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You'll Never Be 16 Again - Episode 7: Best Years of Our Lives

The story of the British teenager continues, through music, archive and reminiscence. Episode seven 'Best Years Of Our Lives' covers the New Romantics, glue sniffers, casuals and psychobillies. The series is introduced by John Peel and first broadcast in 1985.

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1 hour

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Thursday 01:00

Music Played

  • Elbow

    Lippy Kids

    • Fiction.
  • Sigur R贸s

    痴补谤煤冒

    • PARLOPHONE.
  • Big Boi

    Shutterbugg

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.
  • Sheila E.

    The Glamorous Life

    • Disco Queens: The 80s.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 9.
  • Tyrone Brunson

    The Smurf

    • Epic.
  • Black Uhuru

    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

    • Mango.
  • Ringo Starr

    You're Sixteen

    • Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo.
    • Parlophone.
  • John Foxx

    Underpass

    • Virgin Universal.
  • Everything Everything

    Don't Try

    • RCA Victor/Sony Music.
  • The Beat

    Hands Off...She's Mine

    • Go Feet.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Oct 2011 03:00
  • Fri 1 Jun 2012 04:00
  • Fri 21 Dec 2012 04:00
  • Fri 21 Jun 2013 04:00
  • Sun 22 Jun 2014 04:00
  • Sat 27 Sep 2014 04:00
  • Sat 20 Jun 2015 04:00
  • Tue 12 Apr 2016 01:00
  • Sat 15 Oct 2016 04:00
  • Mon 7 Aug 2017 04:00
  • Fri 30 Mar 2018 01:00
  • Mon 17 Jun 2019 04:00
  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 02:30
  • Thursday 01:00