Excellent Eighties
An hour or so of Excellent Eighties tunes, with regular features - an Extended 12” remix, Synth Pop Sunday, your 80’s cheese and crackers and an 80’s song you might have never heard of - you’ll just have to wait and see!
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Episodes

May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
58 min
Episode 84 of Excellent Eighties, featuring heavy metal bagpipes, tin whistles and a chicken laying eggs. What more could you want for your spare hour of the day?! If that's not enough there's also a 12" remix with the help of a Frankie, a dessert-sounding Synth Pop band, some songs about love and I've Got To Be Certain that Kylie makes an appearance too. Enjoy!

May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
1hr 15 sec
Episode 83 of Excellent Eighties, there's a Spanish remix for a Swedish popstar in the 12" feature, there's a song with brackets in the title for Synth Pop Sunday, just don't Lose Your Mind. A depressed robot brings us the cheese and we count down to the cracker. There also might be a song you've never heard of, you'll just have to wait and see, just don't fall asleep otherwise you'll miss this episode! Enjoy!

Apr 30, 2026
Apr 30, 2026
1hr 39 sec
Episode 82 of Excellent eighties, featuring Ms Arquette for the extended 12" remix, it's all aboard the Night Train for a protest in Synth Pop Sunday. We're hitting the dance floor for your 80's cheese and crackers and we enlist the help of a nice Chianti for the song you might have never heard of. If you listen carefully you might even hear the Thunder in the Mountains.

Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
1hr 2 min
Episode 81 of Excellent Eighties - featuring an instrumental 12" remix from the ZTT stable, we visit Japan for a fascinating Synth Pop Sunday and there's a Stewart invasion for your cheese & crackers. We have a flashback to the Chinheads, and hope you have a Fantastic Day listening to Excellent Eighties, Enjoy!

Apr 15, 2026
Apr 15, 2026
1hr 48 sec
Episode 80 of Excellent Eighties. "Call Me" if you'd like an extended 12" remix, that hub cap keeps falling off in Synth Pop Sunday and there's a bloke with lasers in his gloves. Your cheese & crackers is letting in water & there's a number 75 chart peak for the song you've might not have heard of. We also "ask" a couple of questions & there's a story about cheating your way up the charts. Enjoy!

Apr 8, 2026
Apr 8, 2026
1hr 6 min
Episode 79 of Excellent Eighties, featuring a 12" superhero, 2 classic Synth Pop Bands in your Synth Pop Sunday. The second Cliff Richard cover in a row for your cheese & a Dulux paint chart comes in handy for the cracker. There might be a song you've never heard of from a band beginning with "X" and finally please stay for a little while longer as there's a special surprise at the very end of the episode! Enjoy!

Apr 3, 2026
Apr 3, 2026
59 min
Episode 78 of Excellent Eighties, featuring Synth Pop Sunday with 1 x instrumental and 1 x non-instrumental track. There's a song with brackets in the title (yay!), your cheese & crackers come to you in a pink bucket and Bruce Springsteen has a premonition about the energy crisis. Enjoy!

Mar 27, 2026
Mar 27, 2026
1hr 49 sec
Episode 77 of Excellent Eighties, you have 20 Seconds to Comply...take a Walk In the Park & listen to another helping of Synth Pop Sunday & Cheese & crackers - just don't rabbit too much. Enjoy!

Mar 18, 2026
Mar 18, 2026
1hr 1 min
Episode 76 of Excellent Eighties, no sign of trombones or indeed big parades, just your usual helping of cheese & crackers with the help of a Dr. Who, your Synth Pop Sunday featuring a regular SP duo and another bloke with a keyboard. Talking of pianos, there's a 12" remix and a song you might have never heard of, you'll just have to wait and see. Don't miss the bus whilst you're listening - enjoy!

Mar 13, 2026
Mar 13, 2026
1hr 2 min
Episode 75 of Excellent Eighties featuring an Angel with Broken Wings, a Fandabidozi cracker, a lot of jacking, a sprinkle of magic and those Woodpecker's from Space will Never Take Me Alive! Enjoy!
