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The archive rock show highlights the BBC's pop programme The Beat Room amongst others, with performances from John Lee Hooker, The Pretty Things and Tom Jones. Show more
Simon Russell Beale's series looking at the history of the symphony begins with Haydn's arrival in England in 1791 and continues with Mozart and Beethoven. Show more
Series exploring the alchemy that creates great songs reaches the modern era, when music was transformed by digital technology and the computer. Show more
How a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became a hugely influential pop group, featuring live footage, analysis, newsreel and cinematic evocations of their obsessions. Show more
Documentary about a generation of post-punk musicians, from The Human League to Gary Numan, who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. Show more
Series exploring the alchemy that creates great songs reaches the modern era, when music was transformed by digital technology and the computer. Show more
How a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became a hugely influential pop group, featuring live footage, analysis, newsreel and cinematic evocations of their obsessions. Show more
Documentary about a generation of post-punk musicians, from The Human League to Gary Numan, who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. Show more
