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Simon Mayo and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 February 1987, featuring Level 42, Pepsi & Shirlie, and Aretha Franklin and George Michael. Show more

Len Goodman tells the story of big bands and swing music in Britain, from its interwar heyday to a fall in popularity in the rock 'n' roll era, through to the present-day revival. Show more

Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith’s guitarist, explains how the quest for new guitar sounds has driven the history of pop music, from Les Paul’s first guitar to Ed Sheeran’s looper pedals. Show more

Compilation featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Cream, AC/DC, The Smiths, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, The Shadows, The Yardbirds, Pixies and The Stone Roses. Show more

In the final part of his road trip, Reginald D Hunter travels down the Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans to learn about the birth of blues music. Show more

Simon Mayo and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 February 1987, featuring Level 42, Pepsi & Shirlie, and Aretha Franklin and George Michael. Show more

Compilation featuring Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Kate Bush, Bjork and Jeff Buckley - these performances all have the wow factor in common. Show more

Len Goodman tells the story of big bands and swing music in Britain, from its interwar heyday to a fall in popularity in the rock 'n' roll era, through to the present-day revival. Show more

Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith’s guitarist, explains how the quest for new guitar sounds has driven the history of pop music, from Les Paul’s first guitar to Ed Sheeran’s looper pedals. Show more

Programmes start at 7.00pm.