All episodes

The Almost The Beatles Special: Inaugural York Jazz Festival; Samira Ahmed on A Hard Day's Night the film; New mix of Rubber Soul; Arts Council; Arts Council England

On location in Helsinki and Stockholm; Plus new albums from The Strokes and Fontaines DC

Episode 285: The wonder of Topping & Co Books; New Pedro Almodovar Film; Harrogate Theatre'sNew Drama Season

Interview Special with Gilbert O'Sullivan as he celebrates 60 years in music and releases a new album, On the Record

Edinburgh International FIlm Festival Special: Bruce Dern, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Sheen

Trainspotting the opera?; Johnny and June Cash - the musical; Yard Act's new album - part two

Paul McCartney Nominated for Mercury Prize and New Puritanism is a Thing

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey; Sleaford Mods at Deer Shed Festival; Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

Rolling Stones' Foreign Tongues, Asimov's Foundation v Star Wars and Cuore Chamber Orchestra

Wet Leg, The Invite & Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival

Francis Rossi: Quo Songbook: Past, Present, Future

Episode 276: Interview Special - Scottish Film Director and Writer, Grant McPhee on his new Scottish Indie Music Compilation foir Cherry Red Records

Episode 275: Lemon Twigs; Bradford; Jason Burke's new book The Revolutionists; Elvis Costello live in York; Belle & Sebastian live in Halifax

Episode 274: Celebrating David Hockney; Boards of Canada new album; Spielberg's Disclosure Day

Episode 273: Paul McCartney's new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane; Harrogate rapper Lence; new films, Tuner and The Christophers; Fat Dog's new single

Episode 272: Chris Difford and Richard Hawley In Conversation at Bettys; New Beatles Book, John and Paul; Fawlty Towers The play in York

Episode 271: Interview Special with Daliso Chaponda;

Episode 270: Michel Houllebecq's new novel; Eurovision; Yard Act Album and Tour; Rose of Nevada; The Psychic

Episode 269: Is Indie Music now just a Hobby? Rob Cowen's Vinyl Sessions; The Devil Wears Prada 2; Banksy's Audacious London Statue

Episode 268: AI and a former PM; Tim Key Live in Leeds; Jason Burke's The Revolutionists

Episode 267: New François Ozon film, The Stranger; Queen in Space; Mint in Grangemouth; Lence in Leeds; Aesthetica Art Prize; Evan Dando Memoir, Rumours of my Demise

Episode 266: Interview Special - Sheffield Artist, Pete McKee

Episode 265: The Return of Garth Merenghi, Live in Leeds; Mark Ronson's Night People Memoir; Murder for Two in Scarborough; John Lennon's Walls and Bridges Album Re-assed

Episode 264: Gorillaz in Leeds; Queen's Greatest Hits at Harrogate's Vinyl Sessions; New Ryan Gosling film Project Hail Mary

Episode 263: The Persecution of Morrissey and his new album Make-up is a Lie; New British film, Midwinter Break; Spotify's monthly figures and Bruno Mars; Nicholas McCarthy's Harrogate International Debut

Episode 262: Interview Special with DRUM author Rob Chapman

Episode 261: The Ballad of Wallis Island; Harrogate-based Cuore Chamber Orchestra; Peter Gabriel Classic Album

Episode 260: Brits & BAFTAs 2026; new psych pop band Voka Gentle;

Episode 259: Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights; Dry Cleaning's Secret Love Take Two; Wings at the Speed of Sound Revisited; Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague

Episode: 258 - Interview special with Chesney Hawkes plus One Battle After Another u-turn; Fairport Convention

Episode 257: Interview Special with Kate Bramley and Ellen Carnazza from Badapple Theatre plus Field music and The Doors; Peter Gabriel and Vinyl Sessions

Episode 256: Awards Season - BAFTA nominations; Big gig summer in Yorkshire; Dry Cleaning's new album, Secret Love; Harrogate Film Society's black & white season; Ex-Iron Maiden star, Tony Moore's show, Awake

Episode 255: Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Cinema Awards Season - Oscar Nominations; Becoming Victoria Wood; Books to look forward to in 2026

Episode 254: Looking forward to what's coming up in 2026; Chloe Zhao's new film, Hamnet, reviewed

Episode 253: Marty Supreme; Mark Ronson's Night People; The Band Room's Nigel Burnham; York River Art Market

Episode 252: End of Year Review Part 5

Episode 251: End of Year Round Up 2025 - Museum and Gallery Shows and Theatre

Episode 250: End of Year Round Up Part 3 - Best TV and Gigs 2025

Episode 249: End of Year Round Up Part 2 - Best films 2025

Episode 248: End of Year Round Up Part 1 - Best albums 2025

Episode 247: Agadoo? Interview Special with Kim Hopkins and Dene Michael - Still Pushing Pineapples

Episode 246: Bob Dylan live in Leeds; Nouvelle Vague live in Farsley; Bradford UK City of Culture Update; Daniel Day-Lewis’ new film, Anemone

Episode 245: Interview Special with Hugh Cornwell

Episode 244: New films from Guillermo del Toro and Yorgos Lanthimos; The Last Dinner Party New Album; Aesthetica Short Film Festival; Scott Michaels and his Dearly Departed Tours

Episode 243: The Turner Prize 2025 Short List; Taylor Swift's New Album; The Appeal of Light Festivals

Episode 242: Comedy Greats at Red House Gallery; Sam Fender Wins Mercury Prize 2025; New Wes Anderson Film - The Phoenician Scheme

Episode 241: Interview Special with 'John Lennon'; the Decline of Ed Sheeran; the end of MTV's Music Channels

Episode 240: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another; Philosopher AC Grayling; Grayson Perry's Are You Good?; the Beta Band live

Episode 239: Suede's new album Antidepressants; Ari Aster's new film, Erdington; Big Money for The National Gallery; Harrogate Events; Culture in Prague

Episode 238: Leeds Festival 2025; Don Henley's Boys of Summer; Mitchell and Webb Get Sketchy; Anti-colonial Art at the Edinburgh Festival

Episode 237: The Thursday Murder Club film; Highlights of the Edinburgh International Film Festival; Reception; a new musical using songs by David Gedge, The Wedding Present and Cinerama

Episode 236: Joan Didion on Civil War; The Naked Gun with Liam Neeson; The strange death of the writer of Grosse Pointe Blank

Episode 235: Chris Simpson and Magna Carta Update; Deershed Festival; Bradford 2024 - The Railway Children

Episode 234: Dave Gedge Live at Rise, York; Katja Hoyer's Book on East Germany 1949-1990; F1 Movie with Brad Pitt

Episode 233: Interview Special with David Gedge from The Wedding Present

Episode 232: Interview Special with Emma Swan talking about her debut children's Cruiseship Kid plus Rotherham Children's Capital of Culture; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta

Episode 231: Glastonbury; Oasis - get ready; Gang of Four live at the Brudenell; More streaming data now; Shifty Documentary by Adam Curtis; EIFF Update

Episode 230: Streaming Giants; Zombies are us - 28 Years Later; Fyfe Dangerfield live in Leeds

Episode 229: Pulp's new album More; Remembering Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys; Bang & Olufsen Harrogate; The Rilling Stones Exhibition at Sledmere House

Episode 228: Press Tickets Fiasco; Richard Hawley; Sheffield and the Sheffield Water

Episode 227: Interview Special - Jamie Taylor, author of Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp

Episode 226: Gary Oldman in Krapp's Last Tape; Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii Re-issued; The Murder Capital Live in Leeds; Chaper 3 of Graham Chalmers' Book on Magna Carta

Episode 225: Interview Special with Author of The North Road, Rob Cowen

Episode 224: Kamasi Washington live in Leeds; Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra at Bradford 2025; Record Store Day in Bradford and the Leeds Indie scene; The politics of Comedy - Al Murray followed by John Simpson (not together)

Episode 223: Music Venue Crisis; My Bloody Valentine; Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films; Val Kilmer RIP; Public Service Broadcasting

Episode 222: Interview Special With Toby Manning - Music Journalist and Author of Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music

Episode 221:Topping Books open in York; Alto Knights with Robert de Niro; Edwyn Collins' New album; Harrogate Sessions Re-visit A Hard Day's Night and Help!

Episode 220: Steven Soderbergh's new film Black Bag; Glastonbury Festival Lineups; Scottish indie music in Grant McPhee's new book Postcards from Scotland

Episode 219: Anora Oscars Surprise; Beta Band Back; Richard Hawley Celebrates Coles Corner; Mickey 17 review

Episode 218 - Interview Special: Gary Stewart

Episode 217: Bradford, UK Capital of Culture Update; Jarmusch's Mystery Train Revisited; Toby Manning's Marxist Rock History Book; BAFTAs Revisited

Episode 216 - Interview Special: 10CC's Graham Gouldman plus National Poetry Centre News;

Episode 215: BBC 6 Music State of Independent Venues Report: Bradford City of Culture Update; Hockney at Saltaire; Brian Cox Returns to Edinburgh Stage

Episode 214: Netflix versus the BBC; New Mogwai Album The Bad Fire; New film The Brutalist; Vinyl Sessions; Music for Sex; The First Prog Rock album?

Episode 213: David Lynch; Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown

Episode 212: New films - Nosferatu and A Real Pain; Bradford launches as UK Capital of Culture

Episode 211: Interview Special - Grant McPhee

Episode 210: Revisiting dystopian films, V for Vendetta and Children of Men; Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man; music compilation, Behind the Counter; January 2025 Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate

Episode 209: Gigs of the year 2024; Theatre event of the year Wise Children's Bluebeard; Maisie Adam live in Harrogate

Episode 208: Chalmers on BBC 6 Music; Blitz and Conclave; Two new books for 2025

Episode 207 - Interview Special - Rob Chapman; Top 3 Books of the Year

Episode 206: Top 10 Films of the Year

Episode 205: Top 10 Albums of the Year

Episode 204: interview Special - Ross Raisin

Episode 203: Paddington 3 vs Godfather 3; Nirvana; Dear Evan Hansen;

Episode 202: Nick Cave live in Leeds; The Pretenders at York Barbican; Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy revisited; Gary Oldman directing himself in York

Episode 201: High Llamas Live at Hebden Bridge; Watching Fellini's Roma in Italian; Watermark Gallery, Harrogate; Floyd Vs Genesis at Kirkby Overblow;

Episode 200: Interview Special - Peter Brewis from Field Music

Episode 199: Supertramp Q & A with Ken Scott; The Future of Guitar Bands; Heath Common Funeral; Peter Hook and the Light Live

Episode 198: Graham in Emilia Romagna; Shed Seven's 'annus miraculous'; Black Midi News; Ai Weiwei's Who Am I? Exhibition in Bologna; Viking Sorceress in Copenhagen

Episode 195: RIP Heath Common, poet and musician; English Teacher Win the Mercury Prize; Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve; Blink Twice versus Lee

Episode 197: Interview Special: Boff Whalley on Sanctuary plus new film Firebrand and new album, Wild God by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Episode 196: Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) Exhibition at RedHouse Originals, Harrogate; Sprints; Ayckbourn's Show & Tell

Episode 194: Edinburgh Part 2; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta; New albums by Fontaines DC and Hamish Hawk; Supertramp; Oasis Reform

Episode 193: Edinburgh Special (Part One)

Episode 192: Interview Special with Mark Cousins, Documentary Filmmaker, Author and Curator

Episode 191: Were Mainstream Films Better in the 70's?; Edinburgh International Film Festival Preview; Banksy's Beasts; Graham's Idea for a Play

Episode 190: Edinburgh International Film Festival; Dan Baldwin Exhibition at Red House Art Gallery; Purple Signs in York; Vinyl Sessions

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Episode 188: Mark Billingham at Theakston's Crime Writing Festival; Shed Seven live at York's Museum Gardens; Pink Floyd Rock Archaeology