Noel and Liam crash Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 studio in this ebullient and legendary interview filled with fighting talk, ferocious argument and lots of effing and blinding.

This is uncut audio from the BBC Archive.

Presenter & Producer: David Hyde

Simon Bates visits Whitney at her house in New Jersey in this insightful and, at times, difficult interview. She discusses her upbringing, the problems she faced and her delight at being back home.

This is uncut audio from the BBC Archive.

Presenter & Producer: David Hyde

A pre-superstardom Adele shares her dreams and aspirations, ahead of a charity show in London in 2007. Just two months before the release of her debut album 19, backstage at Islington’s Union Chapel, she talks to Lucy O'Doherty about her pop star ambitions, her nervousness regarding her new single and she reveals why her pocket money was docked because of one of her co-stars on that evening’s gig.

Presenter: David Hyde

David Bowie talks candidly to Kid Jensen, in a wide-ranging and jovial interview from 1983. Sitting down at the time of the release of his single Let’s Dance, Bowie breezes through topics from Ziggy to acting, from record label tribulations to unsuccessful cover versions.

Presenter: David Hyde

In an energetic interview from 1990, Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy talk to Jeff Young ahead of the release of the album Fear of a Black Planet. The conversation veers from views on bad language and black power to stories about bumping Ice T’s Ferrari, taking in the politics and social attitudes they encountered in the US at the time.

Presenter: David Hyde

In two separate but spirited interviews from 1996 and 1998, the Spice Girls talk to Simon Mayo and Zoe Ball. Their excitement at the beginning of their career contrasts with a more worldly girl group halfway through an epic world tour. In the first interview, they crash into Simon Mayo’s Radio 1 studio, animated about their number 1 single Wannabe. In the second, before headlining the Birmingham NEC, they chat to Zoe Ball about backlashes and boyfriends, unaware that Geri would leave the group just two weeks later.

Presenter: David Hyde

In a reflective interview from 1976, Iggy Pop talks to Stuart Grundy about rage, running and Raw Power. He discusses the perils of touring, being compared to Keith Moon and collaborating with his friend and mentor David Bowie.

Presenter: David Hyde

Just ahead of the release of Bedtime Stories, Madonna charms Simon Mayo with musings on Princess Diana, Chilean poetry and Winnie the Pooh. In an enlightening interview recorded in Paris in 1994, a post-Erotica Madonna swaps her Sex book for some classic children’s literature and tells Mayo: ‘Je ne regret rien!’

Presenter: David Hyde

In a rare and in-depth interview from 1980, Bob Marley talks to Phil Sutcliffe about his music, his politics and his ever-strong Rastafari beliefs. Marley discusses his recent concert in Zimbabwe where he and the Wailers were the center-piece of celebrations to mark independence and the end of British colonial rule. He muses on being an icon, recognised worldwide. And he has answers for those who criticise him, for his political and religious ideologies.

Presenter: David Hyde

In an illuminating interview from 1998, singer, songwriter and actress Courtney Love talks to Jo Whiley about her love of Abba, dealing with the British press and email exchanges with Madonna. Recorded in a London hotel room, just prior to the release of Celebrity Skin, the Hole front woman shares her advice for the upcoming millennium and deliberates on conspiracies around birth control.

Presenter: David Hyde