BeebRock - The BBC4/BBC3/BBC2/BBC1 Music Programmes thread

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Anyway, in an effort to stop myself taking the thread off topic for the second week in a row (sorry!!:o), back to the music documentaries.....

Ah sure, the occasional ramble off topic never did any harm around here! It's good to add a bit more colour to some of the stories and characters that the TV shows feature

Anyway, good news for all followers of the Church of Dave Clark - that programme he made about himself is on again. If he had just toned down the self love a little bit it might have been watchable. He spends most it of trying to hammer home the point that his band were very briefly slightly bigger than The Beatles in America. Not much else on but TOTP is well represented in various incarnations, lets have a look ...



Thursday
9.30pm The Windmill Lane Sessions (TG4)
Performances by some of today's leading Irish and international music acts, featuring Wyvern Lingo, Tucan and the Walls



Friday
7.30pm & 12.55am Top of The Pops 1982 #35
Kid Jensen introduces performances by Blue Zoo, A Flock of Seagulls, Clannad, Dionne Warwick, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye and Eddy Grant. Plus, a dance performance by Zoo. November 11th 1982, Full details here http://thetvdb.com/tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=653323&id=5507778&lid=7

9pm The Dave Clark Five and More: Glad All Over
Documentary looking at the impact and legacy of the London band on the American music scene in the 1960s, when they spearheaded the British invasion alongside the Beatles, notching 15 consecutive US hit singles and selling more than 100 million records. Featuring archive TV performances, interviews with band members and footage of them on tour and in the studio, as well as contributions by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Ian McKellen, Stevie Wonder, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen, Whoopi Goldberg, Dionne Warwick and Twiggy

10.55pm & 2.25am Dusty Springfield at the BBC
A tribute to the renowned London-born pop diva, featuring BBC archive footage of some of Dusty's most famous performances from 1961 to 1995. The programme also offers a chance to relive the singer's story, from her folk beginnings with the Springfields, through to her Motown homage years and her collaboration with Pet Shop Boys in the late 1980s. Also includes the star's duets with Tom Jones and Mel Torme

1.30am Definitely Dusty
Documentary revisiting the career of Dusty Springfield, the renowned pop diva famous for classic songs such as You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and Son of a Preacher Man. Archive footage shot in both the UK and the US provides an illuminating insight into her glamorous but private personal life, and contributions from her protective inner circle of friends highlight the Dusty behind the panda eyes and blonde beehive. Includes interviews with Tom Jones, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Lulu and Neil Tennant



Saturday
4.40pm TOTP2 Christmas Christmas 2011 (GOLD)
Straight from the BBC vaults, Mark Radcliffe introduces classic Christmas hits from the likes of Roy Wood's Wizzard and 70s glam heroes Slade to the smooth 80s vibe of Wham!'s Last Christmas, the melancholic duet of Fairy Tale of New York by Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl plus from the Welsh Elvis Shakin' Stevens, his enduring number one Christmas hit Merry Christmas Everyone.

Three Beatles are also represented with Paul's catchy Wonderful Christmas Time from 1979, some rare footage of Ringo romping in the snow performing his 1971 solo hit It Don't Come Easy and John and Yoko's abiding anti war protest song Happy Xmas (War Is Over).
Plus a rare treat with previously lost footage of David Bowie performing The Jean Genie from Top of the Pops in 1973.

10.30pm Top of The Pops 1982 #35
Same as Friday

11pm Top of The Pops: Number Ones
A selection of chart-topping hits from the BBC archives, originally shown in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of the UK singles chart. Featuring tracks from the Bee Gees, T-Rex, Donna Summer, John Lennon, Culture Club, Spice Girls, James Blunt, Rihanna and Adele

Midnight: Agnetha: Abba and After
Documentary telling the story of Agnetha Faltskog's music career as both a member of the Swedish pop group and a successful solo singer in her own right. Including interviews with Gary Barlow, who features on her 2013 album, plus Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, DJ Tony Blackburn and lyricist Tim Rice

1am Kings of 70s Romance
Lesley Joseph narrates a documentary celebrating unlikely sex symbols from the world of pop in the 1970s, when the songs of Gilbert O'Sullivan, Barry White, Leo Sayer, David Soul and Demis Roussos conjured up images of candle-lit dinners, red roses and cosy nights in. Featuring contributions by Gloria Hunniford and Martha Kearney

2am Burt Bacharach: A Life in Song
Coverage of a unique concert staged at London's Royal Festival Hall celebrating the music of songwriter and performer Burt Bacharach. Some of his most famous songs are performed by artists including Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shaun Escoffery, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Hayward, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula and Joss Stone. Burt himself also performs, accompanied by his band, and chats to Michael Grade about the art of songwriting and shares the stories behind some of his best-loved hits



Sunday
9.55pm TOTP2: Christmas 2013 (GOLD)
Mark Radcliffe delves into the BBC vaults to present a selection of Christmas music, featuring perennial classics from the likes of John & Yoko, Slade, Wizzard, Wham!, Jona Lewie, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl and Paul McCartney. Plus, there is a festive performance by Boyzone, a peek at the Killers' annual Christmas video and archive performances by Teardrop Explodes, Darts, Mud, Emeli Sande, the Hollies and Jimmy Osmond


Sky Arts has The 1979 Johnny Cash Christmas Special (Friday, 5.40pm), that's usually very watchable. They are also in the middle of a Sinatra season at the moment, all sorts of Francis Albert related shows if you like that.

They also have a tribute programme for some of those we have lost in 2016 "featuring archive interviews and performances from stars including David Bowie, Prince and Keith Emerson, as well as the reflections of fellow musicians and journalists". (Saturday 10pm) Maybe they should wait until January 1st to draw a line under this years carnage, Keith Emerson is one of those featured in that show, sadly. Here's a video of him a few years ago in a Pub joining in with a sing song. Hard to see Dave Clark doing the same ...