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An episode dedicated to the birds and the bees. Actual birds and bees, not what you might have in mind.

From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, K2 to Kilimanjaro, tracks inspired by mountains.

Celebrating 30 years of Belle and Sebastian and focusing on their origins in 1996-97.

In the wake of Christopher Nolan's movie 'The Odyssey', an episode about Greek and Roman myths plus other mythologies from around the world.

After a gap of many years following physical incapacity, Vini Reilly's Durutti Column is back. In this episode some benchmark tracks from the band and the artists they influenced.

SF0221 Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Part Three) by Ian Deeker Forth

The second in our Shakespeare trilogy: songs about tempests, storms, heavy rain, thunder, lightning and conflagrations.

First in a trilogy, with tunes based on Shakespeare's plays. First up, The Comedy of Errors.

A humorous selection of titles suggesting new TV dramaa and documentaries. For example, English Murder Mystery, Clean Kill, Snow Angel.

It's 50 years since the first explosion of punk rock. Here's a selection of tracks from 1976 and 1977.

An episode devoted to all things garden-related - flowers, plants, grass and so on

SF0215 "It was 20 years ago today" 2006 Revisited by Ian Deeker Forth

The second of our two-part series on Manchester, this one covering the "post post-punk era"

Part one of a two-part series surveying the legendary Manchester scene. This episode puts the post-punk era under the miscoscope.

Synthpunk has a glorious heritage, but these are the synthpunk artists who are bringing it today