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Rare interviews with music icons featuring Bob Marley, David Bowie and Adele.

In an illuminating interview from 1998, singer, songwriter and actress Courtney Love talks to Jo Whiley about her love of Abba, dealing with the British press and email exchanges with Madonna. Recorded in a London hotel room, just prior to the release of Celebrity Skin, the Hole front woman shares her advice for the upcoming millennium and deliberates on conspiracies around birth control.
Presenter: David Hyde
Producers: David Hyde and Joe Haddow
Executive Producers: Helen Toland and Peter Rippon
A BBC Rewind Production for BBC Sounds

In a rare and in-depth interview from 1980, Bob Marley talks to Phil Sutcliffe about his music, his politics and his ever-strong Rastafari beliefs. Marley discusses his recent concert in Zimbabwe where he and the Wailers were the center-piece of celebrations to mark independence and the end of British colonial rule. He muses on being an icon, recognised worldwide. And he has answers for those who criticise him, for his political and religious ideologies.
Presenter: David Hyde
Producers: David Hyde and Joe Haddow
Executive Producers: Helen Toland and Peter Rippon
A BBC Rewind Production for BBC Sounds

Just ahead of the release of Bedtime Stories, Madonna charms Simon Mayo with musings on Princess Diana, Chilean poetry and Winnie the Pooh. In an enlightening interview recorded in Paris in 1994, a post-Erotica Madonna swaps her Sex book for some classic children’s literature and tells Mayo: ‘Je ne regret rien!’
Presenter: David Hyde
Producers: David Hyde and Joe Haddow
Executive Producers: Helen Toland and Peter Rippon
A BBC Rewind Production for BBC Sounds

In a reflective interview from 1976, Iggy Pop talks to Stuart Grundy about rage, running and Raw Power. He discusses the perils of touring, being compared to Keith Moon and collaborating with his friend and mentor David Bowie.
Presenter: David Hyde
Producers: David Hyde and Joe Haddow
Executive Producers: Helen Toland and Peter Rippon
A BBC Rewind Production for BBC Sounds

In two separate but spirited interviews from 1996 and 1998, the Spice Girls talk to Simon Mayo and Zoe Ball. Their excitement at the beginning of their career contrasts with a more worldly girl group halfway through an epic world tour. In the first interview, they crash into Simon Mayo’s Radio 1 studio, animated about their number 1 single Wannabe. In the second, before headlining the Birmingham NEC, they chat to Zoe Ball about backlashes and boyfriends, unaware that Geri would leave the group just two weeks later.
Presenter: David Hyde
Producers: David Hyde and Joe Haddow
Executive Producers: Helen Toland and Peter Rippon
A BBC Rewind Production for BBC Sounds