As well as guesting on the radio show – on Saturday 20th June – Toyah has also recorded a filmed portion for BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The Eighties, with Sara Cox. (Photo © BBC)
This will be available on the BBC Red Button (as well as BBC Interactive 601 on Freeview), and also BBC iPlayer. The Red Button air time slots are as follows:
Saturday 20th June: 10.30pm
Sunday 21st June: 3am & 8.30pm
Monday 22nd June: Midnight & 7pm
Sara Cox plays a plethora of ’80s videos and chats to punk pop icon Toyah about her hectic times during the early 1980s and the creation of her album Anthem, which included tracks such as It’s a Mystery, I Wanna Be Free and Obsolete. Toyah also reveals her own favourite video from the decade. 80s videos in the show include classics from Human League, Whitney Houston, the Jam, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Thompson Twins, Adam and the Ants, Pet Shop Boys, the Pretenders and ABC. Plus a look back at what the top five singles were this week in 1989.
Following last Thursday’s announcement by BBC Who’s in Today?, the date of Toyah’s guest appearance on BBC Radio Two’s Sounds Of The 80s, presented by Sara Cox, has been revealed.
This is Toyah’s second time on the show, she previously guested back in February 2014. That is available to listen to here.
Sounds Of The 80s: BBC Radio Two: Saturday 20th June: 10pm
Sounds Of The 80s: BBC Radio Two: Saturday 24th June: 3am
Singer and actor Toyah Willcox joins Sara Cox to look back on the decade, with hits, album tracks, 12-inch singles and the top 5 from the week in the 1980s.
• Visit the BBCR2/Sounds Of The 80s website.
Hear music star Toyah Willcox sharing her fave Sounds of the 80s with the lovely Sara Cox! Check out Toyah in the 80s when she had a slightly different look for our contribution to this week’s #throwbackthursday
• BBC Who’s in Today?: Check out Toyah Willcox in for Sounds of the 80s on BBC Radio 2 with Sara Cox – we’re celebrating #TBT in her honour! – Visit the Who’s in Today? Facebook…
• BBC Who’s in Today?: Visit the Who’s in Today? project website…
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• Brave New World: Some of us never tire of Toyah’s iconic/unforgettable/still relevant 1982 image – Check out what Mark Wallis Design has done with the single sleeve…
• Celluloid Wickerman: Alchemical Magic in Derek Jarman’s The Tempest (1979): Forever a cinematic alchemist – a sage that conjured and devoured celluloid before the eventual ritualistic sacrifice- Derek Jarman is the perfect suitor to Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1979); a play whose heart is bathed in the tragedy and power of magic – Continue reading…
Pick Of The Pops: BBC Radio Two: Saturday 6th June: 1pm
Pick Of The Pops: BBC Radio Two: Thursday 11th June: 3am
Tony Blackburn presents a selection of classic chart hits from 1960 and 1981, including tracks from George Harrison, Toyah, Anthony Newley, Kim Wilde and Vangelis.
Toyah is guesting on the Richard Green Show this afternoon on BBC Radio Devon.
Richard Green: BBC Radio Devon: Sat 23rd May: 1pm
Toyah. Nearly 40 years on, She’s STILL the feisty Princess of Punk, TOYAH, joins Richard Green on The Retro Show. Toyah’s going “Up Close and Personal” on her forthcoming summer tour which brings her to Devon, but first she’ll reveal a few things to Richard.
Plus there’s the classic album, some live recordings and a pop princess of the late 80’s provides the 12 inch mix of the week. So for a dip into the past, but with the freshness of today listen in to Richard Green’s Retro Show
• Listen live at the BBC Radio Devon website or catch up later at BBC iPlayer.
As previously mentioned in March, Toyah will be guesting on “Tracks Of My Years” on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2. It’s been confirmed this will air in June,
Ken Bruce presents Tracks Of My Years: Each week a different artist joins Ken Bruce to pick 10 of the songs that have meant the most to them (two songs per day, Monday to Friday).
• Browse previous participants at the BBC Radio 2 website.
Full transcripts of two recent Toyah interviews are now available to read at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive.
Severn FM’s The Encyclopaedia of Rock radio appearance, with Toyah and Bill Rieflin talking about The Humans and the Telling Strange Tales tour, and Toyah guesting on ITV’s Lorraine, again discussing The Humans, and much more.
Click below to visit the website.
The interview with Toyah and Bill Rieflin, which aired on Monday night on Severn FM’s The Encyclopaedia of Rock, is now available to listen to online.
Beginning at approximately 43 minutes into the programme. Toyah talks the history of The Humans, and the album Strange Tales – with a play of the wonderful Amnesia – The second part of the interview, which includes Bill Rieflin explaining how he initially became a member of The Humans, begins at approximately 59 minutes in and runs for around 12 minutes.
• Listen here. (Click on 13/04/15 Aerosmith Von Hertzen Toyah and The Humans)
Toyah and Bill Rieflin were interviewed on The Encyclopaedia on Severn FM tonight.
The radio station has a “Listen Again” function at their website so the interview/show may possibly become available sometime this week.
Toyah confirmed via Twitter that she was recording “Tracks Of My Years” yesterday for future broadcast on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2.
Ken Bruce presents Tracks Of My Years: Each week a different artist joins Ken Bruce to pick 10 of the songs that have meant the most to them (two songs per day, Monday to Friday).
• Browse previous participants at the BBC Radio 2 website.
More of the recent radio interviews with Toyah have been converted to text articles over at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive. Click below visit the website.
A reminder that Toyah is guesting on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable on BBC Radio 6Music today. The programme will be available at BBC iPlayer after it airs.
Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable: BBC Radio 6Music
Thursday 12th March: 4.00pm
Steve hosts Roundtable and is joined by Toyah Willcox and Gideon Coe.
Toyah is making a return to Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable on BBC Radio 6Music later this month.
Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable: BBC Radio 6Music
Thursday 12th March: 4.00pm
Steve hosts Roundtable and is joined by Toyah Willcox and Gideon Coe.
There have been a number of radio interviews with Toyah over the last few weeks. Some have been converted to text articles over at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive, with more to follow. Click below to read the transcripts.
As mentioned, Toyah guested on Eleri Sions show on BBC Radio Wales yesterday afternoon.
Toyah’s interview begins at approximately 2 hours 15 minutes into the programme. She talked about her tours for 2015, The Humans, Valentines Day, King Crimson, appearing on Top Of The Pops in the 80s, imagery, current female singers, and more. There was also a play of It’s A Mystery from The Acoustic Album.
• The interview runs for around 15 minutes and can be listened to, for the next 29 days at, BBC iPlayer.
Another radio interview with Toyah today. She is guesting on Eleri Sions show on BBC Radio Wales this afternoon.
Eleri chats to Toyah Willcox ahead of her brand new tour and has her mind read live on air by a master magician.
• The programme can be listened to live at the BBC Radio Wales website, or after it airs at BBC iPlayer.
As mentioned, Toyah was interviewed on The Afternoon Show with Claire Cavanagh on BBC Radio Bristol yesterday.
Toyah’s interview begins approximately 42 minutes into the programme. She began by recounting the story of how her Mother and Father first met in Weston-Super-Mare. Toyah also discussed her Acoustic, Up Close & Personal tour, the origins of her name, a future trip to Japan with the King Crimson tour, reality TV in general and the recent series of Celebrity Big Brother, using full cans of hairspray in the 80s, her diet, cookery programmes, unfulfilled ambitions, and more.
There was also a play of Good Morning Universe from The Acoustic Album.
• The interview runs for around 15 minutes and can be listened to, for the next 27 days at, BBC iPlayer. Browse the full schedule of forthcoming Acoustic, Up Close & Personal tour dates.
Toyah is guesting on The Afternoon Show with Claire Cavanagh on BBC Radio Bristol (also airing on BBC Radio Somerset) today at 2.40pm. The show begins at 2pm and can be listened to live at the BBC Radio Bristol website or at BBC iPlayer after it airs.
Toyah will be talking about the forthcoming Acoustic, Up Close & Personal gigs in Frome and Cardiff, taking place later this week.
Toyah is interviewed today at Monocle Radio, www.monocle.com, in a music magazine special of The Stack.
A music magazine special with Tony Herrington, the Editor-In-Chief of underground music magazine The Wire and music journalist and author Andrew Mueller. Also Toyah Willcox shares her experience as one of the 80s most featured musicians on the front cover of magazines.
The Stack – Essential listening for anyone who cares about what they read – and how they read it. The Stack is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest newspaper.
• Listen to the programme, which runs for just under 35 minutes, at Monocle Radio. A podcast of the programme will also be available.
Toyah hosting The Personality Test, the radio quiz that’s all about her, airs again later this month on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
The 30 minute radio show, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 2007 and again in 2009, with guests including Sue Perkins and Robin Ince, will be available at BBC iPlayer post-broadcast.
The Personality Test: BBC Radio 4 Extra: Thursday 18th February: 9am/6pm
The Personality Test: BBC Radio 4 Extra: Friday 19th February: 1am
Toyah Willcox chairs the comedy quiz in which all the questions are about the guest host. Panellists are Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.
