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‘Intelligence’, Peaky Blinders and ‘The Consequence of Love’

Author Robert Newman presents his book “Intelligence”; Robin Bextor explores the real Peaky Blinders; and Rianne Downey shares her album “The Consequence of Love.”

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Sat 28 Feb 202610:00
BBC Radio London

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Music Played

  • Pat Metheny Group

    Last Train Home

    • Still Life (Talking).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Thunder Road

    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Neil Sedaka

    Laughter in the Rain

    • Timeless, Very Best Of Neil Sedaka.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.

  • Shane MacGowan & Sinéad O’Connor

    Haunted

    • Haunted.
    • ZTT Records.
    • 1.

  • Matt Monro

    The Nearness of You

    • Parlophone UK.

  • Mink DeVille

    Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl

    • Capitol Records.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Down To Zero

    • Gold.
    • A&M.
    • 4.

  • Björk

    Venus As A Boy

    • Family Tree.
    • Elektra Records/ATG.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • ChangesTwoBowie (2012 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 01.

  • Dexter Wansel

    Life On Mars

    • Legacy Recordings.

  • Carpenters

    Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

    • Magical Memories Of The Carpenters.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
    • 02.

  • Declan O’Rourke

    Galileo (Someone Like You)

    • WM Ireland/WMI.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art of Loving.
    • PLG - Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Blur

    End Of A Century

    • Parlophone UK.

  • Amy Winehouse

    You Know I'm No Good

    • You No I'm No Good (single).
    • ISLAND.
    • 01.

  • Bill Withers

    Kissing My Love

    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Tom Waits

    Time

    • Island Records.

  • The Verve

    The Drugs Don't Work

    • The Drugs Don't Work.
    • Hut.
    • 01.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • Every Breath You Take - The Singles.
    • A&M.
    • 15.

  • Suzanne Vega

    New York is a Woman

    • Blue Note Records.

  • Rianne Downey

    Good In Goodbye

    • Modern Sky Entertainment.

  • Rianne Downey

    Sunblind

    • Modern Sky Entertainment.

  • RAYE

    Nightingale Lane

    • Human ReSources.

  • Elton John

    Bennie and the Jets

    • Diamonds.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 9.

  • Bobby Womack

    California Dreamin'

    • Capitol Records.

  • Sweet Sensation

    Sad Sweet Dreamer

    • Jukebox Collection, Misty Blue.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Feb 202610:00
    BBC Radio London