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Dermot celebrates alternative 90s icons like Mani, Jim Bob & Fruit Bat, and Shaun Ryder and Bez. And expect some Cud, Levellers, Sleeper and The Manics.

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Mon 2 Nov 2026 03:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Levellers

    One Way

    • Jive.

  • Sultans of Ping F.C.

    Where's Me Jumper

    • Sony Music TV.

  • Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff

    Dizzy

    • Mad For The 90's (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Echobelly

    Great Things

    • Global Television.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Tonight We Fly

    • Setanta.

  • Chumbawamba

    Amnesia

    • Tubthumper.
    • Universal Records.
    • 2.

  • The Stone Roses

    I Am the Resurrection

    • Cigarettes And Alcohol: 40 Modern Anthems (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Pop Will Eat Itself

    Wise Up Sucker!

    • This Is This.
    • BMG.

  • Sleeper

    Inbetweener

    • Live Forever (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Prodigy

    Firestarter

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.

  • The KLF

    It's Grim Up North

    • KLF Communications.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)

    • Columbia.

  • Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

    The Only Living Boy in New Cross

    • THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW CROSS.
    • Chrysalic.

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Saturday 23:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Mon 2 Nov 2026 03:00
    BBC Radio 2

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