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You'll Never Be 16 Again - Episode 7: Best Years of Our Lives

The story of the British teenager continues, through music, archive and reminiscence. Episode seven 'Best Years Of Our Lives' covers the New Romantics, glue sniffers, casuals and psychobillies. The series is introduced by John Peel and first broadcast in 1985.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Elbow

    Lippy Kids

    • Fiction.
  • Sigur Rós

    Varúð

    • PARLOPHONE.
  • Big Boi

    Shutterbugg (feat. Cutty)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.
  • Sheila E.

    The Glamorous Life

    • Disco Queens: The 80s.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 9.
  • Tyrone Brunson

    The Smurf

    • Epic.
  • Black Uhuru

    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

    • Mango.
  • Ringo Starr

    You're Sixteen

    • Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo.
    • Parlophone.
  • John Foxx

    Underpass

    • Virgin Universal.
  • Everything Everything

    Don't Try

    • RCA Victor/Sony Music.
  • The Beat

    Hands Off...She's Mine

    • Go Feet.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Oct 201103:00
  • Fri 1 Jun 201204:00
  • Fri 21 Dec 201204:00
  • Fri 21 Jun 201304:00
  • Sun 22 Jun 201404:00
  • Sat 27 Sep 201404:00
  • Sat 20 Jun 201504:00
  • Tue 12 Apr 201601:00
  • Sat 15 Oct 201604:00
  • Mon 7 Aug 201704:00
  • Fri 30 Mar 201801:00
  • Mon 17 Jun 201904:00
  • Thu 27 Aug 202002:30
  • Thu 17 Oct 202401:00