Don’t you forget about John.

We were both pretty stunned by the sad news of John Hughes’ passing yesterday, as were no doubt hordes of others who’s difficult adolescent years were somehow reflected in a spate of pastel heavy cinematic paens to pubescent heartache. While the 50’s marked the dawning of teen culture, the 80’s gave a voice to their angst and very few captured it on screen better than Hughes, who gave hope to gawky computer geeks, fashion freaks and overzealous jocks alike.

We may have shied away from joining the ranks with yet another tribute to Jacko but we couldn’t let this one pass without a dedicated show covering some of the music which propelled classics like 16 Candles, Pretty In Pink, and soundtracked those moments when you got your 1st car and felt like you were cruising in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari despite it actually being previously your mum’s clapped out Mini.

You can trust we’ll be doing more than simply scraping the surface and we wont feel the need to play any Simple Minds but from one brief chat we came up with a stack of tracks which we’d almost forgotten about, assuming you had too, then you’re definitely in for a treat.

Tune in this coming Wednesday (12th) at 10pm GMT.