Podcasts by Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave

Introducing Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game from 2022-12-14T10:12

Here's a flavour of a new podcast you might like. You can listen to the full series now on BBC Sounds by searching 'Grandest Game'.

It’s the game that shocked and thrilled the world: Gran...

#BattleOfRave: Coming soon... from 2020-09-11T04:30

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.

Ep1. I Need Your Love from 2020-09-11T03:45

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 an...

Meera Syal as The Raver from 2020-09-11T03:30

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 acto...

Ep2. Wizards Of E from 2020-09-11T03:15

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...

Ian Hart as The Dealer from 2020-09-11T03:00

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 po...

Ep3. Pump Up The Volume from 2020-09-11T02:45

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 lan...

Monica Dolan as The DJ from 2020-09-11T02:30

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

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Ep4. Blackburn Ravers from 2020-09-11T02:15

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 ...

Adrian Edmondson as The Entrepreneur from 2020-09-11T02:00

He saw the need to party - and the cash that could be made from raves. He'd hit it big on both, running parties for thousands every week. Until, as 88 turned to 89, the politicians got involved....

Ep5. Call The Cops from 2020-09-11T01:45

It's the second summer of love. E is everywhere, and Acid House has its new national anthems. Warehouses and car convoys come alive. After deaths, the media is outraged: and a battle of wills be...

David Morrissey as The Undercover Cop from 2020-09-11T01:30

Policing the doors used to be easy - but with Ecstasy came a new breed of dealer. Younger. Harder. Just not as hard as his undercover unit. #BattleOfRave All characters portrayed by the dramat...

Ep6. The Last Dance from 2020-09-11T01:15

Through the illegal parties, gangsters muscled in on supplying the pills. The ravers are now caught in their grip. The police have to move in. The early years of Acid House - its Ecstasy and its...

Bonus Ep: John, Danny and Chris from 2020-09-11T01:00

How do you change after a life of dealing drugs? Former criminal John Burton is candid about the life he leads now. Danny Brocklehurst also reflects on writing the dramas and the influence of t...