The Sandman (unreleased demo)
The Moth (unreleased demo)
Score Music (demos)
28 minute documentary where John Wilson follows PJ Harvey as she creates the score for a new West End theatre production of 'All About Eve'.
Live from The Green Man Festival - BBC 6 Music
Date: 20th August 2017
Tracks broadcast:
Chain Of Keys
The Ministry Of Defense
The Community Of Hope
Shame
All And Everyone
Let England Shake
The Words That Maketh Murder
The Glorious Land
Dear Darkness
White Chalk
In The Dark Places
The Wheel
The Ministry Of Social Affairs
50Ft Queenie
Down By The Water
To Bring You My Love
River Anacostia
PJ Harvey performs a live set from Green Man Festival, presented by Tom Ravenscroft.
'On Kosovo Field' - BBC Radio 4
Date: 9th-13th January 2017
Tracks broadcast:
Chain Of Keys (unreleased demo)
Pity For The Old Road (unreleased demo)
The Wheel (unreleased demo)
The Red Road (unreleased demo)
Dance On The Mountain (unreleased demo)
Where Is Our City? (unreleased demo)
Clothes Of Grief (unreleased demo)
'On Kosovo Field' is broadcast on Radio 4 on Monday 9 – Friday 13 January at 10.45am.
Writer Fin Kennedy’s starting point was PJ Harvey’s rich material, and the images from the songs and poems are weaved through the drama as well as the song demos themselves. Kennedy and producer Nadia Molinari also travelled to Kosovo, where they retraced some of Harvey’s steps and also spent time talking to journalists, politicians and human rights activists currently working on conflict resolution and reconciliation in Kosovo.
On Kosovo Field is the search for an identity via a road trip back through a lost heritage. The two central characters are two Kosovan-born siblings Rebeka (played by Michelle Keegan) and her younger brother Dardan (played by Nico Mirallegro) who were brought to Manchester as unaccompanied minors under a special evacuation programme during the conflict in 1999. The siblings, now adults, return to Kosovo after a mass grave is discovered close to their native village.
They discover a young nation striving to forge a path for hope and reconciliation and realise that they too must journey into their past to move on. They carry a set of keys, given to them by a neighbour before they left, offering the chance to unlock their home and, with it, their memories. They are forced to confront the painful truth of what happened to their parents.
Today - BBC Radio 3
Date: 2nd January 2014
Tracks broadcast:
Hosting and editing
Musician PJ Harvey guest-edits the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.
The Verb - BBC Radio 3
Date: 25th March 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Written On The Forehead (Solo session)
Interview
The Last Living Rose (Solo session)
Interview with Polly Harvey and solo performance.
Rob Da Bank - BBC Radio 1
Date: 19th February 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
The Words That Maketh Murder (Session version)
Bitter Branches (Session version)
Written On The Forehead (Session version)
Interview with Polly Harvey and performance by Polly Harvey, Mick Harvey, John Parish and Jean Marc Butty.
Absolute Radio
Date: 17th February 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Let England Shake (Session version)
The Words That Maketh Murder (Session version)
Interview with Polly Harvey and performance by Polly Harvey, Mick Harvey, John Parish and Jean Marc Butty.
Steve Lamaq - BBC 6 Music
Date: 9th February 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey. All tracks from 'Let England Shake' played throughout the day on BBC6 Music.
The Radcliffe and Maconie Show - BBC Radio 2
Date: 7th February 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
The Words That Maketh Murder (Session version)
Bitter Branches (Session version)
The Last Living Rose (Session version)
Written On The Forehead (Session version)
+ Polly's Show & Tell: Howlin Wolf - Back Door Man
Performance by Polly Harvey, Mick Harvey, John Parish and Jean Marc Butty.
Front Row - BBC Radio 4
Date: 7th February 2011
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Namone - BBC 6 Music
Date: 1st December 2010
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Written On The Forehead (Album version)
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Zane Lowe - BBC Radio 1
Date: 30th November 2010
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Written On The Forehead (Album version)
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Stuart Maconie - BBC Radio 2
Date: 29th April 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Black Hearted Love (Session version)
Interview
Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen (Session version)
Leaving California (Session version)
Interview
Performance by Polly Harvey, John Parish, Eric Drew Feldman, Giovanni Ferrario and Jean Marc Butty.
Colin Murray - BBC Radio 1
Date: 20th April 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
The Soldier (Session version)
Interview
Performance by Polly Harvey and John Parish.
Session - BBC Radio 4
Date: 31st March 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Black Hearted Love (Session version)
Interview
Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen (Session version)
Interview
Performance by Polly Harvey, John Parish, Eric Drew Feldman, Giovanni Ferrario and Jean Marc Butty.
Front Row - BBC Radio 4
Date: 1st April 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey and John Parish.
Zane Lowe - XFM
Date: 31st March 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey & John Parish.
George Lamb's The Hub - BBC 6 Music
Date: 30th March 2009
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Black Hearted Love (Session version)
Interview
Leaving California (Session version)
Performance by Polly Harvey, John Parish, Eric Drew Feldman, Giovanni Ferrario and Jean Marc Butty.
Private Passions - BBC Radio 3
Date: 20th April 2008
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Guy Garvey - BBC 6 Music
Date: 23rd March 2008
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Womens Hour - BBC Radio 4
Date: 5th December 2007
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Grow Grow Grow (Session version)
Solo performance by Polly.
Gary Crowley - BBC Radio London
Date: 10th November 2007
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
The Piano (Session version)
Grow Grow Grow (Session version)
Solo performance by Polly.
George Lamb - BBC 6 Music
Date: 7th November 2007
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
White Chalk (Session version)
The Mountain (Session version)
Solo performance by Polly.
Front Row - BBC Radio 4
Date: 27th September 2007
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
Interview with Polly Harvey.
Zane Lowe - BBC Radio 1
Date: 26th September 2007
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
White Chalk (Session version)
Silence (Session version)
Solo performance by Polly.
John Peel Tribute Night - BBC Radio 2
Date: 16th December 2004
Tracks broadcast:
Horses In My Dreams (Session version)
Fountain (Session version)
You Come Through (Session version)
This tribute was performed by Polly Jean Harvey and Josh Klinghoffer.
Johnathan Ross show - BBC Radio 2
Date: 22nd May 2004
Tracks broadcast:
The Letter(Session version)
This tribute was performed by Polly Jean Harvey and Josh Klinghoffer.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 20th May 2004
Tracks broadcast:
The Letter (Session version)
Uh Huh Her (Session version)
Cat On The Wall (Session version)
Evol (Session version)
Shame (Session version)
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey, Rob Ellis, Josh Klinghoffer & Dingo.
Live Lounge with Jo Whiley - BBC Radio 1
Date: 4th September 2001
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
This Is Love (Session version)
You Said Something (Session version)
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey, Rob Ellis, Tim Farthing, Margaret Fiedler & Eric Drew Feldman.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq - BBC Radio 1
Date: 8th January 2001
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
66 Promises (Session version)
A Place Called Home (Session version)
Angelene (Piano version)
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey, Rob Ellis & Tim Farthing.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 20th December 2000
Tracks broadcast:
This Wicked Tongue (Session version)
Somebody's Down Somebody's Name (Session version)
Kamikaze (Session version)
Beautiful Feeling (Session version)
Nickel Under The Foot (Session version)
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey, Rob Ellis, Tim Farthing, Margaret Fiedler & Eric Drew Feldman.
Recorded live at Coal Exchange, Cardiff - BBC Radio 1
Date: 26th October 2000
Tracks broadcast:
This Wicked Tongue
The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore
Send His Love To Me
Good Fortune
A Place Called Home
Hair
One Line
Man-Size
Big Exit
Kamikaze
This Is Love
Dry
Somebody's Down Somebody's Name
The Mess We're In (Solo)
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This concert was held as a part of the Radio1 Live In Cardiff week. Support was by Tystion and Clinic.A new song was showcased at the end, to be released.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq - BBC Radio1
Date: 18th October 2000
Tracks broadcast:
Good Fortune (Album Version)
Interview
Big Exit (Album Version)
Interview
This Mess We're In (Album Version)
Interview recorded in a pub around the corner from BBC studios.Thanks to Mike Algie for that!
Recorded live at Improv Theatre, London - BBC Radio 1
Date: 1st April 1999
Tracks broadcast:
Dry
Man-size
Legs
Angelene
C'mon Billy
Rid Of Me
Teclo
Send His Love To Me
50Ft Queenie
Oh My Lover
This concert was to celebrate John Peel's 60th birthday. The set was performed by Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish. Echo & The Bunnymen headlined the gig.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq and The John Peel Show - BBC Radio 1
Date: September 1998
Tracks broadcast:
The Sky Lit Up (Session version)
Joy (Session version)
The Garden (Session version)
My Beautiful Leah (Session version)
Catherine (Session version)
A Perfect Day Elise (Session version)
Electric Light (Session version)
Taut (Session version)
This extra length session was recorded live in the studio to promote 'Is This Desire?'
Recorded live at The Astoria, London - BBC Radio 1
Date: 11th November 1996
Tracks broadcast:
Rope Bridge Crossing
City Of No Sun
Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool
Civil War Correspondent
Taut
Dance Hall At Louse Point
Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil
Losing Ground
Heela
Is That All There Is?
This live show was performed by Polly Jean Harvey, John Parish, Jeremy Hogg, Eric Feldman, & Rob Ellis. The show was part of BBC Radio1's Live In Soho week.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 21st September 1996
Tracks broadcast:
Losing Ground
Taut
Snake
That Was My Veil
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: unknown
Tracks broadcast:
Civil War Correspondent (Session version)
Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool (Session version)
Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil (Session version)
City Of No Sun (Session version)
This session was performed by Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq - BBC Radio 1
Date: 21st June 1995
Tracks broadcast:
Long Time Comingv
Harder (Session version)
C'mon Billy (Session version)
The Dancer (Session version)
This version of 'Long Time Coming' was used for the B-side of 'Send His Love To Me'.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley - BBC Radio 1
Date: 22nd February 1995
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
The interview was recorded to promote 'To Bring You My Love'.
Evening Session with Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley - BBC Radio 1
Date: 18th October 1993
Tracks broadcast:
Interview
50Ft Queenie (Session version)
Wang Dang Doodle (Session version)
Polly Harvey performed the two songs alone and played live in the studio.
This interview was recorded to promote the release of 'Rid Of Me'.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 12th March 1993
Tracks broadcast:
Primed & Ticking (Session version)
Claudine, The Inflatable One (Session version)
Wang Dang Doodle (Session version)
Naked Cousin (Session version)
This was an exclusive session for the John Peel show only. 'Claudine, The Inflatable One' 'Primed & Ticking' and this version of 'Naked Cousin' remain unreleased.
This session was recorded to promote the forthcoming release of 'Rid Of Me'.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 1st May 1992
Tracks broadcast:
Highway 61 Revisited (Session version)
Rid Of Me (Session version)
Polly 'dropped' into the BBC Radio1 studios and recorded these two tracks live in the studio during John Peel's show. Later that evening Polly performed solo at The White Horse pub and debuted 'Missing'.
Peel Session - BBC Radio 1
Date: 29th August 1991
Tracks broadcast:
Oh My Lover (Session version)
Victory (Session version)
Sheela-Na-Gig (Session version)
Water (Session version)
This was the first PJ Harvey BBC Radio Session. This session was later released by Strange Fruit/Too Pure as a mini album.