Music City ~ Liverpool

Liverpool's Waterfront

It's the most Irish of British cities, that never needs an excuse to celebrate, never more than this year, its 800th anniversary. We're talking about a place of pilgrimage for thousands of football fans, never mind the tourists who make their way to Penny Lane! Its Liverpool of course, and continuing our series of music cities, we'll be checking out bands from Atomic Kitten to The Zutons and not forgetting The Beatles.

So what makes Liverpool so special, well to find out, actor and muso Bryan Murray who appeared in Bread a BBC comedy series set in Liverpool and also ended up under a patio in Brookside, Presenter of "The Pool" on Radio Merseyside, David Monks and music journalist and author of Liverpool Wondrous Place - Paul du Noyer