Platform 9

**Platform 9** was a BBC Radio 1 magazine and public information show for young people hosted by Janice Long, broadcast on early Monday evenings between 18 April and 26 September 1983. Other regular presenters were Dr Alan Maryon-Davis and Steve Wright. The series was produced by BBC Manchester.

## List of shows

*programme notes taken from BBC Index listings search*

### April

* 18 April - Do music publishers have much on offer for young bands? What new hairstyles will hit the scene in 83? - Janice get a new hairdo. How do you design a computer game? Why have Lula Music Co-op in Newcastle been given 1120,000 for a new recording studio?

* 25 April: Is Northern Soul Just a strange cult built around baggies ' and footsee '? Platform 9 investigates. With Dr Alan - Maryon Davies in the studio. What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

### May

* 02 May: What's the club scene north of Watford? Platform 9 Investigates, with Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 09 May: Platform 9 gets its running shoes on and meets the new athletes at Gateshead Sports Stadium. Plus all the regulars .. With Dr Alan Maryon -Davis in the studio. What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 16 May: What to wear? Platform 9 looks into the world of young designers. With Steve Wright at the movies, Dr Alan Maryon -Davis in the studio. What the Music Papers Say and A Bond's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 23 May. Janice gets on her bike to find out why railways are being turned into cycle tracks. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis In the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 30 May: Fancy a tour of Chinatown, a Beatles' weekend or a trip to Wigan Pier? Janice finds out how you can do It.

### June

* 06 June. This week: Science fiction, science fantasy, science fact. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 13 June: Platform 9 goes alternative: alternative technology, alternative medicine and alternative art. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio: What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 20 June: Platform 9 looks into ' ranting ' with poet Seething Wells and the art of reggae 'toasting ' with toaster 'Sister Patsy '. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio. What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 27 June: This week: On the cheap with holiday and fashion bargains. What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

### July

* 04 July: Fancy trying your hand at writing a poem and getting it published? Platform 9 tells you how. With Steve Wright at the movies, Dr Alan Maryon -Davis in the studio, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 11 July: Platform 9 looks into speedway racing and roller disco dancing. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis. In the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.
* 18 July: This week: Platform 9 looks into comic strips, cartoons and practical jokes. With Steve Wright at the movies, Dr Alan Maryon -Davis in the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 25 July: Platform 9 meets robotic dancers with a difference in Liverpool. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davls in the studio; What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

### August

* 01 August: This week a visit to the National Museum of Photography. Film and Television in Bradford. With Steve Wright at the movies. What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 08 August: featuring The Great British Bike Ride - marathon cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davls In the studio, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry

* 15 August: with Janice Long investigating the Enterprise Allowance Scheme - all about setting up your own business. Plus Steve Wright At the Movies, What the Music Papers Say, Dr Alan Maryon-Davls , A Band's Guide to the Music Industry

* 22 August: with Janice Long and the National Jazz Funk Dancing Championships at the Powerhouse, Birmingham. Plus all the regulars, Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 29 August: Platform 9 takes a nostalgic trip to the 60s at an exhibition that opens this week and gets into paradiddles and flams at the Liverpool drum marathon.

### September

* 05 September: with Janice Long talking to Liverpool poets Roger McGough Adrian Henri and Brian Patten. Plus What the Music Papers Say. Dr Alan Maryon-Davis and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry

* 12 September: Janice Long investigates dub music with master of dub Dennis Bovell. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio. Steve Wright at the movies, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 19 September: with Janice Long goes dancing with John Travolta 's new film, Stayin' Alive. Plus Dr Alan Maryon-Davis In the studio, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry.

* 26 September: with Janice Long in an end-of-term edition. Plus Steve Wright at the movies, Dr Alan Maryon-Davis in the studio, What the Music Papers Say and A Band's Guide to the Music Industry