Bill Medley

A selection of some of the best BBC moments and classic archive performances from those singers and bands who cracked Hollywood as well as the pop charts. These are the tunes that get hummed when leaving the cinemas over the years from blockbusters, Oscar winners, comedies and family favourites, featuring a selection of soundtrack stars including Destiny’s Child, Paul Simon, All Saints, Simple Minds and Dolly Parton.

Over 50 years ago, rock and roll fell in love with the sport of surfing and from that serendipitous moment, surf music was born.

Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.

Set in Australia, against the backdrop of World War II, this epic miniseries centers on the religiously divided town of St. Helens and the innocent romance between a pair of star-crossed teenagers that threatens to tear it apart.

Détective privé alcoolique et cynique, Joe Hallenbeck fut autrefois un héros des services secrets. Sa carrière a tourné court, tout comme celle du footballeur noir Jimmy Dix, qu’il rencontre dans une boîte de nuit où se produit Cory. L’assassinat de cette dernière va lancer les deux hommes dans une enquête difficile et musclée…

Story of The Clingers form the start to finish in the music world from little girls "The Clinger Sisters" to a rock and roll band "The Clingers" and the results of their life and times.

The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

À Boston, le “Cheers” est un bar tenu par Sam Malone, un ancien joueur de base-ball et alcoolique repenti. Au quotidien, le comptoir voit défiler nombre de piliers, à l’instar de Norm, Cliff ou Frasier. Entre deux chopes de bière, clients et employés méditent sur leurs vies sentimentales et professionnelles, se lancent des défis, comme des bouées de sauvetage. Au Cheers, l’une des serveuses se prénomme Diane. Abandonnée par son fiancé, la jeune femme un peu snob prend un virage à 90° en rejoignant Sam derrière le bar. Elle doit surtout composer avec Carla, l’une des historiques des lieux.

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme song of the show. The show was one of the few rural-oriented shows to survive CBS's rural purge of 1971.

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.