BBC Radio 2 will air a new show this month which promises to bring together the storytelling musical style of Glee with hits from the beginning of the Britpop era.

Shout To The Top is the brainchild of Radio 2 and 6Music playlist boss Jeff Smith, and has been written by ex-Farm drummer Roy Boulter and former Sleeper singer Louise Wener.

Smith describes the drama as a grittier "Glee for an older audience”. Its cast is led by an all-female ...