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16/07/2026

An interview with Marlon West, the Restore Britain candidate for metro mayor. There are seven candidates in total and you find out more about them and the mayoral election in general on the BBC Manchester website.

Simone chats to actor Paul Ready about the comedy Ann Droid.

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Music Played

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Backstreet Boys

    I Want It That Way

    • Backstreet Boys: The Hits - Chapter One.
    • Jive.
    • 01.

  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

    • The Very Best Of UB40.
    • Virgin.
    • 01.

  • Chaka Khan & Snoop Dogg

    Boogie's In My Soul

  • Foreigner

    I Want To Know What Love Is

    • One More Night, Vol. 2.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Monkees 50 (Remastered 2010).
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Ariana Grande

    hate that i made you love me

    • Republic Records.

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

    • Thriller.
    • EPIC.
    • 01.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • Common People EP.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 03.

  • Alex Warren

    FEVER DREAM

    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.

  • Roy Orbison

    You Got It

    • Now 14.
    • NOW.
    • 13.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Dreams

    • Rumours.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 05.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Rehab

    • Back To Black.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd.
    • 01.

  • The Rolling Stones

    In The Stars

    • Polydor.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Slave To Love

    • More Than This: The Best Of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music.
    • EG Records.
    • 01.

  • Blondie

    Sunday Girl

    • Parallel Lines (Remastered).
    • Chrysalis.
    • 01.

  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    • ABBA Gold.
    • Polar Music International.
    • 21.

  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It I Knew You

    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • The Very Best Of The Human League (Remastered 2003).
    • EMI Marketing.
    • 01.

  • Lipps, Inc.

    Funkytown

    • Now That's What I Call An Era - Disco 1973-1980.
    • Now! Music.
    • 16.

  • Paul McCartney

    Come Inside

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Sting

    Fields Of Gold

    • Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting.
    • A&M.
    • 18.

  • Cher

    The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

    • Cher: Forever Fan.
    • Warner Records.
    • 18.

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • The No. 1 Eighties Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 01.

  • Four Tops

    Reach Out I'll Be There

    • Simply The Best Classic Soul.
    • Motown.
    • 16.

  • STELLA LEFTY

    Boston

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Olivia Dean

    Man I Need

    • Capitol.

  • Meat Loaf

    Bat Out Of Hell

    • Hits 94.
    • EPIC.
    • 01.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 14:00
    BBC Radio Manchester