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Imagine sitting down with your favourite pop artists, performers and writers, and getting the chance to grill them on their most famous song? Of course, if you did, you'd probably talk to them about the rest of their career too?

Des Burkinshaw, after 40 years of interviewing people for a living - whether producing music shows for the BBC & ITV or writing for publications like The Times, Mojo and even the Daily Mirror pop page during Britpop - got out his little black book and has spent the summer doing just this. He also dug out 5-6 archive interviews done for an ITV pilot that never happened. As a journalist, fillmmaker, anorak and songwriter/musician he covers everything from inspiration to fame, synths to royalties.

Beginning on August 21 2026, season 1 features the following songs/interviews:

Nancy Sinatra on These Boots Are Made For Walking

Paul McCartney on Band on the Run and Hey Jude

Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins on Hold Me Now

Lol Creme of Godley & Creme on Cry

Lol Creme, Eric Stewart and Kevin Godley of 10cc on I'm Not in Love

Trevor Horn of Buggles on Video Killed the Radio Star

Tom McGuinnes of McGuinnes Flint on When I'm Dead and Gone

Mari Wilson on Just What I Always Wanted

Sheila Chandra of Monsoon on Ever So Lonely

Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway on I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

PP Arnold on The First Cut is the Deepest

Madeline Bell and Roger Cook on The Banner Man

Tasmin Archer on Sleeping Satellite

David Paton of Pilot on Magic! and January

Jona Lewie on You Will Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties

Dicken of Mr Big on Romeo

Dionne Warwick on Walk on By

Martha and the Muffins on Echo Beach

Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats on The Safety Dance

Pat and Greg Kane of Hue and Cry on Labour of Love

Paul Jones of Mandred Mann on Doo Wah Diddy and Pretty Flamingo

David Byrne of Talking Heads on Once in a Lifetime

And many more to come.

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