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The Rise and Fall of ...MadchesterEpisodes

  1. Mon 23 Mar 202600:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    1. Wilderness

    1/8Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell tell the story of Madchester

  2. Mon 23 Mar 202600:22
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    2. Movement

    2/8Manchester finds its rhythm. The birth of Blue Monday and the reinvention of the Haçienda.

  3. Mon 23 Mar 202600:44
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    3. Twenty Four Hour Party People

    3/8The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays release their first records on the very same day.

  4. Mon 23 Mar 202601:06
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    4. Loose Fit

    4/8Baggy jeans, bucket hats and loose jumpers become the Madchester Uniform.

  5. Mon 23 Mar 202601:28
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    5. World in Motion

    5/8Madchester becomes too big to contain!

  6. Mon 23 Mar 202601:50
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    6. Shoot You Down

    6/8Madchester... once felt unstoppable begins to fracture under its own weight.

  7. Mon 23 Mar 202602:12
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    7. Regret

    7/8Madchester dissolved. The Hacienda is fading. Is the party over?

  8. Mon 23 Mar 202602:34
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    8. What the World is Waiting For

    8/8Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell discuss what Madchester stood for and it's ongoing legacy.