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Latest episodes

• It's Coming Home

  June 11, 2026 · 19 min

  It's 1996. Oasis are playing Knebworth. The Tories are on their way out. And England are hosting the Euros, their first major tournament since 1966. And at the intersection of brilliant british music, hope for the future and a passion for…

• Gwyneth Paltrow introduces Eminem to Dido

  May 21, 2026 · 13 min

  In 1998, a Bronx producer recorded a voice off his television during a Gwyneth Paltrow film advert. Two years later, that recording became the backbone of one of the most celebrated songs in hip-hop history and made a British singer one of…

• Nil Point - The UK Eurovision Story

  May 14, 2026 · 17 min

  This is the story of how Britain went from genuine Eurovision contender to continent-wide punchline across the space of a decade. From nil points in Latvia, a throat infection in Kyiv, and a rapper Athens . Featuring Blue, Engelbert…

• The Ricky Wilson Jump

  May 7, 2026 · 10 min

  It's May 2006. Ricky Wilson leaves a Hard-Fi gig early to watch a film on telly, crosses a road in Leeds, and gets hit by a car. It's probably his frontman instincts that save him. This is a story about a shy kid from West Yorkshire who…

• How Coldplay made the Xyloband

  April 30, 2026 · 13 min

  In 2005, Jason Regler was sitting alone in a dark room watching Coldplay on TV when a single lyric gave him an idea. Six years later, that idea made 80,000 Coldplay fans a part of the show and a part of live music history. Hosted on Acast…

• Where Did Adele Come From?

  April 16, 2026 · 13 min

  In 2006, an eighteen-year-old from South London finished her final year at the BRIT School, recorded a three-song demo and gave it to a friend. The friend put it on MySpace. A few months later, one of the biggest music careers in history…

• The Bargain Bond

  April 9, 2026 · 11 min

  This episode explores the slightly chaotic creation of "Millennium," a song that became the Robbie William's first UK No. 1. We dive into how Robbie went from being the "spare part" of Take That to a solo powerhouse as he struggled with…

• Britain's Biggest Illegal Rave

  April 2, 2026 · 25 min

  This episode dives into the chaotic, seven-day sprawl of the Castlemorton Common Festival in May 1992. What started as a massive police miscalculation by redirecting a convoy of New Age Travellers away from Bristol. It resulted in the…