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From 1975, a look back at the history of popular music up until this time, with some as-then rarely seen footage, interviews and…
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A look at the origins of American popular music, brought by the enslaved people from Africa and developed into jazz and the blues.
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This third programme looks at Ragtime music. As well as featuring rare early footage of Irving Berlin, the programme tells the…
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This film looks at the origins of jazz and offers up some provocative assertions: jazz is not a black music form; not a white music form;…
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The Blues forms the basis of this episode, and features contributions and performance footage from Memphis Slim, Ray Charles, Muddy…
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Vaudeville and music hall, arguably the earliest example of the popular music industry, are put under the microscope with music from Judy…
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The story of Tin Pan Alley, where hit records were made to order, and the first real sightings of an emergent popular music industry were…
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The story of the musical with contributions from Oscar Hammerstein, Harold Prince, Lionel Bart, Bob Fosse and Agnes de Mille.
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Swing is this episode's focus, with contributions and archive footage from many of the sultans of swing, including Art Tatum, Frank…
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This film, taken from a script by cult writer Nik Cohn, looks at the origins of Rhythm & Blues and Soul.
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This film, written by music writer Nik Cohn, looks at the history of Country music.
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A history of Folk and Protest music, featuring interviews and footage of artists including Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Woody…
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A journey to Memphis, Tennessee, to tell the story of the birth of Rock 'n' Roll. In his legendary, tiny studio, producer Sam Phillips…
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The enduring story of The Beatles, featuring contributions from erstwhile Mop Tops John Lennon and George Harrison.
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This film tells the story of the Swinging 60s, of sex and drugs and rock n roll; featuring Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors…
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Pop go glam in the hedonistic 1970s with contributions from David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music. Elton John, Eric Clapton, Cream and…
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This film sees rock exploring new directions from prog rock to instrumental and the orchestral, featuring Manfred Mann, Tubuler Bells…
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