Up the Junction soundtrack by Manfred Mann. The television version of the play was the inspiration for the 1979 Squeeze hit "Up the Junction". Up the Junction Up the Junction is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction. The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and back-street abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people. The book won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. In 1965 it was adapted for television by the BBC
Up the Junction (song) British chart show Top of the Pops in which band members play the 'wrong instrument', with singer Glenn Tilbrook drumming and Jools Holland (normally a pianist) making minimal attempts to look at all proficient at the guitar. The song is briefly heard playing on a hairdressers radio in the 1982 film "Brimstone and Treacle" and its soundtrack album. It also appears in the TV series "Breaking Bad", in the season five episode Gliding Over All. Difford's performance of the song live on Platform 10 at Clapham Junction railway station was featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme "Lyrical Journey" in