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Alternative TV

Alternative TV is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–1998 punk post-punk punk rock
TOTAL PLAYS
262
SONGS PLAYED
46
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-17 10:26 · 6 Music — "Action Time Vision (BBC Session)"
LAST PLAYED
10 hours ago · 6 Music — "Life After Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
40 30 20 10 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 262 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Action Time Vision 84 2025-12-27
2 Love Lies Limp 31 2020-07-21
3 Opposing Forces 15 2017-11-22
4 Action Time Vision (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 14 2026-05-18
5 Love Lies Limp (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 11 2026-05-19
6 Life After Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 10 2026-05-20
7 Still Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 9 2025-01-20
8 Still Life 9 2023-11-23
9 Life 9 2022-01-04
10 How Much Longer 6 2025-05-05
11 Why Don't You Do Me Right 5 2020-08-26
12 Love Lies Limp (BBC Session) 5 2005-09-05
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 20:55 Life After Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2026-05-19 20:26 Love Lies Limp (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2026-05-18 21:11 Action Time Vision (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2025-12-27 08:57 Action Time Vision 6 Music
2025-11-09 21:42 Facing Up To The Facts 6 Music
2025-10-27 21:05 How Much Longer? 6 Music
2025-05-05 20:22 How Much Longer 6 Music
2025-01-23 21:07 Life After Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2025-01-22 21:20 Love Lies Limp (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2025-01-21 21:57 Action Time Vision (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2025-01-20 22:20 Still Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) 6 Music
2024-10-09 20:00 Viva La Rock N' Roll 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

46 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Action Time Vision — 84 ▶
Action Time Vision (BBC Session) — 4 ▶
Action Time Vision (John Peel session) — 2 ▶
Action Time Vision (John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Action Time Vision (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 14 ▶
Action Time Vision - BBC Session 05/12/1977 — 4 ▶
Art School Project — 2 ▶
Bubble (6 Music Session, 12th Aug 2015) — 1 ▶
Causewayhead — 2 ▶
Cold Rain — 1 ▶
Facing Up To The Facts — 3 ▶
French Girls (6 Music Session, 12th Aug 2015) — 1 ▶
How Much Longer — 6 ▶
How Much Longer? — 3 ▶
Life — 9 ▶
Life After Life — 1 ▶
Life After Life (John Peel session) — 1 ▶
Life After Life (John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Life After Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 10 ▶
Life After Life - BBC Session 05/12/1977 — 1 ▶
Life Atfer Life — 3 ▶
Life Atfer Life - BBC Session 05/12/1977 — 1 ▶
Love Lies Limp — 31 ▶
Love Lies Limp (BBC Session) — 5 ▶
Love Lies Limp (John Peel session) — 2 ▶
Love Lies Limp (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 11 ▶
Love Lies Limp - BBC Session 05/12/1977 — 1 ▶
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue — 2 ▶
Opposing Forces — 15 ▶
Red — 1 ▶
Splitting in 2 — 1 ▶
Splitting In Two — 2 ▶
Still Life — 9 ▶
Still Life (John Peel session) — 1 ▶
Still Life (John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Still Life (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1977) — 9 ▶
Still Life - BBC Session 05/12/1977 — 1 ▶
The Tension Between Order and Chaos — 1 ▶
There Goes My Date With Doug — 1 ▶
Viva la Rock 'N' Roll — 1 ▶
viva la rock n roll — 1 ▶
Viva La Rock N' Roll — 1 ▶
Viva La Rock'N'Roll — 3 ▶
Why Don't You Do Me Right — 5 ▶
Why Don't You Do Me Right? — 1 ▶
Why Dont You Do Me Right — 1 ▶