NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Prefab Sprout on 22 December 2023. Prefab Sprout has been played on NTS over 280 times, featured on 255 episodes and was first played on 2 June 2014.

Prefab Sprout is an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham formed in 1976, who rose to fame during the 1980s. Though critically acclaimed, and considered by many to have released some of the best pop albums of the decade, the band never matched this acclaim with commercial success. The band's best known lineup comprised Paddy McAloon (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Wendy Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Martin McAloon…