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Ricky & Tony: Pop Detectives

by Ricky Wilson & Tony Blackburn

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Case 016: The Worst of Pop Detectives 2

July 28, 2020 · 51 min

Ricky and Tony take their Pop Detectivism very seriously, however during those long days and nights at the office, conversation can drift…a lot! We were going to call this the Best Of Pop Detectives but we thought that was pushing it…
Case 015: David Bowie and the Yeeziest Case Yet

July 21, 2020 · 47 min

Bowie was a master of reinvention and was streets ahead of the curve...but did he really predict the future too? In the final case of the series of Ricky & Tony, the Pop Detectives are investigating a theory which in some ways seems…
Case 014: Pills, Thrills & Laminates (Shaun Ryder Special)

July 14, 2020 · 47 min

WARNING: This episode contains strong language and references to drug taking. It’s a Happy Mondays Special as Ricky & Tony are joined by the one and only Shaun Ryder to help get to the bottom of this legendary pop myth. At the height of…
Case 013: Do You Believe in…Cher’s Wig Room?

July 7, 2020 · 34 min

Ricky and Tony are back on the case of another superstar-based pop myth. One of their stool pigeons has tipped them to a demand by the Goddess of Pop, Cher, for a special room wherever she goes for the sole use of her wigs. Rumour has it…
Case 012: The Party King Of Queen

June 30, 2020 · 42 min

In 1987 Freddie Mercury turned 41 and decided to throw the mother of all parties at Pikes beach club in Ibiza. With myths a-plenty for this party, it even features in the Bohemian Rhapsody film, it’s hard to know what’s legend and what’s…

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Case 011: Fools Gold

June 23, 2020 · 38 min

Ricky’s been lucky enough to receive some gold and platinum awards in his time. However, he once noticed that the grooves and tracks on one of his Kaiser Chiefs gold records didn’t match the ones from the actual vinyl. What’s going on? Are…
Case 010: The Wild(er) Case of Ricky’s Follower

June 16, 2020 · 48 min

Something’s been puzzling Ricky for a few years and he wants the help of Tony and their experts to get to the bottom of it. On the day that actor Gene Wilder died in 2016, Ricky was moved to post a tribute on Twitter, only to find out…
Case 009: The President & The Pop Pawn

June 9, 2020 · 40 min

It’s a brand new series and Ricky and Tony have got everything they need, including the all important rubber ‘case-solved’ stamp, to safely crack an in-tray full of new cases from home. This week’s tip-off is that Barack Obama allegedly…
Pop Detectives: Back In Business

June 3, 2020 · 3 min

Pop Detectives is back in business! Recorded live from lockdown, from their home detective offices, Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman Ricky Wilson and radio royalty Tony Blackburn continue to debunk pop myths and solve musical mysteries. Episode 1…
Case 008: The Worst of Pop Detectives

March 17, 2020 · 36 min

On the way to solving all the mysteries in this series and as new colleagues, Ricky and Tony had a lot of acquainting to be done, and during those long late nights at the office, it’s easy for conversation to drift to other…
Case 007: Toilet Fumer

March 10, 2020 · 34 min

Did Billy Bragg and the Manic Street Preachers ever make up and get over their toilet differences after the Welsh rockers brought their own toilet to Glastonbury once. It was at Glastonbury 1999 when the Manics came up with their own…
Case 006: L8ter Sk8ter - The Complicated Clone

March 3, 2020 · 40 min

Did Avril Lavigne die and get replaced by a clone who’s been fooling fans for the last 17 years? The theory claims that Avril, struggling with fame having been thrust into the limelight at only 18, began using a body double named…

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About the show

Kaiser Chiefs' frontman Ricky Wilson has taken up a new role, as broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn's apprentice, in Ricky & Tony's Pop Detective agency. Our intrepid investigating duo will be debunking pop myths and solving musical mysteries from their office just above a takeaway on the Holloway Road. To get in touch with a case you need cracking: Email Twitter A Globe Productions podcast