The Beatles: Made on Merseyside
Sep 07, 2018The incredible story of how the Beatles emerged from post war Liverpool and turned music upon its head with their changes.
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Jun 22, 2012BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans.
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Live Forever
Mar 07, 2003In the mid-1990s, spurred on by both the sudden world-domination of bands such as Oasis and Prime Minister Tony Blair's "Cool Brittania" campaign, British culture experienced a brief and powerful boost that made it appear as if Anglophilia was everywhere--at least if you believed the press. Pop music was the beating heart of this idea, and suddenly, "Britpop" was a movement. Oasis, their would-be rivals Blur, Pulp, The Verve, and many more bands rode this wave to international chart success. But was Britpop a real phenomenon, or just a marketing ploy? This smart and often hilarious documentary probes the question with copious interviews from Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn of Blur, Sleeper's Louise Wener, and many other artists and critics who suddenly found themselves at the cultural forefront.
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The Mancunian Way
Aug 27, 1992Boddington's Manchester Festival: Writer Jon Savage explores Manchester's cultural milieu. Aired as part of Granada Television's Celebration arts strand.
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New Order Story
Aug 29, 1993Né des cendres du légendaire groupe post-punk britannique Joy Division, l'énigmatique New Order a triomphé de la tragédie pour devenir l'un des groupes les plus influents et les plus acclamés des années 1980, embrassant les textures électroniques et les rythmes disco de la culture des clubs underground avec plusieurs années d'avance sur ses contemporains. "New Order Story" est le documentaire définitif sur le groupe et retrace son histoire depuis ses origines avec Joy Division. Cette version étendue comprend des interviews supplémentaires et des séquences live, soit plus de 2 heures de superbes images de New Order. Une vidéo de longue durée retraçant l'histoire et la musique du groupe avec des interviews de Bono, Neil Tennant, Quincy Jones et d'autres.
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
Sep 15, 2016Avec des images rares et exclusives, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years retrace les premières années de la carrière des Beatles de 1962 à 1966, marquées par les tournées incessantes à travers le monde. Des centaines de dates, des milliers de fans, des heures de concerts ont permis aux Beatles d’entrer dans la légende, mais aussi d’apprendre à se connaître, à se chercher, à se renouveler et à écrire ensemble toujours plus de chansons mythiques. Du Cavern Club de Liverpool à leur dernier concert au Candlestick Park de San Francisco, découvrez les Beatles comme vous ne les avez jamais vus et jamais entendus, à travers des enregistrements live et archives inédites.
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Queer as Art
Jul 27, 2017Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain, including Stephen Fry, David Hockney, Sir Antony Sher, Alan Cumming, Sandi Toksvig, Jeanette Winterson, Will Young and Alan Hollinghurst, and it explores the distinctive perspectives and voices that LGBT artists have brought to British cultural life.
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New Order: Decades
Sep 22, 2018La pièce maîtresse de ce docu-concert de New Order est un live à Vienne en mai 2018, au cours duquel le groupe a été rejoint par un "orchestre de synthétiseurs" de 12 musiciens composé d'étudiants en musique de Manchester. Les jeunes musiciens se trouvaient derrière le groupe dans des cellules isolées avec des stores qui s'ouvrent et se ferment, chacun d'entre eux jouant des parties différentes. Le film fournit un contexte intéressant pour l'émergence de Joy Division et New Order, en décrivant comment ils ont été inspirés par Manchester. La musique de ces groupes semble refléter la ville, comme le feront plus tard les Smiths et Oasis. Les fans de New Order apprécieront que les interprétations en live de plusieurs chansons soient présentées dans leur intégralité et remixées pour l'occasion avec l'apport des étudiants. Notamment la chanson pop parfaite "Bizarre Love Triangle" et le morceau profond "Your Silent Face", dans lequel le leader Bernard Sumner sort un mélodica.
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Freed From Memories
May 20, 2016An examination of Manic Street Preachers' 1996 breakthrough album Everything Must Go in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
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Punk '76
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Picture My Face: The Story Of Teenage Head
Nov 03, 2020Legendary Canadian glamour-punk band "Teenage Head" is determined to enter the limelight once again some 40 years after causing the notorious punk rock riots during the summer of 1980 in Toronto. But first they need to save the band's founding member from a debilitating depression.
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The Beatles Story
Jul 01, 1996This one-hour documentary recounts the musical career of the "Fab Four" in its entirety: from their early days in Liverpool to the peak of their success as the world's most successful pop group. The film is largely archival and built around extensive footage that chronicles the phenomenon of Beatlemania as it rapidly spreads across the globe. Much of the material has not been seen before and includes a number of interviews with The Beatles at critical moments in their career, plus fascinating footage from their final American tour. To complete the film there is also recent footage and retrospective interviews with members of The Beatles entourage as well as those who have spent time analyzing and evaluating The Beatle's musical and social impact on our lives.
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Joy Division
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Teenage
Apr 20, 2013Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling evidence that teenagers had a tumultuous effect on the previous half-decade.
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The Brian Epstein Story
Dec 25, 1998Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame. A Documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Gay when homosexuality was illegal, a gambler, shopkeeper and failed actor, he was also pop king with a Midas touch who, in the 60s, was as well known as the band he managed. Broadcast in two episodes on the BBC Series Arena
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The Mancunian Way
Aug 27, 1992Boddington's Manchester Festival: Writer Jon Savage explores Manchester's cultural milieu. Aired as part of Granada Television's Celebration arts strand.
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Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music
Sep 20, 1992The evolution of disco music through interviews and clips - Acid House, House, Disco, Funk, Italo-Disco, Italodance. Interviewed – Baby Ford, Deee-Lite, Frankie Knuckles, Mark Moore, Mel Cheren Featuring 5000 Volts, Amii Stewart, Anita Ward, Baby Ford, Bananarama, Black Box, Cerrone, Communards, The, Deee-Lite, Donna Summer, Eartha Kitt, Edwin Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, Evelyn Thomas, Farm, The, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Hot Gossip, Hues Corporation, Isaac Hayes, Kool And The Gang, Kylie Minogue, M, Michael Zager, Miguel Brown, Musique, New Order, Odyssey, S'Express, Shannon, Shirley & Co, Sylvester, Three Degrees, Trammps, Van Mccoy, Village People
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Seven Ages of Rock
Jun 30, 2007A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this most enduring of genres.
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Seven Ages of Rock
Apr 22, 2023Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
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