BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else

Hello, well it's mostly repeats with a new show about 'Godmother of Funk' Betty Davis. There is a welcome repeat of a classic film on TG4 which doesn't get enough airings. "téann siad seo suas go dtí aon cheann déag" would be on the lines in it if TG4 dubbed it into Irish (which they haven't) ...





Thursday
7.30pm & Midnight Top Of The Pops 1988 – July 21 (BBC4)
Peter Powell and Andy Crane present the edition that first aired on July 21, featuring music by Kim Wilde, Everything But the Girl and S-Express

9pm Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (Sky Arts)
Documentary about the life and career of the Canadian singer-songwriter, who details the intricacies of his distinctive brand of music, and his unique outlook on life. Archive footage and photographs from Cohen's private collection illustrate high points from his career, and there are performances of his songs by artists including Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, the Handsome Family, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright at a 2005 tribute concert in Sydney

9pm Glor Tire (TG4)
Performances on stage in the Quays Bar Music Hall, including Jim Devine, Mike Denver, Brendan Shine, Gerry Guthrie, Robert Mizzell, Louise Morrissey, Barry Kirwan and Johnny Brady

10pm Phil Spector (Sky Atlantic)
Lawyer Linda Kenney Baden joins the team defending Phil Spector after he is charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. As she gets to know him, she must determine whether to allow the music producer to take the stand to testify in his own defence. 2013 Fact-based drama written and directed by David Mamet, starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, with Jeffrey Tambor and Chiwetel Ejiofor


1am Joan Jett – Bad Reputation (Sky Arts)
Documentary chronicling the life and career of the rock musician, from founding the Runaways as an ambitious teenager to her evolution into the star and activist she is today

3am Mumford & Sons Live From South Africa - Dust And Thunder (Sky Arts)




Friday
2pm Elvis – The Final Hours (Sky Arts)
3pm The Life And Death Of Sam Cooke (Sky Arts)
Morbid start to the weekend on Sky

7pm The Live Lounge Show (BBC4)
Ep 1 of 4 Clara Amfo peeks behind the scenes of Radio 1's Live Lounge, the twice-weekly feature attracting an array of some of the biggest and best pop artists on the planet, selecting tracks from sessions by Taylor Swift, Yungblud and Mahalia

8pm & 12.25am Rock N Roll Britannia (BBC4)
A look back at the beginnings of British rock 'n' roll, when acts such as the Shadows and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates helped to lay the foundations of an enduring musical culture. Including the current line-up of the Quarrymen - forerunners of the Beatles - performing Rock Island Line, and contributions by Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Joe Brown and Bruce Welch. Narrated by Roger McGough

8pm Music Icons – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Sky Arts)
8.30pm Music Icons – American AOR (Sky Arts)

9pm & 1.25am Top Of The Pops 1988 – July 28 (BBC4)
Gary Davies and Nicky Campbell introduce the edition first aired on July 28, with performers including Pat Benatar, Shakin' Stevens and Glenn Medeiros

9pm Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road – Paul Rodgers (Sky Arts)

9.30pm & 2.55am A Musical History – Stevie Wonder (BBC4)
People like Martin Freeman, Alexander O'Neal, James Morrison, Beverley Knight and Corinne Bailey Rae, and New Order's Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris talk about Stevie Wonder and play clips of old performances. Stevie Wonder's real name is Stevland Hardaway Morris, this came up on an episode of The Chase this week

10pm Bad Company (Sky Arts)
Documentary telling the story of the rock supergroup, featuring interviews with the surviving original band members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke
https://planetmosh.com/bad-company-the-band-the-music-the-story-40th-anniversary-documentary-a-jon-brewer-film/

10.30pm Betty Davis – Godmother of Funk (BBC4) New!
Profile of the aspiring songwriter, who arrived on the '70s scene with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles Davis - turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named Bitches Brew. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before. This documentary charts her rise from humble upbringings to take the genre by storm, revealing the mystery of her subsequent disappearance and her battle with mental illness

11.55pm Suzi Q (Suzi Quattro) (Sky Arts)
The Suzi Quattro Doc which was on last weekend

1.55am Hot Chocolate At The BBC (BBC4)

1.55am Bowie, Prince & Other Music Legends We Lost In 2016 (Sky Arts)
All still dead, to the best of my knowledge

3.25am Film: Prince – Sign O’ The Times (Sky Arts)
Concert film by the musician featuring highlights from gigs in Rotterdam and Antwerp on his 1987 European tour, as well as footage shot at his Paisley Park studio in Minnesota. Including performances of Sign o' the Times, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man and If I Was Your Girlfriend, and the promo video for U Got the Look, featuring Sheena Easton




Saturday
5.45pm-12.30am Simply Red And Status Quo Live In Hyde Park (BBC Red Button)
I’m guessing this is a loop, either that or they are playing unnecessarily long sets

6pm Nat King Cole – Afraid Of The Dark (Sky Arts)
Oft repeated Doc about Nat King Cole

7pm Big In America -British Hits In The USA (Yesterday)
Dave Clark Five, Coldplay, A Flock of Seagulls, Supertramp, Bush, Black Sabbath and the Cure

8pm The Barry White Story – Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)

8pm Tom Jones At The BBC (Yesterday)

9pm Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On ? (Sky Arts)
A profile of the soul singer, songwriter and producer, who helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s and released a string of classic albums in the 1970s

10.15pm Life And Death Of Sam Cooke (Sky Arts)
A look at the circumstances surrounding the violent death of the American soul singer, including theories that it was self-defence, or a robbery that spiralled out of control

10.30pm Scoobs And The Rave Years (BBC Scotland)
MC Stuart Cochrane recalls Scotland's rave scene of the 1980s and 1990s, joined by the likes of Slam, TTF, QFX, Ultrasonic and DJs Michael Kilkie and Colin Tevendale

11pm Film: This Is Spinal Tap (TG4)


11pm TRNSMT 2019(BBC Scotland)
Highlights of TRNSMT 2019, featuring Lewis Capaldi, Mabel, George Ezra, Years and Years and Sigrid

12.15am Living On Soul (Sky Arts)
Documentary chronicling a concert at Harlem's historic Apollo Theatre, featuring performances by Sharon Jones and a host of soul, funk and gospel stars


12.35am Opry An Iuir (TG4)
Daniel O'Donnell introduces up-and-coming stars of country music, including Stuart Moyles, Keelan Arbuckle, Olivia Douglas, Caitlin and Brandon McPhee

12.35am Top Of The Pops 1988 – July 21 (BBC4)

1.10am Top Of The Pops 1988 – July 28 (BBC4)

2.10am Bob Marley- The Making Of A Legend (Sky Arts)
Esther Anderson's documentary based on film shot in the early 1970s in Jamaica, charting the reggae musician's career before he shot to worldwide fame





Sunday
8pm The South Bank Show Originals - Bee Gees (Sky Arts)
1998 Interview

8.30pm The South Bank Show Originals – Cher (Sky Arts)
1999 Interview

8.30pm Junior Eurovision Ireland – The Final (TG4)

9pm The South Bank Show 40th Anniversary Special (Sky Arts)

9.30pm Tradfest TG4 (TG4)
Doireann Ní Ghlacáin presents highlights of Dublin's Tradfest 2019, featuring performances from The Henry Girls, Kieran Tourish, Kevin Doherty and James Delaney

11pm The South Bank Show Originals – Tom Jones (Sky Arts)
2000 Interview

2am Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (Sky Arts)
As Thursday





Thom Yorke from Radiohead was on Desert Island Discs a few weeks ago, you listen back to that anytime

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/22/thom-yorke-ex-partners-death-desert-island-discs-rachel-owen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008qg3


Anyway, the Most Sweary Version Of Total Eclipse of The Heart Of The Week does not come from Bonnie Tyler, it appears from the Wedding Band in Old School (BBC1, Friday Night 12.20am)

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I watched Jaws on ITV4 last night!

What's going on, is it his anniversary or something?

I don't see anything on either of the main Jaws Fan Twitter Accounts (Not sure if there is enough Jaws News happening to justify two accounts, but there you are)

https://twitter.com/thedailyjaws

https://twitter.com/jawscast75


Although apparently Jaws is back on ITV4 yet again next Tuesday,sure why not!