Manic Street Preachers (the B-Side)
Manic Street Preachers answer audience questions about their 1994 album, 'The Holy Bible’. With John Wilson. From 2014.
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, the audience ask Manic Street Preachers - James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore - questions about their 1994 album, 'The Holy Bible’.
With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London.
The band also performs acoustic live versions of some to the tracks from the album.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
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The A-Side
Manic Street Preachers talk to John Wilson about their 1994 album The Holy Bible.
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Manic Street Preachers: P.C.P.
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