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#BattleOfRave: Coming soon...

Sep 11th, 2020 1m 32s

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

Sep 11th, 2020 32m 38s

The very first MDMA pills hit Britain. Ecstasy fuses with the music of Acid House - and four ordinary people's lives are changed forever. #BattleOfRaveThis podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.Credits Presenter: Chris

Meera Syal as The Raver

Sep 11th, 2020 15m 22s

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... #BattleOfRaveAll characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama contains strong language and

Ep2. Wizards Of E

Sep 11th, 2020 31m 34s

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. #BattleOfRaveThis podcast contains strong language and refer

Ian Hart as The Dealer

Sep 11th, 2020 11m 21s

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. #BattleOfRaveAll characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama

Ep3. Pump Up The Volume

Sep 11th, 2020 28m 14s

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. #BattleOfRaveThis podcast contains strong language and references to drug use.Credits Presen

Monica Dolan as The DJ

Sep 11th, 2020 18m

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. #BattleOfRaveAll characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fiction

Ep4. Blackburn Ravers

Sep 11th, 2020 32m 43s

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. #BattleOfRaveThis podcast contains strong language and referen

Adrian Edmondson as The Entrepreneur

Sep 11th, 2020 15m 32s

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. #BattleOfRaveAll characters portrayed by the d

Ep5. Call The Cops

Sep 11th, 2020 34m 43s

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 begins between the police and the ravers. #BattleOfR

David Morrissey as The Undercover Cop

Sep 11th, 2020 11m

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. #BattleOfRaveAll characters portrayed by the dramatic actors are fictional. This drama contains stron

Ep6. The Last Dance

Sep 11th, 2020 39m 39s

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 lifelong imprint - are left as a memory. #BattleO

Bonus Ep: John, Danny and Chris

Sep 11th, 2020 34m 19s

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 the Rave years. #BattleOfRaveThis podcast contai