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Neil Kinnock looks more comfortable here than he ever did at the Despatch Box.

Ha, that's the one where it said Slade instead of Sade


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Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Just finished watching the first episode of 'Cool Cyrmu' via S4C's website (English subtitles available)...

http://www.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=535268541

Great music...naturally :cool:

UK Only

Cwm on S4C, let us have a look.

Hello, welcome to the Weekly Wall of Text where you might hopefully find some interesting music related televisual programming if you look hard enough.

New programmes about U2 in Cork and Duff McKagan in Rehab this weekend, as well as that John Williams Prom on BBC4 (thanks to Tom Mann Centuria for that tip)

Here are the details ...



Thursday
7pm U2 Agus An Arc (RTE1) New!
Before U2's forthcoming performance in Croke Park, this documentary looks back at the band's early years in the late 1970s, when the Dublin band connected with a loyal audience at the thriving Downtown Kampus gigs, run by students in UCC at the Arcadia Ballroom in Cork. Between 1978 and 1980, U2 played there about 10 times, building a loyal and enthusiastic following, and the performances are believed to have played an important part in their development



7.30pm & 11.30pm Top Of The Pops 1984 - March 22nd (BBC4)
Peter Powell and Janice Long present the March 22 show, featuring Depeche Mode, Shakin' Stevens, Culture Club, UB40, Sade and Lionel Richie. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=653476&id=5857792&lid=7


12.05am Other Voices: Gavin James Special (RTE2)
Gavin James The music show celebrating both home-grown and international emerging artists continues, this time focusing on the work of singer-songwriter Gavin James, who has twice won the Choice Music Prize for Irish Song of the Year



Friday
7pm Depeche Mode Live in Berlin 2013 (Sky Arts)
A 2013 concert by the band at the O2 World arena, featuring tracks from 13th studio album Delta Machine, as well as hits including Personal Jesus and Policy of Truth


7.30pm & 1am Top Of The Pops 1984 - March 29th (BBC4)
Mike Read and Andy Peebles introduce performances by the Specials, Captain Sensible, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Madonna, the Thompson Twins and Lionel Richie. First shown March 29 1984. Full details here http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=78332&seasonid=653476&id=5857793&lid=7


8pm BBC Proms: John Williams Film Prom (BBC4)
Winner of five Academy Awards, 22 Grammy Awards and seven Baftas, John Williams is among the greatest of film composers. In celebration of his 85th birthday, Keith Lockhart - a long-time colleague of Williams at the Boston Pops Orchestra - conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in an evening featuring music from Jaws, Superman, Star Wars, The BFG, War Horse, Munich and Goodbye Mr Chips, as well as some lesser-known gems. Presented by Katie Derham.


8.30pm Discovering Music: Guns N Roses (Sky Arts)
A profile of the American rock band, whose debut album Appetite for Destruction shot singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash to stardom


9pm It's So Easy and Other Lies (Sky Arts) (Duff McKagan Doc) New!
Premiere. Documentary about Guns N' Roses bass player Duff McKagan, focusing on his lifelong battle with addiction. McKagan reveals how the band provided solace from recent tragedies in his life, but fame proved difficult to cope with, leading to heavy drinking and drug use. A brush with death provided the incentive to change his ways, and since leaving the band, his life has taken him in unexpected new directions



9.35pm The Nathan Carter Show (RTE1)
The country singer hosts a chat show featuring live music performances recorded in front of an audience at the Knocknarea Arena, Sligo. His guests in the first episode include Finbar Furey, Westlife's Mark Feehily, Aoife Scott and Cliona Hagan


10pm & 1.35am Reginald D Hunter's Songs of The South (BBC4)
Tennessee & Kentucky The Georgia-born, London-based comedian goes on a road trip to explore the American South through its songs both past and present, beginning with the music of Kentucky and Tennessee. He examines the disturbing tradition of blackface minstrels, and visits Dollywood theme park, a slave plantation, the home of country music in Nashville, a moonshine distillery in Gatlinburg and a string-band festival in Mount Air. Featuring contributions by Dolly Parton, the Handsome Family and Del McCoury


10.35pm Joe Dolan: Sweet Little Rock n Roller (RTE1)
The life of the singer, as seen through the eyes of family members, colleagues and friends, including other musicians and songwriters. Virtually unknown in the early 1960s, he was considered Ireland's first international pop star by the time he died in December, 2007


10.40pm Slash: Raised On The Sunset Strip (Sky Arts)
Documentary exploring the life and music of the Guns N' Roses guitarist, featuring concert footage and interviews with Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry


11pm & 2.35am Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou (BBC4)
How Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris's careers took off in the 1970s with very distinct takes on country music, before they came together to collaborate on a successful album in 1987. The artists talk about uniting as harmony singers, focusing on how their alliance made them pioneers in bringing different music worlds together and raising the game for women in the country tradition


Midnight Country Queens at the BBC (BBC4)
A compilation of archive performances by female country-music stars from a variety of BBC studio shows. Featured acts include Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Taylor Swift, Crystal Gayle, Tammy Wynette, Billie Jo Spears, and Lucinda Williams with Mary Chapin Carpenter


12.10am Bon Jovi Live in London 1995 (Sky Arts)
A concert by the American rock band at Wembley Stadium as part of their worldwide These Days tour, featuring hits including Livin' on a Prayer, Always and Keep the Faith



Saturday
2pm Sounds Of The 80s: Nick Heyward (Repeated on Loop for most of the Weekend) (BBC Red Button)
Haircut 100 frontman Nick Heyward joins BBC Radio 2's Sara Cox to relive his hits as a band and a solo singer, and they spin a hairy host of hot video classics from the 80s


4pm Depeche Mode Live in Berlin 2013 (Sky Arts)
Same as Friday


5pm Villagers Live at La Route Du Rock Festival 2016 (Sky Arts)


7pm James Taylor: A Musicares Tribute (Sky Arts)
Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Carole King, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt are among those honouring singer-songwriter James Taylor in an all-star tribute concert from 2006


9pm & 3.50am Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound (Sky Arts)
Documentary celebrating the singer-songwriter's career, with contributions by David Crosby, Steve Earle and Bob Dylan, as well as Baez herself


10.45pm Soundstage Presents Willie Nelson (Sky Arts)
A 2010 concert by the American country singer in which he and his eight-piece band perform songs including Trouble In Mind, Whiskey River, Drinking Champagne and Dark as A Dungeon


11.25pm Top Of The Pops 1984 - March 22nd (BBC4)
Same as Thursday


Midnight Top Of The Pops 1984 - March 29th (BBC4)
Same as Friday


11.55pm Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 (Part 1) (Sky Arts)
Part one of two. Highlights from the annual event at Cherry Hinton Hall, where performers included KT Tunstall, Christy Moore, Gogol Bordello and Kate Rusby


12.35am How To Be A World Music Star: Buena Vista, Bhundu Boys and Beyond (BBC4)
An insight into how the British public's hunger for new, exciting music in the 1980s gave rise to what eventually came to be called world music, a genre previously defined merely as an exotic curiosity rather than an alternative to mainstream tunes. Producers and broadcasters including Andy Kershaw, Joe Boyd and Nick Gold reveal how audiences developed an ear for melodies from beyond Britain's shores, including the works of le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Buena Vista Social Club


2.05am A-Z Of World Music (BBC4)
An alphabetical showcase highlighting the world's rich and diverse range of musical talent. Performances from as far afield as Africa, Uzbekistan and India give viewers a chance to experience the melodies of a wide selection of cultures, and instrumental exhibitions introduce the distinctive strains of Finnish accordianist Kimmo Pohjonen and the rhythms of Japan's Yamato Drummers


3.30am The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern: The Birth Of Rock (Part 1) (GOLD)
The host (Simon Day) presents his guide to The Life of Rock from prehistoric man to the present day, in a spoof three-part chronology of some of the biggest moments in rock history. In the first episode, Pern examines rock music's prehistoric origins, tries to discover the world's smartest band, and recalls the time he dressed up as a crab


5.30am Kate Bush: Sensual World (Sky Arts)
In a rare interview with the Wuthering Heights singer from 1989, Kate Bush discusses her album The Sensual World and the influence of British director Alfred Hitchcock in her music videos, acting with Canadian star Donald Sutherland in Cloudbusting, plus footage from her performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1979



Sunday
8pm Discovering Music: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Sky Arts)
Music critics discuss the lives and careers of the members of the folk rock supergroup, which was made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young


8.30pm Discovering Music: Janis Joplin (Sky Arts)
A look at the life and music of the American singer renowned for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals, who rose to fame in the late 1960s before dying of a drug overdose in 1970


9pm Joan Baez Live in New York (Sky Arts)
The folk singer-songwriter performs alongside stars including David Crosby, Damien Rice and Paul Simon in a concert at New York's Beacon Theatre in celebration of her 75th birthday


10.30pm Stockton's Wing (TG4)
Documentary about the influential 1980s and 90s folk band, as members Mike Hanrahan, Paul Roche, Tommy Hayes, Dezi Donnelly and Enda Scahill return to the stage once more to perform a selection of traditional Irish music in their inimitable way


11pm Live From The Artist's Den: Sheryl Crow (Sky Arts)
Sheryl Crow performs in the Grand Ballroom of New York City's Plaza hotel, with songs including All I Wanna Do, Strong Enough, If It Makes You Happy and Every Day Is a Winding Road


Midnight Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 (Sky Arts)
Part two of two. Further highlights from the event at Cherry Hinton Hall, where performers included Imelda May, Christy Moore, Gogol Bordello, Kate Rusby and Afro Celt Sound System


1.55am It's So Easy And Other Lies (Sky Arts)
Same as Saturday


2.20am Neil Diamond Electric Prom (BBC4)
The singer-songwriter performs a selection of his greatest hits and cover versions from his album Dreams, accompanied by a six-piece band, at London's Roundhouse in 2010. The concert explores the songs he loves from the 1960s and 70s, and reinvents his classic tracks




Elsewhere That'll Be The Day on True Movies 1 Friday at 9pm features the combined talents of David Essex, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Billy Fury and Dave Edmunds among others.

Kate Bush at the bizarre time of 5.30 on Saturday Night/Sunday Morning there on Sky Arts. Is this the start of a new wave of Breakfast TV Music Shows? Maybe Earlier With Jools Holland will be recommissioned!