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Music Weekly podcast: Meltdown Special - looking at Ready, Steady, Go! and Dengue Fever

We've got a Meltdown festival special for you this week. First up, Alexis Petridis meets Vicki Wickham, producer of 60s pop TV show Ready, Steady, Go! As she is about to stage a performance at the Meltdown festival this year, Alexis asks about the programme's history.

Pete Paphides joins the panel in a special singles club, featuring Madness, Ron Sexsmith and the Fugs.

And Rosie Swash speaks to American psych-rock band Dengue Fever (who are also on the meltdown bill), and asks them about their Cambodian pop influences

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