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RadMac Funfair

Roll up! Roll up! Mark and Stuart host a show full of funfair-themed music and chat. With an uplifting and eclectic selection of tracks plus guests Anna Meredith and John Grant.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Roll up! Roll up! Step right this way… for a special funfair-themed show. Mark and Stuart spin an uplifting and eclectic selection of funfair-related tracks and share listener’s fairground stories and memories. From carousels and candyfloss to ghost trains and Ferris wheels, it’s all the fun of the fair, on the radio, with music and chat.

With a rollercoaster ride of top quality music from the likes of The Beatles, ESG, Doves, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sylvan Esso, Ohio Players, Jonathan Richman and Saint Etienne.

Mark and Stuart are also joined by musician Anna Meredith to chat about her new dodgems-inspired album, plus John Grant tells them about his new single 'County Fair.'

Plus you can take part in The Chain, choosing a track for our world-famous list of over 8000 interconnected songs.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 28 Aug 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • The Cardigans

    Carnival

    • Polydor.
  • Opus Kink

    This Train

    • Nice Swan Records.
  • Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

    Roller Coaster By The Sea

  • Massive Attack & Horace Andy

    Hymn Of The Big Wheel

    • Blue Lines.
    • Wild Bunch Records.
  • Summer Camp

    Ghost Train

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI.
    • 1.
  • The Hollies

    On A Carousel

    • The Hollies.
    • EMI.
    • 19.
  • Kraftwerk

    The Hall of Mirrors

  • Lucy Dacus

    First Time

    • Matador.
  • The Smiths

    Rusholme Ruffians

    • MEAT IS MURDER.
    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Tunnel Of Love

    • Columbia.
  • Tirzah

    Tectonic

    • Domino.
  • Barry Biggs

    Sideshow

    • Reggae Massive (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Sylvan Esso

    Ferris Wheel

    • Loma Vista.
  • Park Hye-Jin

    Lets Sing Lets Dance

    • Ninja Tune.
  • The Cure

    The Caterpillar

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    The Salmon Dance

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Virgin.
  • Doves

    Carousels

    • EMI.
  • moa moa

    Coltan Candy

    • Speedy Wunderground.
  • Yes

    Roundabout

  • Little Simz

    I Love You, I Hate You

    • Age 101 Music.
  • Anna Meredith

    Start Engines

    • Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies for Dodgems.
  • Anna Meredith

    BPM 62: Ballad of The Sea

    • Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies for Dodgems.
  • Anna Meredith

    BPM 200: Out-of-Control Pump

  • Anna Meredith

    BPM 131: Joy Subdivision

    • Bumps Per Minute: 18 Studies for Dodgems.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
  • Fun Boy Three

    Tunnel Of Love

    • Chrysalis.
  • Jonny

    Candyfloss

    • Jonny.
    • Turnstile.
    • 012.
  • The Beatles

    Helter Skelter

    • Apple.
  • The Mysterines

    In My Head

    • Fiction Records.
  • ESG

    My Love For You

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.
  • Nas

    Rare

    • Mass Appeal.
  • Saint Etienne

    Heading For The Fair

    • HEAVENLY.
  • Ohio Players

    Love Rollercoaster

    • Mercury.
  • Porij

    Ego

    • Oat Gang Records.
  • John Grant

    County Fair

    • single.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Carousel

  • Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture

    Leywole

    • PRAH Recordings.
  • White Lies

    Farewell to the Fairground

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Aug 2021 07:00