Janice Long on radio

List of Janice Long radio shows and programmes.

NB List of TV shows and appearances has bee moved to Janice Long on TV

## Radio

### BBC Radio Merseyside

* *Junior Spin* (1979), *Streetlife* (1981), *And the Show Goes On* (06 December 1981)

### BBC Radio 1

#### Generalist (as host)

* *Janice Long*
	+ regular Saturday Radio 1 show at 7.30 pm starting 04 December 1982 until 22 September 1984.
	+ some Peter Powell weekday 4.30 pm stand-ins during 1983 (incl. Boxing Day) and 1984.
	+ 31 December 1983 *Janice Long Liverpool Special*.
	+ 03 September 1984 begins weekdays (Mon-Thur) 7.00 pm slot (continuing with Select-a-Disc on Fridays and 7.30 pm Saturday show until end of month). Continued until 30 December 1987.
* *Platform 9 -* weekly magazine show from Monday 18 April until 26 September 1983.
* *Select-a-Disc* - request show; stand-in for Peter Powell, Friday afternoons 4.30 pm from 10 June to 28 September 1983, then as host proper from January to September 1984 and again from April to September 1985.
* *Radio 1 Roadshow* (1984, 1985, 1986)
* *Singled Out* (R1, Fridays 5.45 pm, from 09 May 1986) new single releases reviewed.

#### As co-host

* *Radio 1 Boat Show - In Search of Wigan Pier* (R1, 1984) with with Simon Bates. Five weekday programmes from 09 July 1984.
* *Marathon Music Quiz* (1985 ed.) (R1, 25 May 1985). Commentary on this charity event by Steve Wright and Janice Long. [1]
* *Jammin '85 in Battersea Park*. (R1 30 June 1985) with Bruno Brookes.[2]
* *Radiofun 85* (R1 11 October 1985) Janice Long and John Peel at the Ritz in Manchester.
* *Superdance 85* (R1 27 December 1985) A Disco Special with Gary Davies.[3]
* *Janice Long and John Peel's New Year's Eve Party*. (R1, 31 December 1985)
* *Mike Smith's Royal Breakfast* (R1, 23 July 1986). Sharing the atmosphere and bird's-eye view are Adrian John and JL.
* *Radio 1's Birthday Honours List* (R1, 30 September 1986) JL and Mike Smith at The Roof Gardens, Kensington, London.[4]
* *Janice and John in Japan* (R1, 4 shows during the week commencing 20 October 1986) with John Peel  direct from Tokyo on the music and lifestyles of young people in Japan.

#### Special shows & series

* *Marathon Music Quiz* (1984 ed.) - as contestant 21 April 1984
* *Who's That Girl?* (R1, starting 28 April 1984) a new series of six programmes, in which Long interviews female recording artists about their life and career (Siouxsie Sioux, Joan Armatrading, Alannah Currie, Chrissie Hynde..)
* *Listen To What The Man Says* (R1, 22 December 1985). Paul McCartney: A Man and His Music. Janice Long talks to Paul about his life, Lennon, the press, his hopes, his fears and a typical McCartney Christmas.[5]
* *The Best Kept Secret* (R1, 05 March 1986) JL reports on child sexual abuse.[6]
* *Play Safe - AIDS and You* (Dec. 1986)[7]
* *From Russia With Long* (R1, 16 July 1987) from the studios of Gostelradio in Moscow, where Janice convenes the first Radio 1 Youth Summit.
* *Substance* (R1: 27 February 1988, 05 March 1988) 1: I Remember When We Were Young. Joy Division from An Ideal for Living to Love Will Tear Us Apart. 2: Now that We've Grown Up Together New Order from Ceremony to True Faith
* *21 Years of Radio 1*: The New Wave Band - 1973-88 (01 October 1988, archive recordings).

#### BBC Radio 1 Vintage

* Janice Long interview
* Janice Long Radio Show (archive recordings compilation) [8]

### BBC Radio 2

#### Generalist (as host)

* *Janice Long* (from 1999 to Jan 2017)
	+ from October 2014 re-branded as *After Midnight*

#### Special shows & series

* *City to City* (R2, 02 September 2000) - tracing the career of Jerry Rafferty.[9]
* *All Woman - The Music of Lisa Stansfield* (R2, 28 April 2001) [10]
* *Liverpool - The New Wave* - six-part series in which looks at the ways in which the Liverpool music scene reinvented itself in the wake of the sixties explosion. (from 30 January 2002)
* *A Long Walk With...* (R2, S1 2017-2018) Janice talks in depth to some of the most interesting stars in the musical firmament, as they walk through important places in their lives. (S1 Holly Johnson, Alison Moyet, Richard Hawley, Gary Numan, S2 from 12 July 2018 Jim Kerr, Chris Difford, James Dean Bradfield, Tracey Thorn) Episode guide

#### BBC Radio 2 Beatles

* *The Beatles Downloaded - The Official UK Top 60: Part 1* - hosted by Janice Long (2019)

### BBC Radio 4

* *15 Minute Drama* Queens of Noise: Get It On (Episode 5) (01 August 2014) - as herself

### BBC Radio 5

* *True Love Ways* (14 February 1991)
* *Breaking Into …* (1991)
* *This Family Business* (1991)

### BBC Radio 6 Music

#### Other shows

* *Liverpool - The New Wave* (rpts.)
* *Steve Lamacq's Roundtable* (guest, 2010)
* Steve Lamacq, Radio Festival in Manchester (guest) 18 October 2010
* various session repeats (mostly Gideon Coe/6 Music Live Hour)

### GLR (Greater London Radio)

* Breakfast Show (with James Cameron), Mon-Fri 6.30 am - 10.00 am, 1989 (?) - (?)

### BBC Radio WM

* Janice Long - Saturdays. 9:00 am (3 hrs.) from 15 November 2008 - 03 July 2010, plus specials.[11]

### Greatest Hits Radio

* Janice Long (own show)
* *The Greatest Brits: Women in Music* (Ep.1 guest, 2019) [12]