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The Culture Show: Not Like Any Other Love: The Smiths

Not Like Any Other Love: The Smiths

12/05/2013

BBC Two - The Culture Show, Not Like Any Other Love: The Smiths

A variety of dedicated fans discuss the enduring quality of The Smiths' music.

It's 30 years since The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their debut single Hand In Glove. Tim Samuels examines their enduring place in the hearts of their fans.

It's 30 years since Manchester four-piece The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their debut single Hand In Glove. In this half-hour Culture Show special, fellow Mancunian and lifelong fan Tim Samuels sets out to find out why The Smiths have such a special place in the hearts of a generation of Brits. The Smiths were only around for five years in the mid-eighties, but to this day the sentiment their music evokes is strong. Samuels pays visits to a variety of dedicated fans including fashion designer Wayne Hemingway, poet Simon Armitage, Labour MP Kerry McCarthy and Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher to analyse the look, the lyrics, the issues and the riffs that made The Smiths Britain's first, and arguably best ever, indie rock band.

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