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

Here's a few listings for the next week, starting with the detailed listings of some of the new shows ...


** EDIT - Friday Night's BBC Four Schedule will be changed to feature some George Michael Tribute Programmes. Details to follow **


Wednesday 9.30pm - BBC Four Pop Quiz The Return
Mike Read presents the first of two special editions of the popular 1980s music quiz, revived and revitalised for the 21st century. This time around, pop stars from the '80s go head to head to test their knowledge of tunes from the era. This edition features Toyah Willcox, Tom Bailey, Andy McCluskey, Steve Norman, Mari Wilson and Leee John [Second Episode to be shown on Jan 4th]


New Years Eve BBC Two 11.20pm - Hootenany!
The veteran entertainer returns with his annual New Year's Eve extravaganza. Gathering a star-studded audience at Maidstone Studios, he prepares to welcome in 2017 with help from his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and an eclectic roster of guests performers. Among the music-industry luminaries claiming a moment in the spotlight tonight are vocalist Chaka Khan, who performs her classic I'm Every Woman, and Christine and the Queens joins Jools and his Orchestra for a unique cover. Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood revisits hits from days with The Move and Wizzard, while Rag'n'Bone Man performs a `Motown' cover. Gregory Porter makes a return appearance at the Hootenannty, five years after his debut at the party, and Martin Fry's ABC celebrate 35 years of their classic album The Lexicon of Love. Seasick Steve also returns to the Hootenanny, 10 years after his first showing at the event. Plus, music by Paris-based electro act Caravan Palace, Irish rockabilly star Imelda May, and poet John Cooper Clarke, in collaboration with former Strangler Hugh Cornwell. As the midnight hour draws near, the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards are on hand to announce the arrival of January 1






Wednesday
6.45pm Sky Arts Queen Live from Wembley 1986
8pm Sky Arts Classic Albums: Queen - A Night at The Opera
9pm Sky Arts Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992
9.30pm BBC Four Pop Quiz - The Comeback - New!
9.30pm RTE1 Nathan Carter Show Christmas Special (ft Billy Ocean and KT Tunstall) - New!
10pm BBC Four Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
10.50pm Sky Arts Queen - The Magic Years
10.50pm RTE1 RTE Irish Country Music Awards
11pm BBC Four The Everley Brothers - Harmonies from Heaven
11.50pm RTE2 Ed Sheeran: Jumpers for Goalposts
12.05am Sky Arts Discovering Queen
1.05am Bowie, Prince & Music Legends we lost in 2016
1.55am RTE2 David Bowie - Five Years in the making of an icon


Thursday
7.05pm Sky Arts Elvis Presley: A Legend in Concert
8pm Sky Arts Classic Albums Elvis Presley - Elvis
9pm Sky Arts The Shadows Final Tour
9.30pm RTE1 Johnny Logan: Hold Me Now - New!
10pm Channel 4 Bruce Springsteen: In His Words New!
11pm BBC Four Billy Fury - The Sound of Fury
11.55pm Sky Arts Shane McGowan: A Wreck Reborn
12.20am TG4 Film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
12.55am The Story of The Jam: About The Young Idea[/QUOTE]


Friday
7pm & 1.35am BBC Four Top Of The Pops 1982 #38 9th December http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=653323&id=5507785&lid=7
7.30pm & 2.10am BBC Four Top Of The Pops 1982 #39 23rd December http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=653323&id=5507791&lid=7
9pm BBC Four George Michael: A Different Life
10.30pm BBC Four TOTP2 Special: Wham!
11pm BBC Four George Michael Live at the Palais Garnier
11.55pm RTE2 Other Voices Gavin James Special
12.05am TG4 The Highwaymen: Friends Til The End
1.05am BBC Four Pop Quiz The Comeback [Repeat of Wednesday's Show]
2am Sky Arts Film Prince Sign O' The Times


Saturday - New Year's Eve
5.20pm BBC One Top of The Pops New Years Eve Special New!
8.50pm BBC2 NI Across The Line at 30
9pm 3e Film The Commitments
11.20pm BBC2 Jools Holland's Hootenany! 2016New!
11.25pm BBC One Robbie Williams Rocks Big Ben Live New!
12.10am Sky One Queen Live at Wembley
1.45am BBC2 Glastonbury 2016 Highlights
2.35am TV3 Garth Brooks: The King of Country


Sunday - New Year's Day
11.45am Sky Arts The Hollies: Look Through Any Window
2.15pm Sky Arts The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco
10pm BBC Four I'm Not In Love: The Story of 10cc
11pm Top of The Pops 1982 #38 Same as Friday
11.15pm RTE1 Johnny Logan: Hold Me Now
11.35pm Top of The Pops 1982 #39 Same as Friday
12.05am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of The Top 10
1.35am Forever Young: How Rock n Roll Grew Up


Monday
12.35pm Sky Arts BST Hyde Park Concerts 2016
11.30pm 3e Film The Commitments
11.40pm RTE1 The Best of The Imelda May Show
Midnight TG4 Planxty - No Disco Special
1am TG4 Whelans@25


Tuesday
10.15pm RTE1 Centenary [1916 Commemoration Concert Repeat]
10.15pm Sky Arts California Dreamin': The Songs of The Mamas and Papas
12.30am TG4 Stockton's Wing


And that's about it, things slowing down there towards the end but hopefully lots of new things to come soon. I think BBC Four have a new Bowie Doc coming and TOTP is about to crash into 1983

Fingers crossed we don't lose anyone else this year, it's the anniversary today of Lemmy Kilmister whose sad loss started off a miserable run of deaths. Happy New Year, and lets hope there's a lot less of that coming up in 2017

https://twitter.com/BBCFOUR/status/814546271415500800?lang=en

Vince Clarke could walk down most streets and never get noticed, but he has had a huge influence on British Pop. In a good way.