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

Hard to imagine Tom Jones working in a factory in Ponty.

He seems like he was always a proper star.

Linda Jones passed away this week RIP

59 years is an amazing achievement for a showbiz marriage.

Tom playing at the Wood Road Working Man's Club ... I'd say that was not unlike Marty McFly playing at the Enchancment Under The Sea dance.

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Off to London next month...can't beat Soho for a night out

Dublin's great too isn't it though?

Big bag of Tiffin and all you can drink


Hint Hint

Hi, the fifties season continues on BBC Four with two new docs about Billy Fury and The Everley Brothers. That's two more new programmes than in most weeks. Just as well, as there are very few repeats for once. The BBC Shakespeare Season and Snooker are to blame.

Foul and a miss, once more unto the breach dear friends! ...


Thursday

7.30pm & Midnight Top of The Pops 1981 #21
Richard Skinner presents the chart show from August 27, 1981, featuring Startrax, Ultravox, Cliff Richard, the Rolling Stones, Aneka and Genesis

12.35am Roy Orbison: One of The Lonely Ones
Biography of the singer and musician, casting new light on the triumphs and tragedies that beset his career, featuring previously unseen performances and home movies, and providing an insight into Orbison's remote Texas childhood and his battles to get his voice heard. This film reveals how his rollercoaster life was often reflected in the dark lyrics of his songs, from success to rejection, and rediscovery in the 1980s with the Travelling Wilburys supergroup. Featuring interviews with Jeff Lynne, T Bone Burnett, Bobby Goldsboro and Marianne Faithfull

1.35am Chuck Berry in Concert
The legendary rock 'n' roll singer performs at the BBC Television Theatre in 1972, featuring hits Johnny B Goode, Nadine and Roll Over Beethoven, as well as an innuendo-laden rendition of My Ding-a-Ling

9pm & 1.25am The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven New!
Don and Phil - arguably the greatest harmony singers of all time - began as childhood musicians, performing hymns and country songs as Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil on their father's radio shows in Iowa, where they grew up. This documentary follows surviving sibling Don back to the place where their love for music was formed to recall the music that was omnipresent in their home, the influence of their parents, the early radio shows and the musicians they played with in their formative years. Contributors include Art Garfunkel, Graham Nash, Dave Edmunds and Tim Rice

10pm & 2.25am Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury New!
Liverpool-born Ronnie Wycherley became an overnight sensation in 1958 when he was asked by showbiz impresario Larry Parnes to go on stage and sing a couple of his self-penned songs. Ronnie's knees shook with nerves, but over 2,000 screaming girls welcomed the new star of British rock 'n' roll. Parnes immediately signed Ronnie to his stable of artists and christened him Billy Fury. This documentary recounts Fury's story, and his impact on the birth of popular music in Britain. Contributors include David Puttnam, Mark Kermode, Amanda Barrie, Vince Eager and Imelda May

11.05pm Later With Jools Holland (BBC2) New Series!
New series. Extended edition of the music programme. Joining the host is Birmingham-born Laura Mvula, who returns to the show with tracks from her upcoming second album, The Dreaming Room. Jools also welcomes Paul Simon as he launches his latest solo LP Stranger to Stranger, on the eve of an American tour. Plus, British grime MC Kano runs through tracks from his recent Top 10 album Made in the Manor. Nashville singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell and Boston's Lake Street Dive will also be performing

11.25pm It's Only Rock n Roll: Rock n Roll at the BBC
A compilation of classic rock 'n' roll artists and songs in celebration of the musical genre, Including performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, Dick Dale and Neil Sedaka. Plus, a selection of songs with rock 'n' roll in the title, such as Tom Petty's Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll, Joan Jett's I love Rock 'n' Roll and Oasis's Rock 'n' Roll Star

12.25am Trad Jazz Britannia
Documentary exploring the development of Britain's budding jazz scene, which rose to prominence as enthusiasts such as Chris Barber tried to bring the music of 1920s New Orleans to the UK in the wake of the Second World War. The film reveals how some new artists dared to break with established genre tropes, splintering British jazz into two warring factions - the mouldy figs, who appreciated tradition, and the dirty boppers, who were more experimental in their approach to music. Includes contributions by Acker Bilk, and archive interviews with Humphrey Lyttelton and George Melly


Saturday

Er ... nothing at all except

1.45am It's Only Rock n Roll: Rock n Roll at the BBC
same as yesterday


Sunday

No, nothing today either.



Sky Arts has part 2 of an 11 part VH1 series Metal Evolution on Friday at 11pm. "Sam Dunn explores how the emergence of bands including Aerosmith and Van Halen in the early 1970s led to a radical change in America's musical landscape." Not sure when Part 1 went out, to be honest.
Most of the episodes are up here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA3fiXZjFua6v5YZMSL9XjQ?&ab_channel=MetalEvolution

They also have a feature length REM doc on Friday night at 1.30am REM by MTV

Finally, Dave has The Blues Brothers on Friday night at 9pm. Rolling, Rolling, Rolling ...