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Music show featuring Virginian Mary Chapin Carpenter, Maura O'Connell from County Clare in Ireland and Hebridean Julie Fowlis. Tim O'Brien adds some Appalachian bitter-sweet. Show more
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Episode 2: Pop Goes the Soundtrack
1 hour
on BBC Four HD
Neil Brand explores how, in the second half of the 20th century, composers and film-makers embraced jazz, pop and rock to bring fresh energy to film scores. Show more
Documentary portrait of US singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who recorded and sang a number of instantly recognisable tunes as well as writing a string of hits for other artists. Show more
Hugely successful singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka plays hits from his early rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age in this special one-man show from the 1980s. Show more
A trip back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest ever pop music in a film telling the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly. Show more
Compilation of classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s, including Status Quo, The Who, Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Benson and Link Wray. Show more
Documentary portrait of US singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who recorded and sang a number of instantly recognisable tunes as well as writing a string of hits for other artists. Show more
Hugely successful singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka plays hits from his early rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age in this special one-man show from the 1980s. Show more
A trip back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest ever pop music in a film telling the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly. Show more
