1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 9 (USA) 39 x 30 minute episodes The Beatles cartoons were screened in the US from 25 September 1965…
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Fresh out of college, John Randall (William Reynolds) tries to persuade his father – the owner of a conservative record company – into releasing rock…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 1 x 38 minute episode Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Muddy Waters braved the British rain for this one-off TV special from…
“ It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses!” Universal…
Born To Boogie was, first and last, a celebration of the phenomenon of Marc Bolan. There was no plot, no message, no subliminal undertone; it…
Singer Kate (Hazel O’Connor) claws her way into the charts, with help from spiv manager-cum-lover Danny (Phil Daniels), only to find the glitter tarnished and…
A first-rate, realistic film biography of Buddy Holly – the talented rockabilly composer-musician who introduced such 1950s hits as That’ll Be The Day and Peggy Sue. Lanky, toothsome…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 9 (New Zealand) 30 minute episodes Debuting on 4 February 1967 and airing on Saturday nights, this…
Can’t Stop the Music was produced by Allan Carr – who was also responsible for the mega-musical Grease (1978) – as a vehicle to promote the…
Hoping to cash in on the success of A Hard Day’s Night (1964), producer David Deutsch hired first-timer John Boorman – who later directed Deliverance (1972) – to bang out…
Charlie Is My Darling follows two days in the life of The Rolling Stones during their tour of Ireland in 1965 Three months before shooting the tour, director Peter…
1 9 8 6 – 1 9 9 8 (UK) 30/60 minute episodes 1986 saw the debut of one of British television’s longest-running music shows. The…
1 9 7 8 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) 81 x 25 minute episodes The BBC turned pop music into a game show with…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 5 (UK) 68 x 50 minute episodes Cilla Black got a surprise when she set out to film street…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 48 x 30 minute episodes The first BBC2 pop series, Colour Me Pop, was originally introduced as…
The story of the most famous group in the history of popular music, narrated by Malcolm McDowell. From the early days in Liverpool. through the…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) 15/30 minute episodes British television’s first pop music programme – Cool For Cats – made its…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 9 x 25 minute episodes This gimmicky BBC pop music programme was broadcast from the Ice Stadium in Nottingham and featured…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 8 7 (Australia) When Countdown first went to air in November 1974, it began a path that would take Australian…
The independent British 2 Tone record label was founded by Jerry Dammers of The Specials in 1979 to promote ska-flavoured dance music performed by racially…