All Episodes

The Paul Ryder Tapes - Bonus Episode featuring Gaz Whelan and Latch from Yogi-G and the Family Tree

The Paul Ryder Tapes - Bonus Episode: John Tuvey, Flowered Up drummer Q and A

The Best of The Paul Ryder Tapes Part Three

The Best of The Paul Ryder Tapes Part Two

The Best of The Paul Ryder Tapes Part One

Bonus Episode 31 - John Robb: Happy Mondays as a cultural phenomenon, Tony Wilson's vision and Manchester's renaissance

Bonus Episode 30 - Muzzer: Toe to toe with Axl Rose, clashing with Mick Hucknall and fun with Ronnie Biggs in Rio

Bonus Episode 29 - Gaz Whelan Part Three: The birth of Happy Mondays, breakdowns, heroin and Humphrey Cushion

Bonus Episode 28 - Tony Michaelides aka Tony the Greek: Disastrous Happy Mondays interviews, Tony Wilson's indulgence and the birth of a cultural movement

Fifteen minute extended series trailer!

Bonus Episode 27 - Jason Whelan, Andy Hardy and Kingo: Tales from the frontline of Happy Mondays - fights, drugs, fun and tears

Bonus Episode 26 - Rowetta: hilarious and poignant tales from the past 30 years of her days with Happy Mondays

Bonus Episode 25 - Linda Ryder and Carl Williams: Paul and Shaun's mum Linda and his oldest friend Carl reveal hilarious childhood secrets

Bonus Episode 24 - Happy Mondays guitarist Mark Day: fighting brothers, addiction, break-ups and the traumatic day Paul died

Bonus Episode 23 - John Tuvey, Drummer from Flowered Up - dubbed London's answer to Happy Mondays, on the early 90s rave scene and how heroin destroyed everything

Bonus Episode 22 - Dave Haslam: The inside story of the early Happy Mondays times, Shaun Ryder vomits during an interview and Factory's answer to the Sex Pistols is born

Bonus Episode 21 - Paul Popplewell: Secrets from the set from the actor who played Paul Ryder in the Happy Mondays movie 24 Hour Party People

Bonus Episode 20 - Paul Davis: Former Happy Mondays keyboardist on feuding brothers, playing Glastonbury and the early days of the Hacienda

Bonus Episode 19 - Disco Dave and Second Line Mo: Scrapes with Marilyn Manson, Calls with Robbie Williams and Struggles with Heroin

Bonus Episode 18 - The Rock n Roll Mums part 2: Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum Linda and Gaz Whelan's mum Sandra

Bonus Episode 17 - Philip Shotton: co-director of Happy Mondays videos, tells never-heard-before stories from the shoots and introduces the band to Carl Denver

Bonus Episode 16 - Peter Hook: Happy Mondays behaving badly, getting a knock on the door from Paul and scandalous behavior at Paul's funeral

Bonus Episode 15 - Clint Boon: the early days of the Mondays, the legendary fundraiser for Chico and the uninvited guest who gatecrashed Paul's funeral

Bonus Episode 14 - Phil Saxe: The Mondays' very first manager, the procurer of flares, the shepherder of the fledgling group

Bonus Episode 13 - Gaz Whelan Part Two: Happy Mondays drummer Gaz on Paul being sectioned, fighting with his brother and battling heroin addiction

Bonus Episode 12 - Latch: Tales from the frontline of the Madchester rave scene and the Happy Mondays reformation of 2012

Bonus Episode 11 - Cressa: The Stone Roses' vibesmeister and former Happy Mondays roadie shares tales from the brightest and darkest of times

Bonus Episode 10 - Paul Oakenfold: The birth of Indie Dance, Recording Pills N Thrills in Los Angeles and things go sour when there's a thief in the ranks

Bonus Episode 9 - Mani from The Stone Roses: Sunday dinners, tricking the BBC and bass camaraderie

Bonus Episode 8 - Lee Deavall and Himat Singh: Writing tracks with Paul about ram raiders and assassins and the gentle side of Paul..

Bonus Episode 7 - Gaz Whelan Part One: Paul's struggles with heroin, his hilarious nicknames, the day he died and making his presence known from the other side!

Bonus Episode 6 - Matt Cheadle: Paul's LA songwriting collaborator talks about the writing process and touring with the Tom Tom Club

Bonus Episode 5 - Jason Godwin: Paul's struggles to get clean and sober, crashing cars in France and drinking with old ladies

Bonus Episode 4 - Bez: White Powder in Brazil, Microdot Dancing and Washing Dishes in the Bath

Bonus Episode 3 - Linda Ryder and Sandra Whelan aka The Rock n Roll Mums Part One: Snooker cue fights, Dicing with Death on the Way to a Mondays Gig and Backstage Shenanigans

Episode 20 - Happy Mondays go wild in Brazil, Paul's marriage breakup car chase and his sudden death and celeb-studded funeral

Bonus Episode 2 - Linda Ryder Part One: Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum on addiction, the Sex Pistols and being a Monday Mum

Bonus Episode 1 - Big Arm: When Ian Brown got mad, dragging Paul out of a drug house and trouble in Berlin

Episode 19 - Cancer, sex addiction, cannabis, Carl Denver and the rock n roll mums' take on having a successful marriage

Episode 18 - Mani from The Stone Roses, Peter Hook and Clint Boon rally to support Paul's son Chico who was diagnosed with cancer and Latch makes a promise involving his Harley

Episode 17 - Happy Mondays go on their reunion tour as Paul fights to stay sober, Paul Davis leaves the band and Paul's son Chico is diagnosed with cancer

Episode 16 - Paul settles into life in Los Angeles, holds a celebrity party and Happy Mondays dramatically reform with the original line-up

Episode 15 - Paul meets Mickey Rourke and David Bowie and goes to Sweden to promote a controversial detox method

Episode 14 - Paul's house burns down, he acts with Steve Coogan and does a life-threatening detox from heroin

Episode 13 - Paul tours with Ian Brown, acts in Happy Mondays movie 24 Hour Party People and works with Machine Gun Kelly

Episode 12 - The tension between Paul and Shaun reaches boiling point, Paul relapses and is rescued by Robbie Williams

Episode 11 - Happy Mondays reform, Paul encounters Marilyn Manson and gets drunk and causes havoc in Norway

Episode 10 - Paul spirals into a nervous breakdown and gets sectioned as the band miss out on a lucrative record deal.

Episode 9 - The band record in the crack capital of the Caribbean and trouble brews.

Episode 8 - Paul takes heroin for the first time, Derek is in the doghouse and Cressa has to make a choice

Episode 7 - The Roses and Mondays on Top of the Pops, Rowetta makes an entrance and someone fires a gun in the studio!

Episode 6 - Paul, Bez and Shaun move in together as ecstasy dominates the recording of their second album.

Episode 5 - Paul knocks on Peter Hook's door and Bez is recruited after too much acid is consumed.

Episode 4 - Happy Mondays perform their very first gig and find themselves under a brick attack when performing for a record company!

Episode 3 - The band Happy Mondays is formed and consumption of mushroom juice leads to the break they needed

Episode 2 - Paul leaves home because his mum won't let him have a tropical lizard

Episode 1 - The early madcap years in the Ryder household

The Paul Ryder Tapes - Sex, Drugs, the Mondays and Me - trailer