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Rapper Rodney P. presents the story of Britain's second wave of pirate radio DJs. In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations appeared broadcasting from London tower blocks.
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In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations exploded on to Britain's FM airwaves. Unlike their seafaring swinging 60s forerunners, these pirates broadcast from London's estates and tower blocks to create a platform for black music in an era when it was shut out by legal radio and ignored by the mainstream music industry.

In the ensuing game of cat and mouse which played out on the rooftops of inner-city London across a whole decade, these rebel DJs used legal loopholes and technical trickery to stay one step ahead of the DTI enforcers who were tasked with bringing them down. And as their popularity grew they spearheaded a cultural movement bringing Britain's first multicultural generation together under the banner of black music and club culture.

Presented by Rodney P, whose own career as a rapper would not have been possible without the lifeblood of pirate radio airplay, this film also presents an alternative history of Britain in the 1980s - a time of entrepreneurialism and social upheaval - with archive and music that celebrates a very different side of Thatcher's Britain.

Featuring interviews with DJs, station owners and DTI enforcers - as well as some of the engineers who were the secret weapon in the pirate arsenal - this is the untold story of how Britain's greatest generation of pirate radio broadcasters changed the soundtrack of modern Britain forever.

Colin Faver | Kiss 100 (94) FM | 15 August 1987


The Don | Emergency FM, Bristol | 4 September 1988


Cool Hand Flex | Fantasy FM, London | September 1989


Baby Face & Hermit | Centreforce 88.3 FM, London | 1990


DJ Helium & DJ Ranx | Chillin' 98.0 FM | 14 July 1991


Micky Finn | Green Apple FM | 1992


DJ RAP & MCMC | Eruption FM | 1993


Misfit | Don FM | 1994


Rodney T & Nicky Blackmarket + Stevie Hyper D | Kool FM | 3 Sept 1995


Bryan Gee | Kool FM | 1996


Dylan | Rude FM | 1997


DJ DAZ | Cyndicut FM, Essex | 20 December 1998


Richie Swift & Smokers Inc | Kool FM, Midlands | 21 May 1999


Razor, Freebass & Dominator | Hyper 106.5 FM | 11th Sept 2000


DJ Stylie, DJ Quest & MC Blacka | Ruud Awakening | 30 September 2001


OB1 & DJ Slick Live Phone In Show | Charge FM, Essex | 1 April 2002


Eric B | Buzz 88 FM, Manchester | 17 July 2003


EZC, Gaz H & Stu Rush | Ovaload 107.3 FM, Hull | 2005


Rodney Panton, also known as Rodney P (born in Balham, London, 12 December 1969) is an English MC, as well as a radio and television personality who first gained attention via the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. A former member of UK hip-hop group London Posse, Rodney P is known for rapping in his London accent.

In 1986, London Posse were invited by Mick Jones of the Clash to support his new band Big Audio Dynamite on a UK tour. A recording contract with Big Life Records followed, and the recording of the songs "Live Like the Other Half" and "Money Mad", which appeared on the group's only album, Gangsta Chronicle. Gangsta Chronicle was voted the most important UK hip-hop album of all time in the 2007 poll of music magazine Hip Hop Connection.

Rodney P signed to Tru Thoughts Records in 2011. A collaborative album with Zed Bias and Falacy was released in 2012 under the name Sleepin Giantz.

Rodney P has also collaborated with Skinnyman, Blak Twang, Dub Pistols, Roots Manuva and the Nextmen, and featured on recordings by Omar, Terri Walker, the Brand New Heavies, MJ Cole, Roni Size, the Stanton Warriors, Timo Maas and L’Entourloop.

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