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You'll Never Be Sixteen Again: Pretty Vacant

Pretty Vacant

You'll Never Be Sixteen Again

BBC Radio 6 Music - You'll Never Be Sixteen Again, Pretty Vacant

The story of the British teenager reaches the rise and fall of punk and a disco boom.

The story of the British teenager continues, through music, archive and reminiscence. John Peel covers the rise and fall of punk, the disco boom and riots in the cities.

Another chance to hear the acclaimed series (first broadcast in 1985) telling the story of the British teenager through music, archive and reminiscence.

This episode, Pretty Vacant, covers the rise and fall of punk, the John Travolta-inspired disco boom and riots in the cities. The series is introduced by John Peel and was first broadcast in 1985.

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