JP's Golden Years - Edition 320 - Saturday, 24 Oct 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 24 Oct 2026 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

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Programme Segments are:

• The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
• The Best of Europop
• A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
• The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Oct 1986

The Show is available at:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
  
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
  
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio Malta's Sunshine Radio
  (Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
  
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel (see above players)
  

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THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.

Londonbeat

I've been thinking about you

Number 2 in Sep 1990

2.

Incognito feat Jocelyn Brown

Always There

Number 6 in Jun 1991

3.

Army of Lovers

Crucified

Number 31 in Feb 1992

4.

Jermaine Stewart

Say it again

Number 7 in Jan 1988

5.

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

Islands in the Stream

Number 7 in Nov 1983

6.

Leroy Anderson

The Typewriter

Instrumental Theme of the Week

The UK Top 20 from Oct 1986

7.

Huey Lewis and the News

Stuck with you

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 12 in Aug 1986

8.

Run-DMC feat Aerosmith

Walk this way

Number 8 in Sep 1986

9.

Cutting Crew

(I just) Died in your arms 

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 4 in Aug 1986

10.

Midnight Star

Midas Touch

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 8 in Oct 1986

11.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)

(Forever) Live and Die

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 11 in Sep 1986

12.

Jermaine Stewart

We don't have to take our clothes off

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 2 in Aug 1986

13.

Marti Webb & the Simon May Orchestra

Always There (Theme from the TV series "Howard's Way")

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 13 in Sep 1986 

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 from Oct 1986 (ctd)

1.

Cyndi Lauper

True Colors

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 12 in Sep 1986

2.

A-Ha

I've been losing you

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 8 in Oct 1986

3.

Eurythmics

Thorn in my side

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 5 in Sep 1986

4.

Pet Shop Boys

Suburbia

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 8 in Oct 1986

5.

Cameo

Word Up

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 3 in Aug 1986

6.

The Bangles

Walk like an Egyptian

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 3 in Sep 1986

7.

Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Caddick

All I ask of you

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 3 in Oct 1986

From the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'The Phantom Of The Opera'. 

8.

Paul Simon

You can call me Al

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 4 in Sep 1986

9.

Status Quo

In the army now

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 2 in Oct 1986

Number 28 in Oct 2010 (Status Quo with the Corps of Army Music Choir)

10.

The Communards

Don't leave me this way

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Sep - Oct 1986

The UK's Bestselling Single of the Year 1986

Number 5 in Jan 1977 (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)

Number 13 in Feb 1977 (Thelma Houston)

Number 35 in Jan 1995 (Thelma Houston)(re-issue)

11.

Five Star

Rain or Shine

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 2 in Sep 1986

12.

Nick Berry

Every loser wins

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Oct - Nov 1986

13.

Madonna

True Blue

The UK's Bestselling Single of Oct 1986

Number 1 for 1 week in Oct 1986