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I like it!

We could do with more callers on TV like those Matt Bianco and Five Star critics.

Hello, the BBC have remembered that they are doing a Peoples History of Pop thing and they have some new new programmes this week!

Sir Laurence Oliver got 22 and a half hours to rip through World War II in The World War, but the BBC have only given Danny Baker 60 minutes to fill us in on what happened in Pop music from 1966-1976. Not much happened at all there, did it? Ah well, fingers crossed.

Then there's the return of Keith Richards, a man who pops up regularly on this thread, in an all new Doc on Saturday.

Some other stuff packed in there too, lets have a look ...



Thursday

7.30pm & 1.25am Top Of The Pops 1982 #7
Kid Jensen hosts the March 4 edition, featuring music by Toni Basil, Tight Fit, Goombay Dance Band, Gary Numan, Imagination, ABC, the Jets and Madness

11.30pm Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All
Parts 1 and 2: An examination examination of the life, music and career of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra, told in his own words in archived interviews, along with commentary from those people closest to him. The first of two programmes focuses on Sinatra's birth to his early years as a roadhouse performer, revealing the influences behind his meteoric rise



Friday

9.30pm & 12.30am Peoples History of Pop New!
1966-1976, The Love Affair The second in an occasional series charting the UK's pop music heritage. Writer and broadcaster Danny Baker celebrates the British public's love affair with pop music from 1966 to 1976, including a rare and intimate view of David Bowie. A fan of Marc Bolan describes how the singer-songwriter's dad gave him a pair of the star's trainers when he went to his house, and a former teacher and pupil of Peckham Manor School are reunited, more than 40 years after they witnessed an unknown Bob Marley perform in their sports hall http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07l24rf

10.30pm & 1.30am When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World Of The Concept Album
Rick Wakeman examines the roots of the concept album, a musical format usually based around a structured narrative, though sometimes tied together by a loose theme. He unpacks some of the most ambitious - and ridiculous - projects, from Woody Guthrie's Dustbowl Ballads to Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes. Other works considered include the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, George Clinton's Mothership Connection, The Wall by Pink Floyd and the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

11.05pm Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (RTE2)
Spike Lee's documentary charting the path of the King of Pop's career through to the release of Off the Wall, the 1979 project that broke records, and propelled Michael to international stardom. Lee's investigation begins in the early days of Jackson's time in the limelight, from his work with his brothers and his solo outings, and details how the Jackson boys' success led them to leave Motown. Includes contributions by Berry Gordy, Questlove, and Philly International Records founders Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who produced the Jackson brothers' first two non-Motown albums, resulting in their first platinum single

11.30pm & 2.30am Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock at the BBC
A compilation of the genre from programmes such as Colour Me Pop, How It Is, Top of the Pops and Once More with Felix. Performers include Status Quo, the Incredible String Band, Donovan, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity, the Moody Blues, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker, the Move, Procol Harum, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and the Who

11.30pm Tom Jones' 1950s: The Decade That Made Me (BBC2)
Tom Jones fronts the first of four retrospective documentaries in which celebrated musicians look back at the decades that defined them. For Tom, that decade is the 1950s, the era following the austerity of the Second World War that saw a boom in popular culture, which swept aside the old order and ushered in a new era of entertainment. The veteran singer provides a first-hand guide to his formative years in a small mining community in south Wales, revealing how he - much like many people of his generation - turned to TV, movies, radio and music to find a voice for himself. Revisiting Treforest and Pontypridd, where he spent his childhood and teenage years, Tom recalls his joy when rationing finally ended, his encounter with American GIs stationed near his home, and the arrival of rock `n' roll and the `Teddy Boys'. Includes contributions by writers Joan Bakewell, Katherine Whitehorn and Michele Hanson, and historians Alwyn Turner, Dr Martin Johnes, Tony Russell and Francis Beckett



Saturday

8.40pm Pat Shortt's Music from D'Telly
Ep 2 Rarely seen performances and much-loved songs from six decades of RTÉ music television production. Featuring The Smiths, David Gates and Neil Se******************a

9pm Keith Richards: The Origin Of The Species (BBC2)New!
In a documentary directed by acclaimed film-maker Julien Temple, the Rolling Stones guitarist looks back at his formative years in Dartford, Kent, in the aftermath of the Second World War. Ending at the point the Stones formed in 1962, the film explores, through Richards' own coming-of-age story, the cultural undercurrents and transformative thinking that occurred in Britain during the 1940s and 50s, and made possible the worldwide explosion of English rock music in the 60s, at the forefront of which were the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Beatles

9pm Film: Amy (2015) (More4)
Documentary portrait of soul, jazz and R'n'B singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, whose untimely death in July 2011 followed a well-publicised history of drugs and alcohol abuse. Director Asif Kapadia traces Amy's rise and demise over the 13 years preceding her death, telling her story via her music and autobiographical song lyrics, video footage shot by friends and family, archive television clips, plus voiceover interviews with those who were personally and professionally close to her. Contributors include Pete Doherty, Mitch Winehouse, Tony Bennett, Mark Ronson and Tyler James. Shown in tribute to Winehouse, who died five years ago today

10.30pm Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All
Parts 3&4. Up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra, told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him. Featuring previously unseen footage from home movies and concert performances, including his legendary 1971 `retirement concert' in Los Angeles, this latter part of the tribute to the showman follows Sinatra's growth from roadhouse performer to global singing sensation

10.55pm Other Voices (RTE2)
"Music Show celebrating new and innovative talent" :rolleyes: Not a clue who or what is on that programme this week

11.40pm Amy Winehouse: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (More4)
The singer performs tracks from her multi-platinum-selling album Back to Black at the London venue. Shown in tribute to Winehouse, who died five years ago today

12.35am Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered The World
How George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's song Summertime became a standard around the world. The film tells the story of its first appearance in the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, charts how it has been reinterpreted by artists including Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald, and explores the many meanings that have been derived from it through the decades. Narrated by Pauline Black

1.35am Sings James Bond
A selection of performances of the Bond theme tunes across the years, including Adele's Skyfall and archive clips of Shirley Bassey's Diamonds Are Forever, Tina Turner's GoldenEye, Tom Jones's Thunderball and Matt Monro's From Russia with Love

2.35am Top of The Pops 1982 #7
Same as Thursday



Sunday

8.25pm Sounds of The Seventies
Archive hits, featuring Roxy Music's Ladytron, Elton John's The Bitch Is Back and Queen's Killer Queen

9pm & 2am Classic Albums: Pet Sounds
Documentary exploring the making of the Beach Boys' classic 1966 album, to mark the 50th anniversary of its release. Featuring contributions from songwriter Brian Wilson and the other surviving members of the group Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, as well as rare archive footage from the recording sessions

10pm & 3am Arena: 1996 - 50 Years Ago Today New!
Exploring the innovation and lasting impact of British pop culture created in 1966, including Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland and the Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/30/arena-1966

11pm Definitely Dusty
Archive performances from 1967 by singer Dusty Springfield, taken from the star's successful TV show. Featuring Tom Jones as a special guest and backing vocals by Madeline Bell, Lesley Duncan and Margaret Stredder


Quite a bit going on there, Sky Arts has all 6 episodes of Johnny Cash: Song by song from Saturday at 5.10pm, and a Doc about Hollywood's legendary Sunset Strip on Friday at Midnight.

And you can't go wrong with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (ITV2, Sunday 2.30pm)