Peel starts his travels in Lanarkshire, in the mid-west of Scotland. Including Sean Dickson formerly of The Soup Dragons showing John around his old haunts in Bellshill. Stuart Henderson of the Delgados takes a look at Ravenscraig colliery.

John Peel visits Cowley Road in Oxford with its many pubs and music venues, visits the local Rover factory with experimental jazz jungle artist Pat Thomas, and visits Oxford United's Manor Road for a benefit concert held to save the ground organised by local group the Samurai Seven. DJ Juno takes Peel to an ancient stone circle which she bought from the council to save it from commercialisation. Peel visits the base of techno synth band Lab 4 and concludes his visit to Oxford with a demonstration by James Sewards of his unique guitar playing.

John Peel continues his musical foray in the valleys of South Wales. He visits Rockaway Records in Newport, where he talks with the proprietor Simon Phillips about the local music scene. Also in Newport he talks with Richard Parfitt and Mike Cole of the group 60 Foot Dolls about the economic situation in Wales. In the Welsh hillsides he meets artist and singer-songwiter Lucie Chivers, who talks about the influence of landscape on her work. In Cwmaman, he meets Jason Knott the frontman of the group Reviver Gene who talks about life in the ex-mining town. Artist David Garner talks about his work, which is made from artifacts salvaged from closed pits and forms a commentary on the resulting unemployment. Electronic musician Richard Thomas talks to John about his approach to ambient sound. The programme ends with John Peel attending a performance by Reviver Gene at the TJ's venue in Newport.

Includes the local music group Blue, the poet David Hodge and sculptor David Kemp.

John Peel meets young Hull band Mr Ed, Lou Howerd, former bass player of Red Guitars (now performing with her new band Gagarin), Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine and Alan Rawle of dub reggae band Back to Base. He also meets local graffiti artists - Smell, Pinky and Spam. At the Adelphi Club, Hull, Peel talks to proprietor Paul Jackson who is working to foster local talent.

Peel explores the exciting music scene in Bradford where he hears the remarkable voice of 14-year-old Jade Docherty and meets one of the first Asian punks in Britain, Aki Nawaz. Also, the mechanic and musician, Singh Sagu, and Lianne Hall, a guitarist who lives on a bus.

John Peel visits the pensioner dominated Isle of Wight and talks to The Jones' vocalist Chizz. He meets Rosie of girl punk band Wargasm. Noise laws keep sound low by limiting some bands to 'duos'. Mark and Josh run 'Shady Acorn' which manufactures and disribute vinyl 12" records across the world and sells betwee 3 and 1000. Prolific Paul Butler started a recording studioand has been involved in 5 albums on the Holistic label. Max Brennan is another prolific self recorder. Lucy, lead singer of 'Void' is content but may need to move to London.

In a journey that takes him from industrial Sunderland to picturesque Robin Hood's Bay, John Peel meets musicians including Sunderland group Bleed, Middlesbrough-based Vietnamese singer/guitarist Kong, unsigned Darlington band Twosheds, percussionist Jez Nichols who teaches school children on Teeside the joys of drumming, Sunderland-based female quartet Comatose, and veteran folksters Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson at their home near Robin Hood's Bay.