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Originally broadcast on Break London Radio 14/09/13. A selection of what the post-punk generation were listening to in the early 80s.  It includes big tunes like 'Happy House' and some harder to find - a live version of 'Offshore Banking Business':
1.	Department S - Is Vic There (1980)
2.	Echo & The Bunnymen - Pride (1980)
3.	Eyeless In Gaza - New Risen (1982)
4.	Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1976)
5.	Mekons - Work All Week (1979)
6.	Members - Offshore Banking Business LIVE (1980)
7.	Undertones - Get Over You (1979)
8.	Cigarettes - All We Want Is Your Money (1979)
9.	Glaxo Babies - Maximum Sexual Joy (1980)
10.	Damned - Smash It Up (1979)
11.	Josef K - Radio Drill Time (1980)
12.	Wah! - Somesay (1980)
13.	Gladiators - Sweet So Till (1979)
14.	Joe Jackson - Don’t Ask Me (1979)
15.	Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House (1980)
16.	Slits - Grapevine (1979)
17.	U Roy - Natty Rebel (1976)

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Post Punk Britain 'Happy House'

Lesley Woods, who was singer, songwriter and guitarist with the Au Pairs is Simon McKay's guest on this edition of Post Punk Britain.  Lesley chooses her favourite songs by other people; Simon chooses some of his favourite Au Pairs songs.  This is the first time in 30 years Lesley has spoken about the band publicly.  You can also hear a recording of a brand new song, 'Say Peace', recorded for this show.

Au Pairs - Pretty Boys (John Peel Session 1979)
Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Marianne Faithful - Broken English
Au Pairs - Love Song (1981)
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
Prince - U Got The Look
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Au Pairs - Shakedown (Richard Skinner Session 1981)
Chic - Good Time
Lesley Woods - Say Peace
(Originally broadcast on Break London Radio 21/12/13)
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Guest Lesley Woods (AU PAIRS) Chat, song selections & Lesley's first song in 30 years!

A short excerpt from 'Gurney Slade' featuring the dialogue between Anthony Newley and Fenella Fielding - Fenella plays the part of the cow.  This is an absolutely brilliant sequence.

Gurney Slade - Anthony Newley & Fenella Fielding

Music the post-punk generation were listening to.  This week's show features new reissues by Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls and the Pop Group:
1.	Passage - XOYO (1982)
2.	Passions - Man on the Tube (1980)
3.	Pop Group - Where There’s a Will (1980)
4.	Scars - Your Attention Please (1981)
5.	Scotty - Unbelievable Sound
6.	Shapes - What’s For Lunch, Mum (1979)
7.	Shag Nasty - Looking For Love (1978)
8.	Buzzcocks - Breakdown (1977)
9.	Jilted John - Baz’s Party (1978)
10.	Bill Nelson’s Red Noise - Furniture Music (1979)
11.	Third World - 96 Degrees in the Shade (1977)
12.	Clash - Death or Glory (1979)
13.	Pauline Murray - When Will We Learn (PEEL, 1980)
14.	Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique (1980, Single)
15.	Neon Hearts - Venus Eccentric (1977)
16.	Junior Murvin - Bad Weed
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(Show originally broadcast on Break London Radio on 11th October 2014.)


Post Punk Britain 'Pauline Murray'

A taste of what the post punk generation were listening to in the early 80s... including LP tracks from Lora Logic, Scars and Pauline Murray and a 1977 John Peel recording by the Slits (Ari Up pictured):
1.	Damned - Smash It Up (1979)
2.	Bill Nelson’s Red Noise (1979)
3.	Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique (1980)
4.	I Roy & Dillinger - Freedom Version
5.	Lora Logic - Pedigree Charm (1982)
6.	Outcasts - The Cops Are Coming (1978)
7.	Sector 27 - Not Ready (1980)
8.	Scars - Leave Me In Autumn (1981)
9.	Barrington Levy - Colly Weed
10.	Passions - Why Me? (1980)
11.	Pauline Murray - Dream Sequence (PEEL, 1980)
12.	Prefects - Things In General (1978)
13.	Ski Patrol - Everything Is Temporary (1980)
14.	Slits - Vindictive (PEEL, 1977)
15.	U Roy - Wet Vision
16.	Wah! Heat - You Better Scream (1981)
17.	X Dreamysts - Dance Away Lover (1978)
18.	Slim Smith - Love and Devotion
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Post Punk Britain 'Slits - Vindictive'

Coil-Things

07 Specimen SexBeat-DeadMans-SB

12 Switchblade Symphony-Disolve

04 Tristesse De La Lune-Nirive

07 Turkey Bones & The Wild Dogs-2-Raymond

03 Death In June-13 Years of Carrion

01 Kommunity FK-Something Inside Me Has Died

07 Scary Bitches-Piss All Over Your Grave

12 Eva O-Angel of Death

16 Gitane Demone-Incendiary Lover

Bauhaus-Rosegarden Of Torns

04 Gary Numan-Down in the park

This is a radio show about 60s & 70s cult TV themes hosted by Fenella Fielding and Simon McKay.  As well as theme music it features a synopsis of each show, some chat and interviews with some of the stars.

Shows featured include: Prisoner, Danger Man, Protectors, Persuaders, Randal & Hopkirk (Deceased), Adam Adamant Lives!, Saint, Champions, Avengers, Department S, Jason King and Man In A Suitcase.

Interviewed are Kate O'Mara, Sylvia Syms, Alexandra Bastedo, Dick Fiddy (BFI) and Jon Astley (Edwin Astley's son).  Fenella appeared in a number of the shows too.

1. Ron Grainer -- Man In A Suitcase (1967)
2. Edwin Astley -- The Saint (1967)
3. Kathy Kirby -- Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)
4. Tony Hatch -- Champions (1968) 
5. Albert Elms -- Champions incidental music (1968)
6. Laurie Johnson -- The Avengers (1965)
7. Edwin Astley -- 'High Wire' Danger Man (1960)
8. Edwin Astley -- Danger Man Theme (1967)
9. Mel Torme -- Secret Agent Man (1966)
10. Tony Christie -- 'Avenues  and Alleyways' Protectors (1972)
11. Edwin Astley - Department S Theme (1969)
12. Laurie Johnson -- Jason King (1971)
13. Edwin Astley -- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
14. John Barry -- Persuaders (1971)

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Originally broadcast on Break London on 01/01/13,

Fenella & Simon's Cult TV Themes

Originally broadcast on 20/04/13 on Break London, this show was recorded as the body of Margaret Thatcher was being wheeled from Westminster to St Pauls. These selections, for me, say a lot about what it was like in the UK during her premiership.

1.	Specials – Ghost Town (1981)
2.	Beat – Stand Down Margaret (Dub) (1980)
3.	Fine Young Cannibals – Blue (1985)
4.	Wah! – Story of The Blues (1982)
5.	Delta 5 – Anticipation (1980)
6.	Elvis Costello - Tramp The Dirt Down (1989)
7.	UB40 – Madam Medusa (1980)
8.	Linton Kwesi Johnson – Inglan Is A Bitch (1980)
9.	Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good & Evil
10.	Flying Lizards – Money (1979)
11.	Capital Letters – Unemployed (1979)
12.	New Model Army – Spirit of The Falklands (1984)
13.	Au Pairs – America (1982)
14.	The The ‘Heartland’ (1987)
15.	Steel Pulse – Heart of Stone (1980) 

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Post Punk Britain 'The Thatcher Years'

Originally broadcast on Break London on 29/06/13, this is a radio show hosted by Fenella Fielding and Simon McKay that mixs chat, jazz music and interviews   You can hear some wonderful singers and instrumentalists from the golden age of jazz.  Also, there's an audio clip from 'Gurney Slade' - a fantastic jazz flavoured TV programme from 1960 - that starred Anthony Newley and features Fenella!  Included are interviews with Cleo Laine, Annie Ross and Nigel Anthony.  Tracks are: 
1.	Anita O’ Day - Sweet Georgia Brown (1958)
2.	Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit (1939)
3.	Chet Baker – Do It The Hard Way (1956)
4.	Cleo Laine – Jeepers Creepers (1959)
5.	Count Basie – Kid From Red Bank (1957)
6.	Dizzy Gillespie Long Long Summer (1962)
7.	Dave Brubeck – Take Five (1959)
8.	Blossom Dearie - I’m Hip (1966)
9.	Eddie Jefferson - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1969)
10.	Jesse Price – I Ain’t Mad At You (1946)
11.	Lambert, Hendricks, Ross – Jackie (1958)
12.	Lester Young - I Never Knew (2) 1943
13.	Louis Jordan – Five Guys Named Moe (1943)
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