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Slow Sunday: RadMac in space

Mark and Stuart blast off into space for Slow Sunday and float around the cosmos with a stellar selection of space-themed tracks and chat.

Commencing countdown, engines… ON! As part of 6 Music's Slow Sunday, Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie blast off into space for a special show. They float around the cosmos with a stellar selection of space-themed tracks and chat. With music that's out of this world, from David Bowie, Avalon Emerson, Parliament, Arctic Monkeys, Asha Puthli, Public Service Broadcasting, Spiritualized and more.

Also on the show ... long-running feature The Chain which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8,800 songs.

Produced on Earth in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Sun 11 Oct 2026 08:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Go!

    • Test Card Recordings.

  • Asha Puthli

    Space Talk

    • Space Talk: With Remixes By Dimitri From Paris.
    • Naya Beat Records.
    • 2.

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

    • EMI.

  • Lemon Jelly

    Space Walk

    • XL.

  • Dubstar

    Stars

    • Food.

  • Sun Ra

    Space Is The Place

    • Space Is The Place.
    • Impulse!.
    • 1.

  • Parliament

    Mothership Connection

    • Casablanca ‎.

  • Spiritualized

    Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

    • Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.
    • Fat Possum.
    • 1.

  • Carpenters

    Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

    • Space Invasion (Various Artists).
    • Ronco.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Pink Floyd

    Astronomy Domine

    • The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
    • Harvest.
    • 1.

  • War

    Galaxy

    • Rhino.

  • Avalon Emerson

    Jupiter and Mars

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Inspiral Carpets

    Saturn 5

  • Beastie Boys

    She's Crafty

    • Licenced To Ill.
    • Def Jam Recordings.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent)

    • Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (Extended Edition).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 5.

  • Galaxy II Galaxy

    Jupiter Jazz

    • World 2 World.
    • Underground Resistance.

  • Tea Time Theme Time

    • Shocking Blue

      Venus

    • Weyes Blood

      Andromeda

    • The Church

      Under The Milky Way

  • Air

    Seven Stars

    • Le voyage dans la lune.
    • Aircheology.
    • 2.

  • The Beatles

    Across The Universe

    • Let It Be (Remastered).
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Oct 2026 08:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music