1986-1996 All Together Now
The story of pop through fans' memories and memorabilia from 1986-1996 when music had the power to unite fans - even sworn rivals - like never before.
Lauren Laverne celebrates the decade 1986-1996 when music had the power to unite fans - even sworn rivals - like never before. It's a decade that starts with a turn to the alternative, even among the fans of mega pop bands.
We hear from Depeche Mode fans who were invigorated by the band's darker sounds in Black Celebration - and have saved a lot of memorabilia from the gigs they went to see back then. We also hear from a fan of hip hop who discovered a burgeoning UK hip hop scene when he moved to London and shares footage of his friends MCing and DJing at home.
In 1988, the acid house wave hit and the show meets those who lived through it and loved it. They have saved flyers and photos from the halcyon days of raving that completely changed their lives, including one man who went from football hooligan to raver to club promoter.
Out of the clubs came mega pop bands. The programme meets an avid Take That fan who bought every type of merchandise she could as a teenager - saving pretty much all of it. Another fan takes viewers back to the site of her first ever Blur gig in 1994 and the show finishes by talking to fans of the most successful girl group of all time - The Spice Girls.
Pop treasures uncovered along the way include one of the first Hacienda membership cards, covered with signatures of Hacienda dignitaries, from New Order to Dave Haslam, A Guy Called Gerald, Bez and, of course, Tony Wilson. The programme also meets a club promoter who shares rare footage of one of The Prodigy's early rave-inspired gigs. And Lauren also meets someone with a rare Oasis demo tape from a gig at the Boardwalk in London in January 1992.
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Music Played
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Inner City
Good Life (Buena Vida)
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Depeche Mode
People Are People
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Thompson Twins
Hold Me Now
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Duran Duran
Notorious
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Depeche Mode
New Life
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Depeche Mode
Stripped
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Depeche Mode
Black Celebration
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Depeche Mode
A Question of Time
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Depeche Mode
Master And Servant
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Depeche Mode
Fly On The Windscreen - Final
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Wee Papa Girl Rappers
Faith
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Furious Five, Grandmaster, Melle Mel & The
Beat Street
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Wee Papa Girl Rappers
Heat It Up
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Mandy Smith
I Just Can't Wait (The Cool and Breezy Jazz Version)
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Art of Noise
Legs
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A Guy Called Gerald
Voodoo Ray
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Virgo Four
Inna Vision
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Orbital
Belfast (Proms 2015)
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Phuture
Acid Tracks
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Inner City
Paradise
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New Order
Thieves Like Us
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Happy Mondays
W.F.L. (Think About The Future)
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Happy Mondays
Hallelujah
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Jesus Loves You
GENERATIONS OF LOVE
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Sounds of Blackness
The Pressure
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Adeva
Don't Let It Show On Your Face
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Take That
Do What U Like
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Take That
Promises
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Take That
Could It Be Magic
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Take That
How Deep Is Your Love
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Orbital, Orbital,
Chime
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Amy Grant
Baby Baby
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The Prodigy
Charly
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The Prodigy
No Good (Start The Dance)
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Blur
Girls & Boys
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Elastica
Connection
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Kenickie
In Your Car
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Shampoo
Girl Power
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Spice Girls
Wannabe
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Spice Girls
Say You'll Be There
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Blur
For Tomorrow
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Oasis
Columbia
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Oasis
Don't Look Back In Anger
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Spice Girls
Who Do You Think You Are
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Lauren Laverne |
Series Producer | Zoe Jewell |
Executive Producer | Steve Condie |
Director | Zoe Jewell |
Production Company | 7 Wonder Productions |
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