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Pentangle

Pentangle is a group from the UK, active from 1967.

Group GB 1967–1973 folk rock folk progressive folk
TOTAL PLAYS
303
SONGS PLAYED
74
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2009-02-05 22:32 · 6 Music — "Light Flight"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Hunting Song"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026
50 38 25 13 0
'09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 268 88%
Radio 2 32 11%
Radio 1 3 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Light Flight 117 2025-12-11
2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 25 2025-11-17
3 People On the Highway 21 2025-10-23
4 Wedding Dress 7 2024-07-23
5 Sally Go Round The Roses 6 2021-08-22
6 Lady Of Carlisle (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) 5 2023-04-10
7 Jump Baby Jump (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) 5 2023-04-10
8 Springtime Promises 5 2022-05-25
9 No Love Is Sorrow (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) 5 2021-02-18
10 Pentangling 4 2025-11-10
11 House Carpenter 4 2025-02-20
12 Travelling Song 4 2023-10-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 09:17 Hunting Song 6 Music
2026-05-03 10:20 Hunting Song 6 Music
2026-03-30 20:13 Way Behind the Sun Radio 2
2026-03-30 20:10 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live At the Royal Festival Hall 1968) Radio 2
2025-12-14 20:22 The Cherry Tree Carol 6 Music
2025-12-11 00:54 Light Flight 6 Music
2025-11-29 06:27 Light Flight 6 Music
2025-11-24 07:19 Light Flight 6 Music
2025-11-17 02:50 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 6 Music
2025-11-16 15:56 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 6 Music
2025-11-10 00:16 Pentangling 6 Music
2025-11-09 13:16 Pentangling 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

74 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Bells — 1 ▶
Bells (Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1968 ) — 1 ▶
Cherry Tree Carol (Bob Harris session 09.06.72) — 1 ▶
Cherry Tree Carol - BBC Session 19/06/1972 — 1 ▶
Cruel Sister — 1 ▶
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat — 25 ▶
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live At the Royal Festival Hall 1968) — 1 ▶
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live) — 2 ▶
Haitian Fight Song — 1 ▶
Haitian Fight Song (Studio version) — 1 ▶
Hear My Call — 1 ▶
House Carpenter — 4 ▶
Hunting Song — 3 ▶
I Got A Feeling - BBC Sesion 23/09/1968 — 2 ▶
I Loved A Lass (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 3 ▶
I Loved A Lass (Top Gear Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 1 ▶
I Loved A Lass - BBC Session 23/09/1968 — 2 ▶
I've Got a Feeling — 3 ▶
I've Got A Feeling (6 Music Session, 27 Apr 2008) — 1 ▶
In Time — 1 ▶
In Your Mind (BBC Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 4 ▶
In Your Mind (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 1 ▶
In Yourmind - BBC Session 23/09/1968 — 1 ▶
Jump Baby Jump (Bob Harris session 09.06.72) — 1 ▶
Jump Baby Jump (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) — 5 ▶
Jump Baby Jump - BBC Session 19/06/1972 — 2 ▶
Lady Of Carlisle (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) — 5 ▶
Lady Of Carlisle - BBC Session 19/06/1972 — 2 ▶
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme — 1 ▶
Let No Man Steal Your Time (6 Music Session, 27 Apr 2008) — 1 ▶
Light Flight — 117 ▶
Light Flight (6 Music Session, 27 Apr 2008) — 1 ▶
Light Flight (Theme From Take Three Girls) (Stereo) — 1 ▶
Lord Franklin — 1 ▶
Lyke Wake Dirge — 1 ▶
Market Song — 1 ▶
Market Song (6 Music Session, 27 Apr 2008) — 1 ▶
Moon Dog — 1 ▶
Moon Dog (Full Band Version) — 1 ▶
No Love Is Sorrow (Bob Harris session 09.06.72) — 1 ▶
No Love Is Sorrow (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) — 5 ▶
No Love Is Sorrow - BBC Session 19/06/1972 — 2 ▶
Once I Had A Sweetheart — 1 ▶
Pentangling — 4 ▶
Pentangling (Live Aberdeen 1970) — 1 ▶
People On the Highway — 21 ▶
People On The Highway (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) — 3 ▶
Poison (Studio Session, August 1967) — 1 ▶
Rain and Snow — 2 ▶
Sally Free And Easy — 1 ▶
Sally Go Round The Roses — 6 ▶
Savoy (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 1 ▶
Savoy (Top Gear Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 1 ▶
Savoy - BBC Session 23/09/1968 — 1 ▶
She Moved Through The Fair — 1 ▶
Sovay — 2 ▶
Sovay (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 4 ▶
Springtime Promises — 5 ▶
Sweet Child — 1 ▶
Sweet Child (Radio 1 Session, 23 Sep 1968) — 4 ▶
Sweet Child - BBC Session 23/09/1968 — 2 ▶
The Cherry Tree Carol — 1 ▶
The Cherry Tree Carol (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jun 1972) — 3 ▶
The Cuckoo — 2 ▶
The Snows — 1 ▶
The Time Has Come — 1 ▶
The Trees They Do Grow High — 2 ▶
Train Song — 3 ▶
Travelling Song — 4 ▶
Way Behind the Sun — 2 ▶
Wedding Dress — 7 ▶
When I Get Home — 1 ▶
Will The Circle Be Unbroken — 1 ▶
Willy O'Winsbury (Granada TV - Set of Six 1972) — 1 ▶