S02E04 I Guess I'll Never Know The Reason Why (Brighton Bombing 1984 / The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley (1970) / UK early-'70's power cuts and three-day week)

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy dons a flak jacket and helmet as he soberly recalls the then most audacious terrorist attack on British soil - an IRA bomb that blew apart a hotel in Brighton in 1984 in an assassination attempt on the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, creating shockwaves around the world and prolonging 'the troubles' for years. Dark times. Elvis comes along to shake his hips and curl his lip and offer some much-needed tender relief with his excellent 1970 UK No 1 hit single, The...