Liverpool - The New Wave

Liverpool - The New Wave was the title of a six-part radio documentary series broadcast by BBC Radio 2 in 2002. The series was presented by Liverpool radio broadcaster Janice Long and looked at the ways in which the Liverpool music scene reinvented itself in the wake of the sixties explosion.

Part One: Sweat, Floods and Toilet Roll - The Story of Eric's Club.

 * Pete Wylie, Pete Burns and Holly Johnson pay homage to Eric's, which opened its doors in 1976 on the same street as the then defunkt Cavern.
 * First broadcast 30 January 2002, 10.00 pm

Part Two: The Crucial Three

 * At the height of punk, Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope and Pete Wylie endured a phenomenally short-lived collaboration before moving on to Echo and the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes and Wah! respectively.
 * First broadcast 06 February 2002, 10.00 pm

Part Three: Into the Pleasuredome - Electro-pop and the Eighties.

 * A chance to reassess Frankie Goes to Hollywood, OMD, China Crisis and Dead or Alive, with guests Holly Johnson, Pete Burns, Eddie Lundon and Andy McCluskey.
 * First broadcast 13 February 2002, 10.00 pm

Part Four: All Together Now - Beyond Madchester

 * Indie locals like the Farm, the La's, the Boo Radleys and the Lightning Seeds all struck a major chord in the nineties.
 * First broadcast 20 February 2002, 10.00 pm

Part Five:The Cream of Clubland

 * This penultimate edition looks at the city's dance scene, from disco to techno.
 * First broadcast 27 February 2002, 10.00 pm

Part Six: And the Beat Goes On

 * A look at the contemporary scene - features Atomic Kitten, Kathryn Williams, Ian Broudie, Castfrontman John Power and Pete Burns. With music by Space, Mel C, the Coral, Clinic and others.
 * First broadcast 06 March 2002, 10.00 pm