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

I caught a bit of that Pop Gold last night. I thought it was decent enough, some of the clips were from The Tube on Channel 4 and they also featured Tony Wilson's old So It Goes programme, which had it's own compilation series on Sky Arts recently. Anyway ...


Tonight
Top Of The Pops 1980 returns to BBC Four at 7.30pm and 12.15am, "Simon Bates presents an edition first broadcast February 15, 1980. Featuring performances by Matchbox, Keith Michell, the Flying Lizards, Elvis Costello, Michael Jackson, Dave Edmunds, Jon & Vangelis, the Shadows, Marti Webb, Stiff Little Fingers and Kenny Rogers. Plus, dance sequences by Legs & Co".
It also gets a repeat on Saturday Night at 12.15am


Friday
It's a sort of Eighties Night on BBC Four

At 9pm it's a New! show, Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity "A look at the history of the band, examining its rise to fame, eventual disintegration and the personalities within the group who made it such a success in the early 1980s. Director Mike Nicholls follows the band members as they meet in singer Boy George's London home to write new material following their decision to reunite in 2014"

10pm sees another chance to see the TOTP2 80s Special with Adam and the Ants, Bucks Fizz, Soft Cell, Dexys Midnight Runners, Madness, Culture Club, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Duran Duran, Wham!, Pet Shop Boys, the Communards, Whitney Houston, Bros, Tiffany, Yazz & the Plastic Population, Kylie and Jason, Black Box and Lisa Stansfield

The Beat goes on at 11pm with a reapeat The New Romantics - A Fine Romance "Magenta Devine narrates this gay and colourful behind-the-scene documentary of sex & drugs & frocks & hair-rollers, which includes interviews with Boy George, Gary Kemp, Adam Ant, Nick Rhodes, (the late) Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Marilyn, Jonathan Ross, Caryn Franklin, Fiona Bruce and Robert Elms."

At 11.50pm it's a welcome repeat of Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker I think most viewers enjoyed this last time, If you didn't see it it's well worth a look
"In this candid interview, 1970s pop legend Nile Rodgers talks about his personal life and the career that saw him become one of disco music's most successful artists. Rodgers opens up about his childhood, his party lifestyle as a member of the band Chic, the tragic death of his musical partner Bernard Edwards and his battle with cancer. Featuring contributions from Bryan Ferry, Debbie Harry, Valerie Simpson, Steve Winwood, his fellow Chic members and other artists"



Saturday
BBC Four has the TOTP, Sounds of The Sixties and TOTP 1980 again

The main action is on BBC Two where Reginald D Hunter's Songs Of The South concludes at 9.30pm (or 10pm in Wales) I haven't seen any of this yet but the reviews are good.

Then at 10.30pm (11pm in Wales) it's a chance to see Good Vibrations "Premiere. A music lover in 1970s Belfast opens a record shop while his city is torn apart by the Troubles. His business introduces him to the city's underground punk scene, and he becomes one of the key figures in creating an alternative subculture to the violence around him. Fact-based drama, starring Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Liam Cunningham and Dylan Moran"



That looks like fun. I'll give any film which features someone pretending to be Feargal Sharkey a go. And it gives a second mention of the weekend to Stiff Little Fingers, which is nice.

Sunday has a few repeats of Friday's shows if you missed them, but there's plenty to be getting on with there.