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Leona Greenan

BBC Radio 1 to chart the rise and fall of T in the Park in new podcast

Fans of the iconic T in the Park music festival will be able to take a trip down memory lane thanks to a new BBC podcast.

Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free will take listeners from the beginnings of the iconic festival at Strathclyde Park, through its rapid growth and to its ultimate demise in The Rise and Fall of T in the Park podcast which launched on BBC Sounds yesterday (Monday, July 4).

The festival, which was a rite of passage for many Scottish teenagers, began back in 1994 at the Lanarkshire venue. It was staged in Strathclyde Park for three years, before moving to the disused Balado airfield in 1997 and then to Strathallan Castle in 2015 where the music played out in 2016 for the final time after 22 memorable years.

The Rise and Fall of T in the Park will transport listeners back to the early days of the festival’s fun and nostalgia, as Arielle hears from the people that were there living it; the artists, the vendors and the punters who made the annual pilgrimage to watch some of the biggest music acts in the world.

The series will then delve into the decline of the festival, as Arielle asks the organisers and the team behind it to bust the myth on its ending and discover what happened to a festival that was believed would go on forever.

T in the Park when it was held in Lanarkshire back in the day (Hamilton Advertiser)

Arielle Free explained: "Like so many Scottish teens, I remember experiencing T in the Park and having an unforgettable weekend.

"I can’t wait to take Radio 1 listeners back to the heyday of the festival and relieve its illustrious 22 years as I reveal behind the scenes secrets and uncover the real reason why T in the Park is no longer around."

The Rise and Fall of T in the Park is produced by BBC Scotland for Radio 1.

It is available on BBC Sounds (listen here ) with the next four episodes available on Monday, July 18.

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