If you were a raver in the 1990s, there's no doubt some of the most memorable weekends of your life will have been spent spinning glowsticks and throwing shapes in a sweaty packed nightclub.
With the '90s era of dance music and raves now a fading memory for many, it's bizarre to think this all happened 30-years ago. Thankfully, as people began to take notice of acid house and the emerging rave culture, some of those legendary, if messy, club nights have been captured for posterity.
One TV show, tucked away in the early hours of ITV's late night weekend programming schedule, that fully embraced the scene was the now iconic The Hitman and Her. Hosted by Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan, the show ran from 1988 until 1992.
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More renowned for his slick pop hits, producing songs for Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley, the show's brainchild Pete Waterman confessed his love for acid house and trance music in an interview with The Guardian in 2013. The show revolved around filming the dance acts and clubbers hoping to appear in front of the cameras.
The programme was often recorded on a Saturday night, speedily edited, and shown a few hours later in the early hours of Sunday morning. The show also featured regular dancers who went on to have successful music careers - from Take That's Jason Orange to Jimmy Constable and Spike Dawbarn of boy band 911.
The first ever Hitman and Her show came from Mr Smiths, in Warrington, in 1988 and the final show, which aired in 1992, was filmed from The Discothèque Royale, in Manchester. In
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