Radio 1 Stories
Music, sex, politics, celebs, money, religion, drugs, sport...Radio 1's award-winning Stories cover anything to do with youth culture and society. As part of a short trial, episodes of this podcast will be available until the end of December 2009. To find out more visit bbc.co.uk/podcasts/trial
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Recent episodes (6)
The Story of The Noughties - 2003
Mon, 9 Nov 09
Duration:
49 minsHuw Stephens takes us back to 2003. We hear about two of the year's biggest bands The Libertines and The White Stripes, ex-Darkness bassist Frankie Poullain (the one with the tache and the bandana) dishes the dirt on where it all went wrong for the band, Dizzee Rascal tells us why grime was THE sound of 2003, David Mitchell and Robert Webb talk about their cult hit Peepshow, and those crazy Dirty Sanchez boys explain why we all fell for tv shows featuring men setting their willies on fire.
The Story of The Noughties - 2002
Mon, 2 Nov 09
Duration:
51 minsFearne Cotton takes us back to the year 2002 - the year that the TV series The Office took off, moving from BBC Two to BBC One for its second series and launching the career of one Ricky Gervais. Fearne meets up with Ricky to discuss the highs and lows of a decade that has seen him go from a paper factory in Slough to hanging out with Ben Stiller in Hollywood. Fearne also catches up with The Cheeky Girls and explores our fascination with music reality TV shows like Xfactor, Pop Idol and Popstars:The Rivals. Plus we hear about the musical landmarks that defined the year…do you remember electroclash, bootlegs and mash-ups? Erol Alkan, Casey from Fischerspooner and Calvin Harris are here to remind you about the music that was big at the time.
The Story of The Noughties - 2001
Mon, 26 Oct 09
Duration:
47 minsNick Grimshaw takes us back to the year 2001 - the year mp3 players started to become popular, the UK garage scene rose to the surface, and The Strokes released their debut album "Is This it?". We also hear from The Wire star Idris Elba on the emergence of the big TV serials.
The Story of The Noughties - 2000
Mon, 19 Oct 09
Duration:
47 minsZane Lowe takes us back to the year 2000 - the music, the people and the events. Perez Hilton tells us the story of Kylie's comeback involving gold hotpants. We hear how Coldplay experienced a meteoric rise to fame and Zane explains why Eminem was THE hip-hop artist of the moment. Geordie voice of BB, Marcus Bentley, tells us why reality TV has become THE television phenomenon of the decade, and we hear from BB contestants Craig Phillips, Chantelle Houghton and Nikki Graham. Plus Radio 1's film guru James King tells us about the year 2000 in movies.
Mon The Biff. 12 Oct 09
Mon, 12 Oct 09
Duration:
51 minsBiffy Clyro. Radio 1 Stories has exclusive access to the band in L.A and New York as the Scottish trio record their 5th album.
Scene Stealers. 05 OCT 09
Mon, 5 Oct 09
Duration:
40 minsWho decides which songs end up on TV and film soundtracks? Radio 1 Stories try to find the short cut to getting your music on to heard by millions.
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