Season 1 1999

Features musicians Neil Finn, once of Crowded House, Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame and ex-10CC songwriter Graham Gouldman.

Hit songwriters share the stage for an acoustic concert at the Subterania Club in London. This programme features Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, John Cale, formerly of the Velvet Underground, and Nick Cave. Songs include Back on The Chain Gang, Fear, Into My Arms, Kid, Mercy Seat and Ship of Fools.

This programme's musicians are singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, singer-producer-songwriter Chip Taylor, and Nick Lowe. Their respective songwriting credits include such classic hits as Wichita Lineman, Wild Thing and (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding, and they take it in turns to play their own tunes and swap anecdotes about the stories behind the songs that they have written.

This programme's musicians are folk legend Joan Baez (performing Diamonds & Rust' andLove Song To A Stranger'), and folk-country singers Matraca Berg (Strawberry Wine' andBack When We Were Beautiful') and Gretchen Peters (Independence Day' andOn A Bus To St Cloud').

This final programme's musicians are Paul Heaton & Dave Rotheray (performing Rotterdam' andOl' Red Eyes Is Back'), Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham (Dark End Of The Street' andI'm Your Puppet'), and John Martyn (May You Never' andCouldn't Love You More').