Ricky & Tony: Pop Detectives
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Kaiser Chiefs' frontman Ricky Wilson has taken up a new role, as broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn's apprentice, in Ricky & Tony's Pop Detective agency.
Our intrepid investigating duo will be debunking pop myths and solving musical mysteries from their office just above a takeaway on the Holloway Road.
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Episodes
S2 Ep8: Case 016: The Worst of Pop Detectives 2
July 28, 2020 02:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBRicky and Tony take their Pop Detectivism very seriously, however during those long days and nights at the office, conversation can drift…a lot! We were going to call this the Best Of Pop Detectives but we thought that was pushing it, especially when no pop mysteries were solved in the making of this episode…so that must make it the Worst Of Pop Detectives. Here’s what you didn’t hear in previous episodes, expect topics such as...world record for time spent up a tree, church bells, cheese ...
8: Case 016: The Worst of Pop Detectives 2
July 28, 2020 02:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBRicky and Tony take their Pop Detectivism very seriously, however during those long days and nights at the office, conversation can drift…a lot! We were going to call this the Best Of Pop Detectives but we thought that was pushing it, especially when no pop mysteries were solved in the making of this episode…so that must make it the Worst Of Pop Detectives. Here’s what you didn’t hear in previous episodes, expect topics such as...world record for time spent up a tree, church bells, cheese ...
S2 Ep7: Case 015: David Bowie and the Yeeziest Case Yet
July 21, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBBowie was a master of reinvention and was streets ahead of the curve...but did he really predict the future too? In the final case of the series of Ricky & Tony, the Pop Detectives are investigating a theory which in some ways seems feasible but in other ways just plain bizarre! Some of the comments that David Bowie made during in a Newnight interview in 1999 about how we’d use the internet in years to come are spookily accurate, that music streaming would be normal and the internet would g...
7: Case 015: David Bowie and the Yeeziest Case Yet
July 21, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBBowie was a master of reinvention and was streets ahead of the curve...but did he really predict the future too? In the final case of the series of Ricky & Tony, the Pop Detectives are investigating a theory which in some ways seems feasible but in other ways just plain bizarre! Some of the comments that David Bowie made during in a Newnight interview in 1999 about how we’d use the internet in years to come are spookily accurate, that music streaming would be normal and the internet would g...
6: Case 014: Pills, Thrills & Laminates (Shaun Ryder Special)
July 14, 2020 02:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWARNING: This episode contains strong language and references to drug taking. It’s a Happy Mondays Special as Ricky & Tony are joined by the one and only Shaun Ryder to help get to the bottom of this legendary pop myth. At the height of ‘the second summer of love’ in 1990, the Happy Mondays headlined Glastonbury festival, but not content with the number of passes they were given, the 24 hour party people decided to knock up a few of their own by taking their own laminator with them. The ch...
S2 Ep6: Case 014: Pills, Thrills & Laminates (Shaun Ryder Special)
July 14, 2020 02:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWARNING: This episode contains strong language and references to drug taking. It’s a Happy Mondays Special as Ricky & Tony are joined by the one and only Shaun Ryder to help get to the bottom of this legendary pop myth. At the height of ‘the second summer of love’ in 1990, the Happy Mondays headlined Glastonbury festival, but not content with the number of passes they were given, the 24 hour party people decided to knock up a few of their own by taking their own laminator with them. The ch...
S2 Ep5: Case 013: Do You Believe in…Cher’s Wig Room?
July 07, 2020 08:38 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBRicky and Tony are back on the case of another superstar-based pop myth. One of their stool pigeons has tipped them to a demand by the Goddess of Pop, Cher, for a special room wherever she goes for the sole use of her wigs. Rumour has it that when on tour the room is furnished with just a table and three chairs, along with other demands of white and milk chocolate fountains, a slush machine and mountains, Walkers Thai sweet chilli crisps and no air-con! For this one the sleuths need to ge...
5: Case 013: Do You Believe in…Cher’s Wig Room?
July 07, 2020 08:38 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBRicky and Tony are back on the case of another superstar-based pop myth. One of their stool pigeons has tipped them to a demand by the Goddess of Pop, Cher, for a special room wherever she goes for the sole use of her wigs. Rumour has it that when on tour the room is furnished with just a table and three chairs, along with other demands of white and milk chocolate fountains, a slush machine and mountains, Walkers Thai sweet chilli crisps and no air-con! For this one the sleuths need to ge...
4: Case 012: The Party King Of Queen
June 30, 2020 07:57 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIn 1987 Freddie Mercury turned 41 and decided to throw the mother of all parties at Pikes beach club in Ibiza. With myths a-plenty for this party, it even features in the Bohemian Rhapsody film, it’s hard to know what’s legend and what’s the truth! 350 bottles of champagne, a six-foot cake, three days just to inflate all the balloons and also a firework display that could be seen from Majorca, almost 100 miles away! Ricky and Tony investigate by chatting to Andy Hubble from one of the cou...
S2 Ep4: Case 012: The Party King Of Queen
June 30, 2020 07:57 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIn 1987 Freddie Mercury turned 41 and decided to throw the mother of all parties at Pikes beach club in Ibiza. With myths a-plenty for this party, it even features in the Bohemian Rhapsody film, it’s hard to know what’s legend and what’s the truth! 350 bottles of champagne, a six-foot cake, three days just to inflate all the balloons and also a firework display that could be seen from Majorca, almost 100 miles away! Ricky and Tony investigate by chatting to Andy Hubble from one of the cou...
3: Case 011: Fools Gold
June 23, 2020 02:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBRicky’s been lucky enough to receive some gold and platinum awards in his time. However, he once noticed that the grooves and tracks on one of his Kaiser Chiefs gold records didn’t match the ones from the actual vinyl. What’s going on? Are all Gold/Platinum records actually all the same record? If so, what record is it? If not then who on earth’s record does Ricky have? To try and crack this case Ricky and Tony need to chat to those in the know, like Gennaro Castaldo from the British Phonog...
S2 Ep3: Case 011: Fools Gold
June 23, 2020 02:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBRicky’s been lucky enough to receive some gold and platinum awards in his time. However, he once noticed that the grooves and tracks on one of his Kaiser Chiefs gold records didn’t match the ones from the actual vinyl. What’s going on? Are all Gold/Platinum records actually all the same record? If so, what record is it? If not then who on earth’s record does Ricky have? To try and crack this case Ricky and Tony need to chat to those in the know, like Gennaro Castaldo from the British Phonog...
2: Case 010: The Wild(er) Case of Ricky’s Follower
June 16, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBSomething’s been puzzling Ricky for a few years and he wants the help of Tony and their experts to get to the bottom of it. On the day that actor Gene Wilder died in 2016, Ricky was moved to post a tribute on Twitter, only to find out that Gene was following him! However, what’s even more strange is that the account only follows 13 people, Ricky being one of them, along with a few Hollywood stars. Why and how did this happen? To get to the bottom of this one Ricky and Tony want to go beyon...
S2 Ep2: Case 010: The Wild(er) Case of Ricky’s Follower
June 16, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBSomething’s been puzzling Ricky for a few years and he wants the help of Tony and their experts to get to the bottom of it. On the day that actor Gene Wilder died in 2016, Ricky was moved to post a tribute on Twitter, only to find out that Gene was following him! However, what’s even more strange is that the account only follows 13 people, Ricky being one of them, along with a few Hollywood stars. Why and how did this happen? To get to the bottom of this one Ricky and Tony want to go beyon...
1: Case 009: The President & The Pop Pawn
June 09, 2020 02:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIt’s a brand new series and Ricky and Tony have got everything they need, including the all important rubber ‘case-solved’ stamp, to safely crack an in-tray full of new cases from home. This week’s tip-off is that Barack Obama allegedly hired Miley Cyrus as a political distraction tool to avert the public’s gaze away from new legislation that some say wasn’t going to go down well with the American public. Was her infamous performance at the 2013 VMAs all an elaborate case of smoke and mirro...
S2 Ep1: Case 009: The President & The Pop Pawn
June 09, 2020 02:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIt’s a brand new series and Ricky and Tony have got everything they need, including the all important rubber ‘case-solved’ stamp, to safely crack an in-tray full of new cases from home. This week’s tip-off is that Barack Obama allegedly hired Miley Cyrus as a political distraction tool to avert the public’s gaze away from new legislation that some say wasn’t going to go down well with the American public. Was her infamous performance at the 2013 VMAs all an elaborate case of smoke and mirro...
Pop Detectives: Back In Business
June 03, 2020 02:00 - 2 minutes - 2.5 MBPop Detectives is back in business! Recorded live from lockdown, from their home detective offices, Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman Ricky Wilson and radio royalty Tony Blackburn continue to debunk pop myths and solve musical mysteries. Episode 1 coming soon...
S1 Ep8: Case 008: The Worst of Pop Detectives
March 17, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOn the way to solving all the mysteries in this series and as new colleagues, Ricky and Tony had a lot of acquainting to be done, and during those long late nights at the office, it’s easy for conversation to drift to other matters. Here’s what you didn’t hear in previous episodes. No pop mysteries were solved in the making of this episode. If you have a pop mystery you’d like solving in a future episode get in touch at rickyandtony.com or email [email protected] Tweet and follow ...
8: Case 008: The Worst of Pop Detectives
March 17, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOn the way to solving all the mysteries in this series and as new colleagues, Ricky and Tony had a lot of acquainting to be done, and during those long late nights at the office, it’s easy for conversation to drift to other matters. Here’s what you didn’t hear in previous episodes. No pop mysteries were solved in the making of this episode. If you have a pop mystery you’d like solving in a future episode get in touch at rickyandtony.com or email [email protected] Tweet and follow ...
7: Case 007: Toilet Fumer
March 10, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBDid Billy Bragg and the Manic Street Preachers ever make up and get over their toilet differences after the Welsh rockers brought their own toilet to Glastonbury once. It was at Glastonbury 1999 when the Manics came up with their own take on BYOB (Bring Your Own Bog), Billy Bragg accused them of going against everything the festival stood for and forgetting their socialist values. He took particular issue to the handwritten notice on the door, "These facilities are reserved exclusively f...
S1 Ep7: Case 007: Toilet Fumer
March 10, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBDid Billy Bragg and the Manic Street Preachers ever make up and get over their toilet differences after the Welsh rockers brought their own toilet to Glastonbury once. It was at Glastonbury 1999 when the Manics came up with their own take on BYOB (Bring Your Own Bog), Billy Bragg accused them of going against everything the festival stood for and forgetting their socialist values. He took particular issue to the handwritten notice on the door, "These facilities are reserved exclusively f...
6: Case 006: L8ter Sk8ter - The Complicated Clone
March 03, 2020 05:31 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBDid Avril Lavigne die and get replaced by a clone who’s been fooling fans for the last 17 years? The theory claims that Avril, struggling with fame having been thrust into the limelight at only 18, began using a body double named Melissa Vandella hired for her striking resemblance to Avril. At some point, the real Avril is said to have died, so the record company replaced her with Melissa full-time. The evidence is certainly intriguing but as always Ricky & Tony’s rolodex is on ha...
S1 Ep6: Case 006: L8ter Sk8ter - The Complicated Clone
March 03, 2020 05:31 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBDid Avril Lavigne die and get replaced by a clone who’s been fooling fans for the last 17 years? The theory claims that Avril, struggling with fame having been thrust into the limelight at only 18, began using a body double named Melissa Vandella hired for her striking resemblance to Avril. At some point, the real Avril is said to have died, so the record company replaced her with Melissa full-time. The evidence is certainly intriguing but as always Ricky & Tony’s rolodex is on ha...
5: Case 005: The Silicon Valley Witch Trials
February 25, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBThe latest case for Ricky and Tony involves the crazy world of SIlicon Valley and whether rapper Azaelia Banks was asked by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to make an amulet to ward off evil spirits, specifically, ISIS. The story goes that in 2016, the Twitter boss sent some of his beard shavings to Banks so that she could make him an amulet that would protect him from ISIS in return for her promoting one of his apps. Firstly did this actually happen and if so does Azaelia Banks ac...
S1 Ep5: Case 005: The Silicon Valley Witch Trials
February 25, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBThe latest case for Ricky and Tony involves the crazy world of SIlicon Valley and whether rapper Azaelia Banks was asked by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to make an amulet to ward off evil spirits, specifically, ISIS. The story goes that in 2016, the Twitter boss sent some of his beard shavings to Banks so that she could make him an amulet that would protect him from ISIS in return for her promoting one of his apps. Firstly did this actually happen and if so does Azaelia Banks ac...
4: Case 004: The Spiked Bandana
February 18, 2020 00:01 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBDid Jimi Hendrix really conceal LSD beneath his famous bandana so that it seeped into his skin to get him high when on stage? It’s a new case for Ricky and Tony as they attempt to open their third eyes on the evidence. As well as being part of his signature look, did the legendary Jimi Hendrix have another use for his bandana? Ricky and Tony receive a tip off that he used to use the headgear to conceal LSD when he played on stage and that it would actually keep him high as it seeped into hi...
S1 Ep4: Case 004: The Spiked Bandana
February 18, 2020 00:01 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBDid Jimi Hendrix really conceal LSD beneath his famous bandana so that it seeped into his skin to get him high when on stage? It’s a new case for Ricky and Tony as they attempt to open their third eyes on the evidence. As well as being part of his signature look, did the legendary Jimi Hendrix have another use for his bandana? Ricky and Tony receive a tip off that he used to use the headgear to conceal LSD when he played on stage and that it would actually keep him high as it seeped into hi...
S1 Ep3: Case 003: Purple Rage
February 11, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBDid the famous rivalry between Prince and Michael Jackson get so heated in the early 80s that it could have changed music forever? It’s a new case for Ricky and Tony and naturally they’re on a mission to solve it! The word on the street is that at a James Brown show in 1983, Prince felt he’d be made to look a fool on stage by MJ and got so mad that he asked his limo driver to try and run him and La Toya down. You can watch the YouTube footage for yourself here! Luckily, Ricky & Tony’...
3: Case 003: Purple Rage
February 11, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBDid the famous rivalry between Prince and Michael Jackson get so heated in the early 80s that it could have changed music forever? It’s a new case for Ricky and Tony and naturally they’re on a mission to solve it! The word on the street is that at a James Brown show in 1983, Prince felt he’d be made to look a fool on stage by MJ and got so mad that he asked his limo driver to try and run him and La Toya down. You can watch the YouTube footage for yourself here! Luckily, Ricky & Tony’...
S1 Ep2: Case 002: The Popstar's Posterior
February 04, 2020 02:01 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBIt’s rumoured the world-round that Jennifer Lopez insured her backside, but is there truth in it? Can Ricky & Tony: Pop Detectives, get to the bottom of this one? The evidence first surfaced in the tabloids (The Sun and the New York Post) in 1999 when they reported that Jennifer Lopez took out an insurance policy on her famous backside for up to $1 billion! Luckily, as the world’s leading pop detectives, Ricky & Tony have the experts on hand who can help them crack the case. Their man in ...
2: Case 002: The Popstar's Posterior
February 04, 2020 02:01 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBIt’s rumoured the world-round that Jennifer Lopez insured her backside, but is there truth in it? Can Ricky & Tony: Pop Detectives, get to the bottom of this one? The evidence first surfaced in the tabloids (The Sun and the New York Post) in 1999 when they reported that Jennifer Lopez took out an insurance policy on her famous backside for up to $1 billion! Luckily, as the world’s leading pop detectives, Ricky & Tony have the experts on hand who can help them crack the case. Their man in ...
1: Case 001: The Superstar & The Serial Killer
January 28, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBIt’s Ricky’s first day on the job as a gumshoe apprentice and there’s a lot of evidence to go through. The story goes that one late night in Manhattan, Harry was picked up by a creepy but handsome man driving a VW Beetle but found she couldn’t get out. She luckily managed to make a run for it but years later was convinced the driver was none other than the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. Ricky & Tony’s black book is the envy of the pop detective world and to crack this case they need ...
S1 Ep1: Case 001: The Superstar & The Serial Killer
January 28, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBIt’s Ricky’s first day on the job as a gumshoe apprentice and there’s a lot of evidence to go through. The story goes that one late night in Manhattan, Harry was picked up by a creepy but handsome man driving a VW Beetle but found she couldn’t get out. She luckily managed to make a run for it but years later was convinced the driver was none other than the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. Ricky & Tony’s black book is the envy of the pop detective world and to crack this case they need ...
1: Welcome to Pop Detectives
January 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.41 MBComing Soon: Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has taken up a new role as broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn's apprentice in Ricky & Tony's Pop Detective agency. The pair will be debunking pop myths and solving musical mysteries from their office just above a takeaway on the Holloway Road.
Welcome to Pop Detectives
January 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.41 MBComing Soon: Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has taken up a new role as broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn's apprentice in Ricky & Tony's Pop Detective agency. The pair will be debunking pop myths and solving musical mysteries from their office just above a takeaway on the Holloway Road.