"...Hooky chatting to John Cooper Clarke? That's only a Mark E Smith away from Salford Bingo heaven!"

Following on from Simon Day's interview of Peter Hook in last week's episode where they chatted about (amongst other things) the rise of punk, Joy Division and bass playing, tonight's Chain Reaction sees Peter Hook talking to John Cooper Clarke about Salford, doing adverts in the 1980s and John Cooper Clarke's appearance on the GCSE syllabus.

Paul Murphy is Editor of the Radio 4 blog

• You can listen to Chain Reaction: Peter Hook Interviews John Cooper Clarke after tonight's transmission for seven days on the Radio 4 website or repeated on Radio 4 and 4 Extra next week. Full details here. Chain Reaction: Simon Day Interviews Peter Hook is repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra tonight, Friday 12 Aug 2011 at 10.00pm. More details here.
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