Manic Street Preachers

Huw Stephens delves into the BBC Archive to tell the over three decade long story of Manic Street Preachers.

Get ready for two hours of Manics gold featuring classic sessions, interviews and performances.

From those early angry, politically charged albums, to the tragic disappearance of rhythm guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards, through gold selling albums in the late 90s to a return to the top of the charts with their latest record, Huw tracks the key moments in the career of one of Wales' finest groups.

Part of the Welsh Wonders series, celebrating Wales’ greatest musical talents with a little help from the world-famous BBC Archive. To listen to other episodes celebrating Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler and Stereophonics, search in BBC Sounds for ‘Welsh Wonders’.

A Listen Production for BBC Radio Wales and BBC Sounds. For Listen, the producer is Steve Harris and Executive Producer is Kellie Redmond. For BBC Radio Wales the Executive Producer is Ed Richmond. With special thanks to the BBC archive team.