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Richard Skinner introduces the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 March 1981 and featuring Graham Bonnet, Hazel O'Connor, Tony Capstick, Lene Lovich and Shakin' Stevens. Show more
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Ken Dodd, Lyn Kennington, the Jan Hunt Panto, and performers from the Players Theatre. Show more
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen feature in this folk tinged episode of 60s archive.
Vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives. The Faces perform Stay with Me in 1972.
Pub rock and other late 70s rock gems from Dr Feelgood, Ducks DeLuxe, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe, Ace, Dire Straits and many more. Show more
How family-run company Albert Music launched AC/DC on the world in the 1970s and continued to back them when their type of music fell out of fashion during the punk revolution. Show more
In the years bookended by Buddy Holly's death in 1959 and The Beatles landing at JFK in 1964, rock 'n' roll calmed down, went uptown and got spun into teen pop. Show more
Richard Skinner introduces the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 March 1981 and featuring Graham Bonnet, Hazel O'Connor, Tony Capstick, Lene Lovich and Shakin' Stevens. Show more
From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save the Queen, this is the story of ten records from the 1930s to the present day that have been banned by the BBC. Show more
How family-run company Albert Music launched AC/DC on the world in the 1970s and continued to back them when their type of music fell out of fashion during the punk revolution. Show more
Pub rock and other late 70s rock gems from Dr Feelgood, Ducks DeLuxe, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe, Ace, Dire Straits and many more. Show more
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen feature in this folk tinged episode of 60s archive.
