Close menu

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio Wales,23 Dec 2025,116 mins

The Hitmakers

Welsh Wonders

Available for 21 days

Huw Stephens presents two hours of brilliant live music as he delves into the BBC Archive for rare versions of some of Wales greatest songs, both onstage and in session. Hear the stories behind iconic hits from the likes of Feeder, Bonnie Tyler, Marina & the Diamonds, Catatonia, Donna Lewis, John Cale, Stereophonics and Shirley Bassey. A Listen production for BBC Radio Wales, with special thanks to the BBC Archive team.

Programme Website
More episodes

Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Buck Rogers (Reading + Leeds 2002)
    Buck Rogers (Reading + Leeds 2002)
    Feeder
  3. 2.
    Total Eclipse of The Heart (Radio 2 Session, 04 Apr 2019)
    Total Eclipse of The Heart (Radio 2 Session, 04 Apr 2019)
    Bonnie Tyler, Ben Stone, Matt Prior, John Young & Ed Poole
  4. 3.
    Warwick Avenue (Live on BBC Radio Wales - 29/11/2007)
    Warwick Avenue (Live on BBC Radio Wales - 29/11/2007)
    Duffy