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In a Dance Hall with Ken Loach

Filmmaker Ken Loach joins Mary Anne to discuss dance hall culture, following the release of his new film Jimmy's Hall.

Legendary film maker Ken Loach joins Mary Anne. He will be discussing why he loves dance hall culture, on the back of his new film Jimmy's Hall.

Loach, 77, is the director behind many British classics, including Poor Cow, Kes, Hidden Agenda, Riff-Raff, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Looking For Eric and the Spirit of '45. He has won awards at BAFTA, Cannes, the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977 he turned down an OBE.

Jimmy's Hall was released in cinemas on May 22nd. It concerns Irish deportation, activism and dance halls.

Also, expect music for dancing to.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 8 Jun 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Higher Ground

    • Motown.
  • Kae Tempest

    The Beigeness

    • Everybody Down.
    • Big Dada.
    • 001.
  • Rory Gallagher

    Back On My Stompin' Ground

  • SOHN

    The Wheel

    • 4AD.
  • Chick Webb and His Orchestra

    'Taint What You Do Its The Way Thatcha Do It

    • Decca 鈥.
  • R. Seliog

    Peripheral Thermal Left

    • In Hz.
    • Turnstile.
  • Grizzly Bear

    Two Weeks

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warp.
    • 1.
  • Public Enemy

    Harder Than You Think

    • Public Enemy.
  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • Stay Gold.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Sango

    Especial

    • Da Rochina 2.
    • Jakarta.
  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron & Brian Jackson

    The Bottle

    • Virgin.
  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    I'm Running (Nya Fehe)

    • Soundway.
  • Robert Wyatt

    Shipbuilding

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Gregory Isaacs

    Night Nurse

    • Mango.
  • The Kinks

    The Village Green Preservation Society

    • Castle.
  • Damon Albarn

    Mr Tembo

    • Everyday Robots.
    • Parlophone.
    • 002.
  • The Undisputed Truth

    Smiling Faces Sometimes

    • Power To The Mowtown People.
    • Motown.
    • 1.
  • WIFE

    Heart Is A Far Light

    • tri-angle.
  • Sister Nancy

    Bam Bam

    • Techniques.
  • Foster the People

    Best Friend

    • Columbia.
  • Blondie

    Atomic (6 Music Session 02/06/14)

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Heads Will Roll

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • Royal Blood

    Come On Over

    • Warner Bros Records.
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

    • Reprise.
  • Glass Animals

    Pools

    • Wolf Tone / Caroline Music.
  • Barrington Levy

    Here I Come

    • Greensleeves.
  • Them

    Gloria

  • Bryan Ferry

    Tokyo Joe

    • In Your Mind.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 5.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    Walk Me To The Bridge

    • Futurology.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Damian 鈥淛r. Gong鈥 Marley

    Welcome To Jamrock

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Island.
  • Thin Lizzy

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Strange Fruit.
  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Ken Loach: Why Are Dance Halls So Vital?

  • Mint Royale

    Dancehall Places

    • Faith And Hope Records L.
  • Chick Webb and His Orchestra

    Stompin' at the Savoy

    • CBS.
  • The Black Keys

    Bullet In The Brain

    • Turn Blue.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 001.
  • Julie Byrne

    Prism Song

    • Orindal Records.
  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Telstar.
  • Joan As Police Woman

    Witness

    • The Classic.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 001.
  • John Martyn

    May You Never

    • Island.
  • Neon Neon

    I Told Her On Alderaan

    • Lex Records.
  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Meanwhile Up In Heaven

    • Fiction.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Sunriser

    • Alice Boman

      What

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Jun 2014 07:00