Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave

BBC Radio 5 Live

4.8 (29)
SOCIETY & CULTURE

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.

09/11/2020

#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.

2 min
09/11/2020

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

33 min
09/11/2020

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

15 min
09/11/2020

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

32 min
09/11/2020

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

11 min
09/11/2020

Ep3. Pump Up The Volume

Where do you get a million E's to bring into Britain? At the start, there was one answer: Amsterdam. And this is exactly how the deals were done. #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

28 min
09/11/2020

Monica Dolan as The DJ

She doesn’t believe in God anymore - but behind the decks she was a messiah. When the dancefloor's fuelled by the pills though... the devil can come too close for comfort. #BattleOfRave All characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama contains strong language and references to drug use. Credits Performed by Monica Dolan Written by Danny Brocklehurst Producer and Director: Gary Brown Sound Design and Mixing: Steve Brooke Editor and Executive Producer: Ciaran Tracey

18 min
09/11/2020

Ep4. Blackburn Ravers

An empty warehouse... a disused mill... the search is on for anywhere to rave, in the unlikeliest of towns. The technicolour Acid House revolution though will soon meet darkness. #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

33 min

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Chris Warburton

Host

4.8

out of 5

29 Ratings

Great story and great history.

10/08/2020

Outdoorboy808

Really nice balance and some great music memories.

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.