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

If you have been affected by that photo, there are support lines open now :eek::) somewhere . Yes, Tom Jones turns 80 this weekend and BBC4 has a new show and some archive stuff to celebrate. More on the BBC programming at the link below. It's a busy weekend elsewhere, Sky Arts has a new thing about Ronnie Wood (who turned 73 on Monday) and there are also more not-new-but-not-repeated-to-death shows on offer (such as Eric Clapton on BBC2). Daniel O'Donnell (Birthday December 12) starts a lockdown chat show on TG4, here begins his ascent to the LLS Big Chair ...





Thursday
2pm Trailblazers – Funk (Sky Arts)

9pm Glor Tire – Rogha Agus Togha (TG4)
Featuring performances by Jimmy Buckley, Susan McCann, Derek Ryan, Stephen Smyth, Lorraine McDonald, John McNicholl, Gerry Guthrie, Lisa McHugh and Mike Denver

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

10pm Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (Sky Arts)

11pm Bee Gees Live In Melbourne 1989 (Sky Arts)

11.30pm Other Voices (RTE2)
Musical performances filmed in strictly controlled locations including Whelan's and The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, aimed at lifting spirits during the Covid-19 crisis

1.15am Johnny Cash – A Legend In Concert (Sky Arts)
Compilation of early performances




Friday
2pm Trailblazers – Punk (Sky Arts)

4pm My Tribe – Punks (RTE1)
A look at the world of punks in Ireland, with Michael from Co Clare explaining how it took him away from his comfortable, middle-class upbringing and taught him to be a free-thinker. In Galway, 18-year-old Ivy reveals how she sees it as a way of expressing herself and standing out from the crowd. In English and Irish. There are a few more of these on the RTE Player

7pm John Williams At The BBC (BBC4)
Performances featuring the guitarist, from a BBC archive spanning 15 years. The programme includes classical masterworks, the prog rock of Sky and comedy with Eric Sykes. There are also duets with fellow guitar maestro Julian Bream

8pm Top Of The Pops 1989 – September 28 (BBC4)
Sybil Ruscoe and Jenny Powell present the edition first shown on September 28, featuring performances by Wet Wet Wet, the Beautiful South, Gloria Estefan, Sydney Youngblood, Kate Bush, Erasure, Black Box and Karyn White

8.30pm Discovering Music - The Eagles (Sky Arts)

9pm Lynyrd Skynyrd - If I Leave Here Tomorrow (Sky Arts)
The history of the American rock band, who came to define an era with their sound, their drunken and dangerous antics and their controversial use of the rebel flag

9pm Tom Jones At 80 (BBC4) New!
A celebration of the singer's life and times, looking back over 60 years in showbusiness. This archive-based journey traverses Tom's career via some of his greatest songs and performances - from Delilah and It's Not Unusual to The Green, Green Grass of Home and Kiss. Additional context to Sir Tom's incredible longevity is provided through rarely seen footage and interviews with the man himself . This is programme will be broadcast on BBC1 Wales at the same time, and is one of a number being broadcast on TV and Radio for Tom’s Birthday https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/sir-tom-jones-birthday

10pm & 2.35am Tom Jones’ 1950s: The Decade That Made Me (BBC4)
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'.

10pm Later … With Jools Holland (BBC2)
Ellie Goulding chats online to Jools ahead of the release of her fourth Album, which arrives 10 years after her debut record and first top 10 single Starry Eyed. The pair discuss the artists that have influenced her musical journey, illustrated by classic performances from the regular show's extensive archive. This edition also debuts Biig Piig, a musician who grew up between Ireland and Spain, and is now based in London. Recorded at home, she brings a taste of her sound with new single Switch, showcasing her unique brand of minimal pop

11pm Tom Jones – A Little Later (BBC4)
The Welsh rocker's finest performances from the archives of Later with Jools Holland, including Baby It's Cold Outside, featuring Cerys Matthews

11.10pm Muscle Shoals (Sky Arts)
A look inside the acclaimed music hub, located alongside the Tennessee River. The studio's output has helped to create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Founder Rick Hall overcame poverty and tragedy and brought black and white musicians together in Alabama's cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations. Contributors include Greg Allman, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards and Percy Sledge

11.15pm Sounds Of The Sixties (BBC4)
A selection of archive footage from the arrival of the so-called beat boom in 1964, which catered to the art-school craze for rhythm and blues. Featuring performances by Tom Jones, the Kinks, Manfred Mann, the Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker and the Pretty Things

11.45pm Sings Elvis (BBC4)
Compilation of cover versions of Elvis Presley hits, originally shown in 2010 - the year that would have been his 75th birthday. Artists featured include Cliff Richard, John Cale, Paul McCartney and Tom Jones, and Carl Perkins and Mac Davis perform songs they wrote but which Elvis made famous

11.55pm Other Voices (RTE2)

11.55pm The Windmill Lane Sessions (TG4)
Music performances filmed at the Windmill Lane Recording Studios in Dublin, continuing with Kirsty Bartarelli, Roisin O and the Blades

12.45am Singer Songwriters At The BBC (BBC4)
Archive performances from the 1960s and 70s, featuring Billy Joel, Joan Armatrading, Tom Paxton, John Denver, Bruce Johnston, Gordon Lightfoot, Chris de Burgh and Stealers Wheel. The programme also includes an unusual appearance by Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance on The Basil Brush Show in 1973

1.30am Music Icons – Aretha Franklin (Sky Arts)

1.45am Country Music By Ken Burns (BBC4)
Ep 4 /9 I Can't Stop Loving You (1953-1963) The history of the American art form and how it evolved between 1953 and 1963 when the confluence of blues and hillbilly music at Sun Studios gave birth to rockabilly, the precursor of rock 'n' roll, with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash at the forefront. In the recording studios of Music City, country music's twang was replaced by something smoother - the Nashville sound




Saturday
6pm Beatles Stories (Sky Arts)
Tales from people with vague connections to the Beatles

7pm Duran Duran - There’s Something You Should Know (Yesterday)
Recent BBC4 Duran Doc

7.45pm Rolling Stones Return To Hyde Park – Sweet Summer Sun (Sky Arts)
2013 Gig

8pm Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (Yesterday)
Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reveal the truth behind the successes, failures and relationships that characterised their music and made them one of the most enduring acts in popular music

9pm Ronnie Wood – Somebody Up There Likes Me (Sky Arts) New!
A look at the life and career of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, with contributions by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart. Also, here are some of the versions of the yarn where Ronnie Woods brings his showbiz mates into Fletchers of Naas, and Tommy Fletcher tells them all he'll throw them all out if they don't stop singing https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/213023/we-called-tommy-fletcher-to-get-some-satisfaction.html



9.15pm Eric Clapton – Life In 12 Bars (BBC2)
Documentary profiling the blues guitarist, narrated by the man himself, as he charts his six decades in the music business, and why his insatiable desire to grow his artistic voice led him to quit a stream of successful bands, from the Yardbirds and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers to short-lived supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. Clapton also talks about his battles with drugs and alcohol, his love for George Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd and the tragic loss of his son in an accident. Including archive interviews with BB King, George Harrison and Jimi Hendrix

10.20pm The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre (Sky Arts)
2015 gig

11.20pm Guitar Heroes At The BBC (BBC2)
Including electric performances by the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Motorhead, Nazareth, AC/DC and George Thorogood, as well as acoustic material by Michael Chapman, Horslips and Paco de Lucia

Midnight Oasis – Supersonic (RTE2)
Documentary about the early years of the Manchester band who dominated the charts in the mid-1990s. The film focuses on the relationship between Gallagher brothers Noel and Liam, including their infamous sibling rivalry, and also features rare concert footage. With Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Peggie Gallagher, Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, Tony McCarroll, Alan McGee and Owen Morris

Midnight Muddy Waters And The Rolling Stones Live At The Checkerboard Lounge (Sky Arts)
1981 Gig

1am Top Of The Pops 1989 – September 28 (BBC4)

1.30am John Williams At The BBC (BBC4)




Sunday
5pm Come Together – The Rise Of The Festival (Sky Arts)
Documentary examining the evolution of the music festival, from Newport, Monterey Pop, Woodstock and Isle of Wight in the 1960s to modern events such as Glastonbury and Coachella

6.40pm Daniel Sa Bhaile (TG4) New!
Daniel O'Donnell hosts an entertainment series full of music and conversation to give support and hope to the nation during the coronavirus lockdown.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2020/05/30/news/daniel-o-donnell-to-open-up-donegal-home-to-viewers-for-new-television-chat-show-1956828/

9pm Roger Waters – The Wall (Sky Arts)
It says here “The musician performs the Pink Floyd album in full in an elaborately staged theatrical production”

9.30pm Se Mo Laoch – Frankie Gavin (TG4)

10.30pm Flosc (TG4)
More Sligo Sounds

10.40pm David Brophy’s Unsung Heroes (RTE1) New!
David Brophy forms a brand-new choir made up of family carers to perform an original song co-written with John Spillane at The National Opera House in Wexford

11pm Autopsy – Jim Morrison (VM1)

11.05pm Van Morrison – Live At Montreux 1980 (TG4)
A performance at the Swiss jazz festival by the singer-songwriter and his band, featuring songs including Troubadours, Moondance and Tupelo Honey. A choice of Van Morrison Live or Jim Morrison Dead.

11.30pm The South Bank Show Originals – Tom Jones (Sky Arts)
An interview from 2000




Sadly, no room in the schedules for Tom Jones's finest martian movie appearance, the one in Mars Attacks!





Here's a rare Tom Jones / Johnny Cash / June Carter Cash collaboration from the archives





and finally, in non Tom news the best song by a travelling band summoned to town to sort out El Guapo might be this one from The Three Amigos (Comedy Central Sunday 1.20pm)

"Hang in there lads, in about 20 years we'll ditch Marti and replace him with Kevin from Liberty X ..."

Curiosity got the better of me ... would be a good name for Ben from Curiosity's autobiography, should that ever be a thing