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

We won't be getting any of the Dave Lee Travis fronted TOTPs anytime soon ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26322552

Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis is to face a retrial on charges of indecent and sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Turn it up to Eleven, here is this week's offerings from Fabulous Four ...

Thursday 7pm Top of The Pops 1979 (repeated in slightly longer version Thursday Night 1.45am and Saturday Night 12.40am

Mike Read presents an edition first broadcast on March 1, 1979. Includes performances by Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic, Violinski, Lene Lovich, and David Essex. Plus, dance sequences by Legs & Co

Friday 7.30pm Elgar The Man behind the Mask

Documentary exploring the life of the Land of Hope and Glory composer Edward Elgar. Based on clues in his music and private correspondence, the programme reveals how the seemingly confident man struggled to accept his lowly origins and Catholic religion. The film also offers an insight into his intense relationships with several women. Featuring contributions by Colin Davis, Mark Elder and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner

Friday 9pm Hello Quo (Repeated Friday Night 1am, Sunday Night 12.40am)

Documentary examining rock band Status Quo's five-decade history, including interviews with the band, concert footage and rarely seen archive material, as well as a look at the 2012 reunion of the original line-up, performing together for the first time in more than 30 years. With contributions by Paul Weller, Brian May, Noddy Holder, Cliff Richard and Jeff Lynne. Cut-down version of the feature-length documentary

Friday 10.20pm TOTP2 - Whole lotta Quo repeated Friday Night 2.20am, Sunday Night 2am

A look back at Status Quo's most memorable performances on the BBC chart show, including famous hits such as Rockin' All Over the World, Whatever You Want, Caroline, Mystery Song, Down Down and Paper Plane. The rock band first reached the charts with the psychedelic Pictures Of Matchstick Men, released in 1967, and went on to sell over 100 million records worldwide. Their final appearance on the show was in 2005, a year before its final broadcast, with the boisterous anthem, The Party Ain't Over Yet. Steve Wright presents a nostalgic journey back through their heady days and crowd pleasers

Friday 11.05pm Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid

The making of Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid, which was released in 1970 and helped define the sound and style of heavy metal. The programme tells the story of how Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward created the record, and features contributions by Phil Alexander, Geoff Barton, Henry Rollins and Jim Simpson

Friday Midnight Guitar Heroes at the BBC

Archive footage from BBC music shows of the 1970s, including Pete Townshend of the Who, acoustic numbers by Davy Graham and Ralph McTell, and the talents of Americans Nils Lofgren and Ted Nugent. Also featured are performances by the Faces, Chris Spedding, the Runaways, Judas Priest, ZZ Top and the Cate Brothers

Friday Night 1am - Hello Quo (as above)
Friday Night 2.20 am TOTP2 Quo (as above)

Friday Night 3.05am Sounds of the Seventies 2: Troubadors: Peaceful Easy Feeling

Archive performances by a selection of artists who emerged from California in the early part of the decade, a time when the UK was familiarising itself with the introduction of decimalisation and enduring a series of industrial disputes. Featuring Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Crosby & Nash, America, Carole King, Eagles and Seals & Crofts

Saturday 10.35pm What's Going On? The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye.

Insight into the tumultuous personal life of the soul legend, who was shot and killed in April 1984 on the eve of his 45th birthday by his preacher father following an argument at their Los Angeles home. With contributions from fellow Motown legend Martha Reeves, songwriter Lamont Dozier and Gaye's two former wives

Saturday 11.35pm Roll Over Beethoven: The Chess Records Saga

Documentary marking the 60th anniversary of Chess Records, an independent label in America that signed acts including Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and Etta James. The programme reveals how Polish immigrants Leonard and Phil Chess created the company in 1950, and turned it into a multimillion-pound business until its demise at the end of the 1960s

Saturday Night 12.40am Top of the Pops 1979 (as above)

Saturday Night 1.15am Sounds of the Seventies 2: Guilty Pleasures - Love Will Keep us Together

Celebrating some of the decade's most recognisable classics, including performances by the Carpenters, Bread, Charles Aznavour, 10cc, John Denver, Bellamy Brothers, Exile, Captain & Tennille and Dr Hook

(This sounds like the same programme which was on last Saturday, maybe they will change it before it goes out again).



Music film of the week - Prince: Sign O the Times - Sky Arts 1 9pm & 3.20am Friday

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

Yesterday has a Sounds of the Sixties Marathon on Sunday Night, some rare Sixties TOTP clippage there.