We've locked the coordinates for November 1986 into our pop time machine and we're bringing NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 8 Disc 1 along for the ride!  This week we face a deluge of Nile Rodgers production, the relegated pioneers of Rap Rock duels and meet Simon Mills, the dullest man in pop!

This week we'll be wrapping up NOW That's What I Call Music vol. 7, looking at Disc 2 and the VHS.  We find ourselves mining a rich seam of mid-eighties balladry and early Hip Hop, including an entry in the infamous Roxanne Wars!  Along the way we discuss Coco Rocks, meet The Osbourne's meat recipient and ask 'what animals are Queen'?

In this week's episode we're saying hello to NOW That's What I Call music volume 7 and looking back over 1985 in music, with a hotly contested race for Christmas No.1!  We hear the incredible tale of how Martin got his name, pitch an idea for Toy Story 4 and find out if Kent can pull himself together in time to deliver his report!

This week we're wrapping up NOW That's What I Call Music vol.6 and looking at Disc 2.  We're joined once again by David Kent, who tells us about his online business portfolio.  We also discuss the best name in pop, Post Hardcore vs New Wave, Only Fools and Horses; and Jacob covers himself in glory, twice!

As we edge ever closer to 1986, it's time to get busy with NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 6, with a couple of candidates for best song so far!  We find out why Elton needs Bernie, Simple Minds get both barrels and Feargal Sharkey gives us his greatest moment!

We made it to episode 10!  This week we look at disc 2 of NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 5.  Despite a number of setbacks we managed to pull this one out of the bag and continue our odyssey through the mid-eighties.  We spend entirely too much time discussing Mick Hucknall's manhood, get way too heated about Katrina and the Waves, and bid a sad farewell to one of our favourite has-beens!

We've made a quantum leap forward almost a full year, to August 1985 and the release of NOW That's What I Call Music vol. 5... Is it even possible to cram a year's worth of music on to two LPs?  Turns out it can be done! By leaving out many, many good songs.  But don't worry, there's still plenty to chew on, from a lover with a career-killing name to a wedding dance staple... of sorts, all with A View To A Review.  We'll also take a look back over 1984 and find out who the biggest winners and losers were in the world of Pop!

It's time to wrap up NOW That's What I Call Music vol. 4 and throw on the second disc!  We're waving goodbye to 1984, glad to be alive and relatively unscathed from the year of Big Brother, Doublespeak and evil Milk Snatchers.  Before we leave we finally abandon the imposter Michael Kent to an uncertain fate, stranded in the past, leaving us free to discuss ghost sex, test out some theories with Tesla and narrowly avoid dying of shock when we discover the last song is... actually good!?  There's definitely something strange going on, who you gonna call?

Stinking colds and invading cats can't stop us as we hurtle through the mid-eighties, stopping only to discuss NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 4.  In episode 7 we look at Disc 1 of a unique volume, and discover a possible enemy in the ranks of the pop compilation market!  Join us as we talk famous fathers, Elton's outfits and reveal the secrets of goth culture!

In Episode 6 we look at Disc 2 of NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 3, which starts brilliantly and slowly veers off into bizarre territory, with German Reggae and a bit of Art Rock thrown in for good measure.  Let us take you on a journey through 1984 as we discuss guilty pleasures, green-screen dos and don'ts; and try to free Dr. Mabuse!