On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

Original version

BBC Four

BBC 4

Guitar, Drum and Bass

Documentaries

Music: Classic Pop & Rock

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

An exploration of the contribution of key instruments to modern popular music.

BBC Four HD

Stewart Copeland

Nico Wasserman

Nicky Lessware

Jez Nelson

Guitar, Drum and Bass: Series 1: On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

Series 1

BBC Four - Guitar, Drum and Bass, Series 1, On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

Stewart Copeland explores why drums are essential to modern popular music.

Stewart Copeland explores why drums are essential to modern popular music and how they remain, across the world, the consistent force behind musical evolution.

Stewart Copeland explores the drums as the founding instrument of popular modern music. Beats that travelled from Africa via New Orleans and across the world are the consistent force behind musical evolution. 

Stewart plays with some of the most inspiring drummers of the last 50 years, including John Densmore of The Doors, Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prince’s musical director Sheila E, New Order’s Stephen Morris and Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins. He goes dancing in New Orleans, builds his own bass drum pedal and checks out hot new bands on Santa Monica beach.

Guitar, Drum and Bass: Series 1

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

An exploration of the contribution of three key instruments to modern popular music.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Guitar, Drum and Bass

Series 1

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC Four

About BBC Four