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An Unlikely Pilgrimage

Johnnie meets the author Rachel Joyce, and finds out what inspiration the decade gave her as a writer.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of Rigsby, Alan, Philip and Miss Jones.

This week he's joined by the author Rachel Joyce, who was nominated for the 2012 Man Booker Prize with her novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Set in the seventies, her new book Perfect uses the decade as a crucial plot device, with the addition of two seconds to the clock in 1972. Together with Johnnie she'll cover her favourite music of the decade, plus the memories of her formative years that remain so evocative today.

Also on the show, another classic record will be loaded into Johnnie's Jukebox, and this week in 1978 will be revisited courtesy of a trip to the 成人快手 archive.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Jul 2013 15:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry

      All I Have to Do Is Dream

      • The Hits Of 1969 (Various Artists).
      • MFP.

  • James Brown

    Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Part 1 & 2

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • J.J. Cale

    Hey Baby

    • Troubador.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • ARCHIVE: THIS WEEK IN 1978

    • The Boomtown Rats

      Like Clockwork

  • The Pioneers

    Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    Heart On My Sleeve

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Status Quo

      Rockin' All Over The World

      • Single.
      • Vertigo.
      • 1.

  • Grateful Dead

    Uncle John's Band

    • WARNER BROS.

  • Plastic Bertrand

    Ca Plane Pour Moi

    • VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
    • Rhino.

  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Patti Smith Group

    Because the Night

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • J.J. Cale

    Cajun Moon

    • Special Edition.
    • Mercury.
    • 12.

  • HOUR 2

    • Madness

      One Step Beyond

      • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
      • EMI.
      • 5.

  • Duncan Browne

    Journey

    • Acoustic Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 2.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.

  • Donna Summer

    MacArthur Park

    • The Dance Collection.
    • Casablanca.
    • 4.

  • McGuinness Flint

    Malt & Barley Blues

    • Heart On My Sleeve.
    • A&M.

  • J.J. Cale

    After Midnight

    • J.J.Cale - Special Edition.
    • Mercury.

  • INTERVIEW: RACHEL JOYCE

    • The New Seekers

      Beg, Steal Or Borrow

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Songbird

  • Led Zeppelin

    When The Levee Breaks

  • Van McCoy

    The Hustle

    • Golden Hits Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • BR Music.

  • J.J. Cale

    Travellin' Light

    • Troubador.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Roxy Music

    Prairie Rose

    • Country Life.
    • Island Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Jul 2013 15:00
    成人快手 Radio 2