SIMON McKAY hosts a weekly radio show playing 1970s British punk and post punk peppered with some British and Jamaican reggae from the same era. Playlists for each show appear below.

The show 'Post Punk Britain' appears on www.breaklondon.co.uk on Sunday nights between 10 and 11pm and is repeated at noon the following Monday.
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Playlist for the show broadcast 26 February 2012:
- Clash – Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Dennis Brown – Love Has Found Its Way (1982)
- Delta 5 – Leaving (1981)
- Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1979)
- Adverts – One Chord Wonders (1977)
- Neon Hearts – Regulations (1977)
- Stranglers – Who Wants The World (1979)
- Members – Working Girl (1981)
- Skids – Into The Valley (1979)
- Monochrome Set – He’s Frank (1979)
- Those Naughty Lumps – Iggy Pop’s Jacket (1979)
- Sham 69 – Kids Are United (1978)
- Prince Far I – Heavy Manners (1977)
- Specials – Gangsters (1979)
- Radio Stars – Dirty Pictures (1977)
- Fashionable Impure – Fight Ignorance (1981)
- Glaxo Babies – This Is Your Life (1979)
- Gladiators – Get Ready (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 19 February 2012:
- Clash – Clampdown (1979)
- Stranglers – Straighten Out (1977)
- Desperate Bicycles – Smokescreen (1977)
- Boomtown Rats – Lookin’ After Number 1 (1977)
- Pink Military – Did You See Her (1980)
- Photos – Barberallas (1980)
- Lorna & Scotty Bennett – Breakfast In Bed (1972)
- Madness – The Prince (1979)
- Pinkies – Open Commune (1981)
- Mekons – Where Were You (1978)
- U Roy – Natty Rebel (1976)
- Girls At Our Best – Go For Gold (1981)
- John Cooper Clarke – Readers’ Wives (1979)
- X-Ray Spex – Warrior In Woolworths (1978)
- Graham Parker & The Rumour – Protection (1979)
- Fashionable Impure – Fight Ignorance (1981)
Playlist for the show broadcast 5 February 2012:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1981)
- Trinity - Three Piece and Thing (1978)
- Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty (2005)
- Magazine - Thank You Fa Lettin' Me Be Myself (1980)
- Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's Jacket (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Lipstick (1978)
- XTC - Are You Receiving Me? (1978)
- Human League - Being Boiled (1978)
- Young Marble Giants - Include Me Out (1980)
- UB40 - Food For Thought (1980)
- Clash - Radio Clash (1981)
- Steel Pulse - Sound System (1978)
- John Cooper Clarke - Readers' Wives (1979)
- Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls - When Will We Learn (1980)
- Gen X - Dancing With Myself (1980)
Playlist for the show broadcast 29 January 2012:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Generation X - Ready Steady Go (1978)
- Dr Feelgood - As Long As The Price Is Right (1979)
- Girls At Our Best - Fashion (1981)
- I Jog & The Tracksuits - RedBox(1979)
- Mighty Diamonds - Have Mercy (1976)
- Graham Parker & The Rumour - Protection (1979)
- Stranglers - Who Wants The World (1979)
- Donkeys - What I Want (1979)
- Radio Stars - Dirty Pictures (1977)
- Capital Letters - Run, Run, Run (1979)
- Au Pairs - Love Song (1980)
- Prefects - Things In General (1978)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Turquoise Days (1981)
- Bauhaus - Telegram Sam (1981)
- Stranglers - Straighten Out (1977)
- Specials - Gangsters (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 22 January 2012:
1. Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
2. Gen X - Dancing With Myself (1980)
3. Boomtown Rats - Mary of The 4th Form (1977)
4. Joy Division - She's Lost Control (1979)
5. Fashionable Impure - Fight Ignorance (1981)
6. Iganda - Mark of Slavery (1981)
7. Pop Group - Where There's A Will (1980)
8. Clash - Police On My Back (1980)
9. Heptones - Love Don't Come Easy (1979)
10. Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star (1981)
11. Cure - Play For Today (1980)
12. John Cooper Clarke - Reader's Wives (1979)
13. Ian Dury - Wake Up And Make Love With Me (1977)
14. Specials - Gangsters (1979)
15. Dennis Brown - Love Has Found Its Way (1982)
Playlist for the show broadcast 15 January 2012:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Stranglers - Who Wants The World (1979)
- Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's Jacket (1979)
- Rezillos - Top of The Pops (1977)
- Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Gettaway (1979)
- Mighty Diamonds - Shame and Pride (1976)
- Members - Working Girl (1981)
- Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees (1979)
- Steel Pulse - Sound System (1978)
- Graham Parker & The Rumour - Protection (1979)
- Adverts - No Time To Be 21 (1978)
- Generation X - Day By Day (1977)
- Monochrome Set - The Strange Boutique (1979)
- Members - Sound of The Suburbs (1979)
- Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (1976)
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Watching The Detectives (1977)
- Gang of Four - At Home He Feels Like A Tourist (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 27 December 2011:
BEST OF THE YEAR
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Generation X - Wild Youth (1977)
- Twist - This Is Your Life (1979)
- XTC - Are You Receiving Me (1978)
- Neon - Don't Eat Bricks (1979)
- I-Roy - Heart of a Lion (1978)
- Nips - Gabrielle (1978)
- Buzzcocks - Lipstick (1978)
- Cure - A Forest (1980)
- Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees (1979)
- Gang of Four - Not Great Men (1980)
- Said Liquidator - How To Smile (1987)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee (1979)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Punishment of Luxury - Brain Bomb (1979)
- Trinity - Three Piece and Thing (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 20 December 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Generation X - Day By Day (1977)
- Stranglers - Straighten Out (1977)
- Delroy Washington - Freedom Fighters (1976)
- Brian Brain - Jive Jive (1980)
- Wire - Outdoor Miner (1979)
- Tours - Language School (1979)
- Passions - Hunted (1980)
- Spizzles - Dangers of Living (1981)
- Clash - Radio Clash (1981)
- Ruts - Love In Vain (1980)
- Monochrome Set - Monochrome Set (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Promises (1978)
- Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was (1978)
- Boomtown Rats - Mary of The 4th Form (1977)
- Steel Pulse - Heart of Stone (1980)
Playlist for the show broadcast 13 December 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Magazine - Model Worker (1980)
- Gang of Four - Not Great Men (1980)
- Desperate Bicycles - Smokescreen (1977)
- Radio Stars - Dirty Pictures (1977)
- Tours - Language School (1979)
- Capital Letters - Run, Run, Run (1979)
- Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees (1979)
- Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (1977)
- Adverts - Bored Teenagers (1977)
- Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack (1977)
- Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business (1979)
- Steel Pulse - Heart of Stone (1980)
- Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning (1979)
- Freshies - I'm In Love With the Girl On The Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk (1979)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Playlist for the show broadcast 6 December 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack (1978)
- Stranglers - Peaches (1978)
- Wire - Outdoor Miner (1978)
- Flys - Name Dropping (1979)
- Cure - Play For Today (1980)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (1979)
- Punishment of Luxury - Brain Bomb (1979)
- Said Liquidator - How To Smile (1987)
- Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
- Clash - I'm Not Down (1979)
- Prince Far I - Heavy Manners (1976)
- Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1979)
- Penetration - Come Into The Open (1979)
- Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (1977)
- Purple Hearts - Frustration (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 29 November 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Magazine - Thank You Fa Lettin Me Be Myself (1980)
- Public Image Ltd - Public Image (1978)
- Ultravox - Young Savage (1977)
- Members - Sound of the Suburbs (1979)
- Slits - New Town (1979)
- I Roy - Runaway Girl (1976)
- Stranglers - Who Wants The World (1979)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Turquoise Days (1981)
- Joy Division - Transmission (1979)
- Freshies - I'm In Love With The Girl on the Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk (1979)
- Wah! Heat - Seven Minutes to Midnight (1980)
- Clash - Working For The Clampdown (1979)
- Slits - Man Next Door (1979)
- August Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)
Playlist for the show broadcast 22 November 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Magazine - Shot By Both Sides (1978)
- Trinity - Three Piece Suit
- Jam - In The City (1977)
- Outcasts - Love Is For Sops (1978)
- Shapes - What's For Lunch Mum
- Wasps - She's Alarming (1979)
- Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack (1978)
- Prince Far I - Heavy Manners (1976)
- Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream (1980)
- Purple Hearts - Frustration (1980)
- Comsat Angels - Independence Day
- Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast (1980)
- The Method - Dynamo (1977)
- Larry Wallis - Police Car (1977)
- Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (1977)
- I Roy - Jah Son of Africa (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 15 November 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Boomtown Rats - Mary of The 4thForm (1977)
- The Method - Dynamo (1977)
- U Roy - Runaway Girl (1976)
- Clash - Radio Clash (1981)
- Heaven 17 - Fascist Groove Thang (1981)
- Trinity - Three Piece Suit and Thing (1979)
- Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (1978)
- Stranglers - Who Wants The World (1979)
- Psychedelic Furs - Mr Jones (1980)
- Monochrome Set - Monochrome Set (1979)
- X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Lipstick (1978)
- UB40 - Food For Thought (1980)
- Gladiators - Get Ready (1978)
- Gang of Four - Outside The Trains Don't Run on Time (1980)
Playlist for the show broadcast 8 November 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Magazine - Shot By Both Sides (1978)
- Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning (1979)
- Au Pairs - Shakedown (1981)
- U Roy - Runaway Girl (1976)
- Young Marble Giants - Final Day (1980)
- Mo-dettes - Paint It Black (1980)
- Gang of Four - Damaged Goods (1978)
- Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue (1978)
- Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm (1985)
- Apartment - The Car (1980)
- Larry Wallis - Police Car (1977)
- Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World (1977)
- Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
- U Roy - Jah Son of Africa
- 999 - Homicide (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 1 November 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Members - Sound of The Suburbs (1979)
- Nips - Gabrielle (1978)
- Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was (1978)
- XTC - Are You Receiving (1978)
- I-Roy - Heart of A Lion (1978)
- Rudi - Big Time (1978)
- Twist - This Is Your Life (1979)
- Donkeys - What I Want (1979)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Love In A Void
- Freshies - Virgin Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk (1979)
- Willie Williams - Armageddon Time (1979)
- Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast (1980)
- Mo-dettes - White Mice (1979)
- Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (1977)
- King Tubby - Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Turquoise Days (1981)
Playlist for the show broadcast 25 October 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- 999 - Homicide (1978)
- Ruts - Babylon's Burning (1979)
- Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (1979)
- Stranglers - Straighten Out (1977)
- Vibrators - Automatic Lover (1978)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
- Passions - Hunted (1979)
- Glaxo Babies - This Is Your Life (1979)
- Delta 5 - Make Up (1980)
- Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan
- King Tubby - Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)
- Chelsea - Right To Work (1977)
- Jags - Back of My Hand (1979)
- Joe Jackson - Enough Is Not Enough (1980)
Playlist for the show broadcast 18 October 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Skids - Into The Valley (1979)
- Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty (2005)
- King Tubby - Meets Rockers Uptown (1975)
- Specials - Friday Night Saturday Morning (1981)
- Specials - Love Song (1980)
- pragVEC - Cigarettes (1978)
- Rudi - Big Time (1978)
- Moondogs - Who's Gonna Tell Mary (1980)
- Protex - Don't Ring Me Up (1978)
- Gladiators - Get Ready (1978)
- Restricted Code - Metronome (1980)
- 999 - Homicide (1978)
- Adverts - One Chord Wonders (1977)
- Cure - Primary (1981)
- Bauhaus - Telegram Sam (1980)
- Heaven 17 - Fascist Groove Than (1981)
- Buzzcocks - Love You More (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 11 October 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Stranglers - Straighten Out (1977)
- Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm (1985)
- Wasps - She's Alarming (1979)
- Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast (1980)
- Generation X - Day By Day (1977)
- Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1981)
- Ruts - Babylon's Burning (1979)
- Cure - A Forest (1980)
- Prince Far I - Heavy Manners (1976)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House (1980)
- Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing (1981)
- Nips - Gabrielle (1978)
- Moondogs - Who's Gonna Tell Mary (1980)
- Gladiators - Get Ready (1978)
- Clash - Rock The Casbah (1982)
- Magazine - Shot By Both Sides (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 4 October 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Specials - Friday Night Saturday Morning (1981)
- Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees (1979)
- Cure - 10-15 Saturday Night (1978)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Young Marble Giants - Include Me Out (1980)
- Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1977)
- Clash - Train In Vain (1979)
- Heaven 17 - Fascist Groove Thang (1981)
- Lora Logic - Wonderful Offer (1981)
- Said Liquidator - How To Smile (1987)
- Bauhaus - Telegram Sam (1980)
- Gang of Four - Damaged Good (1978)
- Neon Hearts - Regulations (1977)
- I-Roy - Heart of a Lion (1978)
- Judy Mowat - The Gardener
Playlist for the show broadcast 12 July 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
- Jam - News of The World (1978)
- Joe Jackson - Sunday Paper (1979)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee (1979)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Cure - AForest(1980)
- Comsat Angels - Total War (1980)
- Shapes - Wot's For Lunch, Mum (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Lipstick (1978)
- Dennis Brown - Man Next Door (1979)
- Au Pairs - Shakedown (1982)
- Magazine - Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself (1980)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (1979)
- Ruts -Babylon's Burning (1979)
- Urban Disturbance - Wild Boys In Cortinas (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast: 19 July 2011:
Repeat of previous week
Playlist for the show broadcast 12 July 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
- Jam - News of The World (1979)
- Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers (1979)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee? (1979)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Cure - AForest(1980)
- Comsat Angels - Total War (1980) Peel version
- Shapes - Wot's For Lunch, Mum (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Lipstick (1978)
- Dennis Brown - Man Next Door (1979)
- Au Pairs - Shakedown (1982)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (1979)
- Ruts -Babylon's Burning (1979)
- Urban Disturbance - Wild Boys In Cortinas (1979)
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Playlist for the show broadcast 5 July 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Magazine - Model Worker (1980)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House (1980)
- Ski Patrol - Agent Orange (1980)
- Generation X - Day By Day
- Monochrome Set - He's Frank (1979)
- Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1976)
- Flowers - Ballard of Miss Demeanour (1979)
- Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
- Skids - Into The Valley (1979)
- Members - Sound of The Suburbs (1979)
- Gregory Isaacs - Universal Tribulation (1976)
- Young Marble Giants - Credit In The Straight World (1980)
- Psychedelic Furs - Mr Jones (1980)
- Punishment of Luxury - Brain Bomb (1979)
- Neon - Don't Eat Bricks (1979)
- Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (1977)
- Clash - Working For The Clampdown (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 28 June 2011:
Repeat of previous week
Playlist for the show broadcast 21 June 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Promises (1978)
- Damned - New Rose (1976)
- Apartment - The Car (1980)
- Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees (1979)
- Piranhas - Getting Beaten Up (1980)
- Dennis Brown - Man Next Door (1979)
- Cure - Play For Today (1980)
- Clive Pig and The HopefulChinaMen - Happy Birthday Sweet 16 (1979)
- Donkeys - Four Letters (1980)
- Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast (1980)
- Scars - Adult/ery (1979)
- Rudi - Big Time (1978)
- Willie Williams - Armagedeon Time (1979)
- Ruts - Love In Vain (1980)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (1979)
- pragVEC - Cigarettes (1978)
Playlist for the show broadcast 14 June 2011:
- Clash - Supermarket (1979)
- Nips - Gabriel (1978)
- Neon Hearts - Popular Music (1979)
- Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (1978)
- Gang of Four - Not Great Men (1980)
- Prince Far-I - Heavy Manners (1976)
- Treatment Room - Shapes (1981)
- Wire - Outdoor Miner (1979)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Lipstick Vogue (1978)
- Passions - Hunted (1979)
- Au Pairs - Love Song (1980)
- Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
- Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil (1979)
- Ruts - Babylon's Burning (1979)
- Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm (1985)
- Delta 5 - You (1980)
Playlist for the show broadcast 7 June 2011:
- Clash - Supermarket (1979)
- Generation X - Ready Steady Go (1978)
- Penetration - Free Money (1978)
- Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1979)
- Elvis Costello - Goon Squad (1979)
- Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1976)
- Slits - New Town (1979)
- Joe Strummer introduces 'Rock The Casbah'
- Clash - Rock The Casbah (1982)
- Stranglers - Peaches (1977)
- Comsat Angels - Total War (1980)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee (1979)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (1977)
- XTC - Are You Receiving Me? (1978)
- Spizz Energi - Where's Captain Kirk? (1979)
- I-Roy - Heart of A Lion (1976)
- Twist - This Is Your Life (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 31 May 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Flys - Name Dropping (1979)
- Teardrops Explodes - When I Dream (1980)
- Cure - Play For Today (1980)
- Gregory Isaacs - Universal Tribulation (1979)
- Stranglers - Something Better Change (1977)
- Spizz Energi - Where's Captain Kirk? (1979)
- Monochrome Set - He's Frank (1979)
- Mekons - Where Were You (1978)
- Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast (1980)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House (1980)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee? (1979)
- Rezillos - I Can't Stand My Baby (1979)
- Dennis Brown - Money in Pocket (1979)
- 999 - Emergency (1978)
- Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (1979)
- Twist - This Is Your Life (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 24 May 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (1977)
- X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (1979)
- Neon Hearts - Popular Music (1979)
- Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train (1979)
- Prince Far-I - Under Heavy Manners (1976)
- Nips - Gabrielle (1978)
- Delta 5 - Make Up (1980)
- Public Image Limited - Public Image (1978)
- Specials - Rat Race (1979)
- Tours - Language School (1979)
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1980)
- Au Pairs - Shakedown (1981)
- pragVEC - Expert (1979)
- Judy Mowatt - The Gardener
- XTC - Are You Receiving Me? (1978)
- Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt Into Style (1979)
- Joy Division - Dead Souls (1979)
Playlist for the show broadcast 17 May 2011:
- Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
- Generation X - Wild Youth (1977)
- Wasps - She's Alarming (1979)
- Buzzcocks - Love You More (1978)
- Magazine - Model Worker (1980)
- Urban Disturbance - Wild Boys in Cortinas (1979)
- Au Pairs - Love Song (1980)
- Outcasts - Love Is For Sops (1978)
- Stranglers - Something Better Change (1977)
- I Roy - Heart of A Lion (1978)
- Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee (1979)
- Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
- Spizz Energi - Where's Captain Kirk (1979)
- Nips - Gabrielle (1978)
- Ultravox - Young Savage (1977)
- Bill Nelson - Revolt Into Style (1979)
- Members - Solitary Confinement (1978)
- Clive Pig and the Hopeful China Men - Happy Birthday Sweet 16 (1979)
- Twist - This Is Your Life (1979)

