Radcliffe & Maconie
Radcliffe & Maconie is a weekday radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music in the United Kingdom. It runs from 1 pm–4 pm on Monday to Friday afternoon, and is presented by Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie. The show originally ran on BBC Radio 2 from 16 April 2007 until 23 March 2011, where it was known as The Radcliffe and Maconie Show.
History
Mark Radcliffe had previously broadcast a solo show on Radio 2 from June 2004 after transferring from BBC Radio 1 the previous March, whilst Maconie had also broadcast various shows for the network as well as 6 Music.
The Radio 2 show was broadcast four nights a week (Monday to Thursday) until 8 April 2010, when the Thursday night show was given over to In Concert, a music programme featuring repeats of old live concerts. This was carried out as a response to the BBC Trust, who dictated that Radio 2 must feature more live music. Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan made the decision to cut one of Radcliffe & Maconie's shows in order to make way for the repeats featured within 'In Concert'.
On 1 February 2011 it was announced that the pair were to move to BBC Radio 6 Music to present a weekday show, starting on 4 April.[1] The final show on Radio 2 was broadcast on 23 March and featured live music from Manic Street Preachers.
The show plays new music by up and coming artists as well as established acts. It also features live sessions from a diverse collection of acts. Bands and artists that have featured in session in the past include; The Raveonettes, Arcade Fire, Crowded House, Sheryl Crow, Supergrass, Elbow, Seasick Steve, Siouxsie Sioux, The Flies, Vashti Bunyan, Kate Walsh, Ed Harcourt, The Earlies, Maps, Laura Veirs, Feist, Editors, Travis, Cherry Ghost, The Coral, The Thrills, Tinariwen as well as many more.
Radcliffe and Maconie have also made comment on the show from time to time of their appreciation of cowbells and various kinds of cheese. The show usually begins with the line "You know what you wanna do with that, right? You wanna put a bangin' donk on it." sampled from the song Put A Donk On It by The Blackout Crew. [1]
The broadcaster Joan Bakewell provided a series of humorous voice overs that were regularly used in the show including "A Thousand Pounds for a Cowbell?", explained by Maconie as a reference to his own Lancashire pronunciation, that is ironically lost in Bakewell's RP accent.
Special guests often appear on Radcliffe & Maconie Show. Among the regular guests are Noddy Holder, Sally Lindsay, Adrian Edmondson, Miranda Sawyer and Lucy Porter.
Current Features
The Chain
The Chain is an item on the show billed as a 'never-ending list of records, with every new track somehow connected to the last.'[2] Three songs are played each show for this item and listeners are encouraged to contact the show with another song that links to the previous one. The connection can be anything, ranging from the very obvious to the very obscure. The item is introduced by Gordon Burns. On 4 January 2011 Burns joined the show to celebrate the 2,000th link, which was Fame by David Bowie.
Tea Time Theme Time
Every day at about 3.35pm, three records are played that all centre round a particular theme. The first week's themes were chosen by the presenters themselves, after which the themes were chosen by listeners.
Previous features
The Miracle of Pick 'n' Mix
Every day on the Radio 2 show, Radcliffe and Maconie would take it in turns to choose a new track on the Pick 'n' Mix feature, usually by a less well known artist. At the end of the week listeners were encouraged to vote on the Radio 2 website for their favourite. The track with the most votes would then be played on every show the following week. After an impromptu moment on the show's Hadrians Wall tour, the feature was rechristened "The Miracle of Pick 'n' Mix".
Walking Outside Broadcasts
Between September 3 and 10, 2009, the show was broadcast live from different locations along the Hadrian's Wall trail, as Radcliffe and Maconie walked between the Solway Firth, the BBC studios in Carlisle and Segedunum in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne. In September 2010 Radcliffe and Maconie broadcast from locations along the Jurassic Coast including Exmouth, Weymouth, Lyme Regis and Sidmouth. They now, occasionally, refer to themselves as "The Beery Hikers", a play on The Hairy Bikers.
References
- ^ "Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie switch from Radio 2 to 6 Music". Guardian Online. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ BBC - 6 Music - Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie