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Live from the Bluedot Festival

Radcliffe and Maconie are also live from the festival gearing up for headliners, Kraftwerk. They’re joined by 808 State, The Clangers and wildlife presenter Liz Bonnin.

Continuing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music’s celebration of the moon landings in 1969, Mark and Stuart are broadcasting live this afternoon from the Bluedot Festival in Cheshire which is this year celebrating the 50 anniversary of the moon landings.

They’re joined by 808 State who chat ahead of playing this evening & wildlife and natural history presenter Liz Bonnin who is delivering a talk at the Festival about The Problem with Plastics - Liz chats about the full scale of the problem across our oceans and explores how science can offer solutions to one of the biggest environmental disasters of our time.

Plus, the actual Clangers chat alongside with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Science presenter Maggie Aderin Pocock about their activities over the weekend and author Sue Nelson tells Mark and Stuart all about Wally Funk who was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to complete NASA's 1961 Women in Space program. Funk breezed through the rigorous physical and mental tests, her scores beating those of many of the male candidates—even John Glenn. Just one week before Funk was to enter the final phase of training, the entire program was abruptly cancelled. Politics and prejudice meant that none of the more-than-qualified women ever went to space.

Mark and Stuart are also joined by 6 Music's Clare Crane who recaps some of the Music News stories from the festival and there is live music from the brilliant Chappaqua Wrestling who play live before their set later today at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing stage.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Muse

    Supermassive Black Hole

    • Warner Bros.
  • JARV IS…

    Must I Evolve?

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Joy Lovejoy

    In Orbit

    • Checker.
  • Kae Tempest

    Circles

    • Big Dada.
  • Chappaqua Wrestling

    Plant Trees (Bluedot Festival 2019)

  • Chappaqua Wrestling

    Is She Happy Turning On Her Side (Bluedot Festival 2019)

  • sir Was

    Deployed (feat. Little Dragon)

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Beastie Boys

    Intergalactic

    • Grand Royal.
  • 808 State

    Ujala

    • INITIAL GRANADA REPORTS.
  • LIFE

    Hollow Thing

    • AFGHAN MOON / PIAS.
  • New Order

    Bizarre Love Triangle

    • Factory Records.
  • Bat for Lashes

    Kids In The Dark

    • AWAL recordings.
  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

    • EMI.
  • KOKOKO!

    Buka Dansa

    • Transgressive.
  • TVAM

    These Are Not Your Memories

    • Psychic Data.
  • Underworld

    Soniamode

    • Smith Hyde Productions.
  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free

    • Island.
  • The Moonlandingz

    Black Hanz

    • Transgressive Records.
  • Flying Lotus

    More (feat. Anderson .Paak)

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Jul 2019 13:00