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

The award-winning US singer gives an account of her own life, looking back on her upbringing in Brooklyn, and the subsequent success she enjoyed as part of husband-and-wife songwriting team Goffin and King in the 1960s, including the creation of global hits Take Good Care of My Baby, The Locomotion and Will You Love Me Tomorrow. By 1970, Carole was divorced and had moved to Los Angeles, where she created her classic solo album Tapestry. Now in her seventies, she reveals herself to be as much an environmental activist as a musician, lobbying Congress in defence of the wildlife and eco-systems in her beloved Idaho

Archive performances from the 1960s and '70s, featuring Leonard Cohen, Julie Felix, Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Don McLean, Tim Buckley, Stealers Wheel, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Paul Simon, Rab Noakes, Loudon Wainwright III, Clifford T Ward and Cat Stevens

Documentary presenting an intimate portrait of American soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers. The film follows the performer as he makes a journey to his birthplace, while also featuring interviews with family, friends and fellow musicians, and footage of concert performances of his greatest hits, including Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me and Lovely Day

A 1974 concert by the soulful American singer-songwriter, featuring performances of Lean on Me, Ain't No Sunshine and Grandma's Hands

Broadcaster and DJ Mark Radcliffe introduces the most memorable performances by Duran Duran on long-running music programme Top of the Pops, featuring Girls on Film, My Own Way, Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio, Is There Something I Should Know?, The Reflex, Wild Boys and Notorious

Mark Radcliffe introduces a selection of Top of the Pops performances by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's duo, featuring Young Guns (Go For It!), Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do), Bad Boys, Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom, Everything She Wants and Edge of Heaven

Mike Read presents an edition from June 14, 1979, featuring performances by Match, McFadden & Whitehead, Edwin Starr, Tubeway Army, Janet Key, Chas & Dave and Anita Ward. Plus, dance sequences by Legs & Co

A compilation showcasing some of the musician's performances in the BBC archives, including Space Oddity, Life on Mars?, Fashion and The Jean Genie. Plus, Lulu and Mott the Hoople perform Bowie songs, and there are further clips featuring the star's musical collaborators Iggy Pop and Lou Reed

The former Spandau Ballet singer won the Best Performer gong for his concert at the Usher Hall earlier this year. Congratulating him, Dev recalled how he knew Tony at the height of his fame in the Eighties when he was a "record plugger" for EMI and looked after another of the biggest bands around, Duran Duran. The two supergroups were booked to go head-to-head on Mike Read’s Christmas special Pop Quiz on BBC TV.

Simon Le Bon, Dev recalled, was "a lovely guy but thick as pigs***". Dev knew there was not a chance of Duran Duran winning, so he swiped a copy of the questions and answers from the BBC and rehearsed Duran Duran. Despite drilling into them the answers, they managed still to get a lot of them wrong, but somehow scraped through to win by one point. Dev picked up his Christmas bonus and the rest is history ...

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ok, Mark Radcliffe, we get it...you don't like Duran Duran, you were a punk or something.