt 1.) [Polydor]
The Rolling Stones - Hey Negrita [Polydor]
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Live) [The Rolling Stones]
The Rolling Stones - Miss You [Polydor]
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice [EMI]
The Rolling Stones - In The Stars [Polydor]
The Rolling Stones - Rough And Twisted [Polydor]
The Rolling Stones - Band Introductions (Live) [The Rolling Stones]
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - My Baby Gives It Away [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]

Tracks Of My Years - Paul McCartney

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - PAUL MCCARTNEY (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 25th May 2026

Paul McCartney joins Vernon Kay for a special edition of Tracks Of My Years, choosing ten songs that have soundtracked his life.

In a wide-ranging conversation spanning his life and extraordinary career, Paul reflects on his childhood, recalls his earliest musical memories, and discusses the artists and influences that first shaped his love of music. Through his choices, there are stories about The Beatles' relationship with The Rolling Stones and The Kinks as well as recollections of meetings with Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson and Bob Dylan.

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul began playing music at an early age, teaching himself Spanish guitar, trumpet and piano and writing the song When I'm Sixty-Four by the age of 16. In 1957, he met John Lennon and was invited to join John's band The Quarrymen, who by 1960 had become The Beatles. They became one of the most influential bands of the time, and Paul wrote a huge number of their songs including Yesterday, Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday to name just a few. After releasing twelve studio albums, they disbanded in 1970, and Paul began a solo career with the self-titled album McCartney that year. He has continued recording music and touring ever since, with a brand new album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, his first in over five years, out on 29th May.

Every week on Tracks Of My Years, Vernon is joined by a special guest who chooses ten songs that have soundtracked their life. Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on BBC iPlayer – just search Tracks Of My Years.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula [EMI]
Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It [Speciality]
The Beatles - Love Me Do [Parlophone]
Chuck Berry - Maybellene [Music Club]
The Crickets - That'll Be The Day [MCA]
Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam [Mercury Nashville]
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up [RCA]
The Kinks - You Really Got Me [BMG]
The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man [Parlophone]
The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man [Decca]
The Human League - Don't You Want Me [Now]
Prince & The Revolution - Kiss [Warner Bros]
The Beatles - The Long And Winding Road [Apple]
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain [Warner]
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man [Columbia]
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows [EMI]
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice [EMI]
Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind [Capitol]
John Lennon - Imagine [Calderstone]

Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine - Last Chance To See

DOUGLAS ADAMS & MARK CARWARDINE - LAST CHANCE TO SEE (320kbs-m4a/400mb/2hrs53mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th May to 15th June 2026

Series in which writer Douglas Adams and conservationist Mark Carwardine go in search of weird, exotic endangered animals.

With Peter Jones.

Producer: Gaynor Shutte

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October/November 1989.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 1. RALPH, THE FRAGRANT PARROT OF CODFISH ISLAND (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th May 2026

First in a series of six quests in search of weird, exotic and endangered animals.

The duo head to New Zealand in search of the endangered Kakapo.

He is large, green and has forgotten how to fly, which is worrying as there are fewer than 50 kakapos left.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 2. GONE FISHING! (320kbs-m4a/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th May 2026

Douglas and Mark go in search of a tragic Chinese 'river princess': the Yangtze River dolphin.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL? (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th May 2026

Douglas and Mark go in search of a secretive - and confusing - creature in the Amazon: the Manatee.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 4. THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st June 2026

Douglas and Mark go in search of a 'flying fox' near Mauritius Island: the Rodrigues Fruit Bat.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 5. A MAN-EATING, EVIL-SMELLING DRAGON (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th June 2026

Douglas and Mark search for a slightly terrifying creature, with terrible breath: the Komodo Dragon.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE - 6. THE SULTAN OF JUAN FERNANDEZ (320kbs-m4a/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 15th June 2026

Douglas and Mark visit Robinson Crusoe Island, near Chile, to find: a Juan Fernandez Fur Seal.

The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show - Series 1

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW - SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/384mb/2hrs47mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th May to 13th June 2026

Starring Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe.

Written by Eddie Braben

With:

Anne Hamilton
Michael Segal
Arthur Tolcher

Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 February/March 1975.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th May 2026

Much-loved comedy duo Eric and Ernie begin their series - trying to work out when they were last on the radio.

But in surprise news, their bachelor flat-share is looking under threat.

Special singing guests: Peters and Lee.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th May 2026

Can marriage guidance counsellor Ernie help an angry couple?

Meanwhile, Eric reckons Ern needs to spruce-up his act - so how about writing a musical?

Special singing guest: Salena Jones.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd May 2026

Ernie takes Eric to a wig boutique and the BBC's offering Ern a lucrative new contract - but what about Eric?

Special singing guest: Anita Harris.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th May 2026

Baby talk for Eric and it's bath-time for Ernie - but is he really that hairy?

Special singing guest: Wilma Reading.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 5. EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th June 2026

Shock news from Eric: Ernie's set to retire!

Plus the torrid tale of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Special singing guest: Laura Lee.

THE ERIC MORECAMBE AND ERNIE WISE SHOW SERIES 1 - 6. EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th June 2026

Has art collector Eric managed to bag himself a bargain?

Plus an industrial espionage play what Ern wrote - 'The Spy with the Cold Nose'.

Special singing guest: Lynsey de Paul.

It's A Funny Business - Eric Morecambe

IT'S A FUNNY BUSINESS - ERIC MORECAMBE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th May 2026

**** Eric Morecambe joins BBC Radio 4 Extra's 100 Club - born on 14th May, 1926. He died in 1984 aged 58.

Much-loved comedian Eric Morecambe looks back to his early days in showbiz, supporting Luton FC and meeting his comic-partner Ernie Wise.

Series in which some of the country's greatest comedians reminiscence with Mike Craig.

Producer Mike Craig.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1976.

Great Lives - Morecambe And Wise

GREAT LIVES - PENELOPE KEITH CHOOSES MORECAMBE AND WISE (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th May 2026

Actress Penelope Keith nominates legendary comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise as masters of classless entertainment.

On Christmas day in 1977, almost 29 million people sat down to watch Morecambe And Wise on BBC ONE.

With false noses galore, Penelope co-starred alongside them in Ernie's play Cyrano de Bergerac. After this show, the duo defected back to ITV.

So will Penelope's two heroes stand up to intensive scrutiny from Mathew Parris and merit the description of having led great lives?

With Eric Morecambe's son Gary, who offers some fascinating insights into his father's background and how he viewed his success.

Producer: Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.

This Cultural Life - 158. Kiefer Sutherland

THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 158. KIEFER SUTHERLAND (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 11th June 2026

John Wilson talks to the actor and musician Kiefer Sutherland. The son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, he first made his mark in the 1980s and 90s with films including Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, Flatliners and A Few Good Men. His television portrayal of federal agent Jack Bauer in the crime series 24 became his signature role and earned him major awards, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe. He later starred in the political drama series Designated Survivor, playing an American president. Alongside his acting Kiefer Sutherland has also pursued a career as a singer songwriter, releasing a series of country-rock albums and performing live tours.

Producer: Edwina Pitman

Good Bad Billionaire - Peter Jackson: Lord Of The Films

GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE - PETER JACKSON: LORD OF THE FILMS (320kbs-m4a/106mb/46mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 15th February 2025

How did Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson become one of only four filmmakers worth a billion dollars, and one of just three billionaires from New Zealand? BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng find out how a childhood obsession with movies led to a booming film industry in Jackson's homeland. From Bad Taste to King Kong and The Hobbit, he went from shooting home movies and directing low budget horror films to running a major special effects house and creating some of cinema's biggest hits. Simon and Zing look back at the life of a Wellywood legend, before deciding if they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

We'd love to hear your feedback. Email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or drop us a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176.

To find out more about the show and read our privacy notice, visit www.bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire

Good Bad Billionaire - George Lucas: Box Office Billions

GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE - GEORGE LUCAS: BOX OFFICE BILLIONS (320kbs-m4a/91mb/39mins)
BBC World Service podcast: 10th October 2023

In the podcast that uncovers how the world's 2,668 billionaires made their money and asks if they are good or bad for the planet, Simon and Zing follow George Lucas' journey from cult filmmaker to master of a cinematic galaxy. Find out how he harnessed the force of Star Wars to make him one of the richest filmmakers in the world, despite directing just six movies.

We'd love to hear your feedback. Email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or drop us a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176.

To find out more about the show and read our privacy notice, visit www.bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire

Was (Not Was) - Live Milton Keynes Bowl (1990)

WAS (NOT WAS) - LIVE MILTON KEYNES BOWL (1990) (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 7th June 2026

A classic In Concert performance from Was (Not Was) at the Milton Keynes Bowl in 1990. Featuring I Feel Better than James Brown, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Hello Operator, Robot Girl, Spy in the House of Love and Walk the Dinosaur.

Was (Not Was) - Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)

Was (Not Was) - How The Heart Behaves

Was (Not Was)- I Feel Better Than James Brown

Was (Not Was)- Where Did Your Heart Go?

Was (Not Was) - Are You Okay?

Was (Not Was)- I Blew Up The United States

Was (Not Was) - Hello Operator.... I Mean Dad

Was (Not Was)- (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks

Was (Not Was)- Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Was (Not Was)- Robot Girl

Was (Not Was)- Spy In The House Of Love

Was (Not Was)- Walk The Dinosaur

Was (Not Was) - I Can't Turn You Loose