Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave BBC Radio 5 Live
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When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Welcome to Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave.
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#BattleOfRave: Coming soon...
When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Coming soon... Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave.
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Ep1. I Need Your Love
The very first MDMA pills hit Britain. Ecstasy fuses with the music of Acid House - and four ordinary people's lives are changed forever. #BattleOfRave
This podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.
Credits
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey -
Meera Syal as The Raver
She's Mrs Ordinary now. But offer her an E, and she might just bite your hand off. All because there's a hole she has to fill... #BattleOfRave
All characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama contains strong language and references to drug use.
Credits
Performed by Meera Syal
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey -
Ep2. Wizards Of E
In the music and drug underground of Manchester, the pills have changed everything - all helped along by a famous name. In the Acid House dives and clubs, a special romance begins. #BattleOfRave
This podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.
Credits
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Series Producer: Emma Forde
Additional Production: Nicola Dowling and Jane Andrews
Sound Design: Sam Turner
Digital: Eleanor Layhe and Alex Entwistle
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey -
Ian Hart as The Dealer
It started with a few bags of weed on the estate: but the pills turned it into a multinational operation. And the money... was mad. But so too was the life. #BattleOfRave
All characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama contains strong language and references to drug use.
Credits
Performed by Ian Hart
Written by Danny Brocklehurst
Producer and Director: Gary Brown
Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke
Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey
Customer Reviews
Fantastic podcast ❤️
A fantastic overview of different components playing out at that time! Brilliant podcast, loved hearing all the old music and people’s stories.
Ecstasy the battle of rave.
Brilliant. Takes me back to my young. I listened to it and once I finished it I started listening to again. Anyone who was there or had an interest in the Rave Culture will love this pod cast.
Fantastic listen
Such a great listen. Loved the way how the podcast was framed through different individual stories. Such an important time for music and popular culture.