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Mike Read and Steve Wright present performances from The Icicle Works, Howard Jones, Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler, Roland Rat, Lionel Richie, Joe Fagin and Paul McCartney. Show more
Leonard Sachs chairs the music hall programme, from 1979. With Bernard Cribbins, Barry Cryer, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Penny Lane, Larry Parker, Teddy Peiro and Patricio. Show more
Vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives. Featuring The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again and The Rolling Stones' Brown Sugar. Show more
Series about the countercultural explosion that was 1967's Summer of Love. How ideas, music and lifestyles from Asia, Europe and the American left became entwined in California. Show more
Howard Goodall explores why Sgt Pepper is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential, with the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band. Show more
Today's music superstars use a lovingly reassembled old machine to record in the same way that their early predecessors did - with no edits, no overdubs and no retakes. Show more
Mike Read and Steve Wright present performances from The Icicle Works, Howard Jones, Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler, Roland Rat, Lionel Richie, Joe Fagin and Paul McCartney. Show more
Series about the countercultural explosion that was 1967's Summer of Love. How ideas, music and lifestyles from Asia, Europe and the American left became entwined in California. Show more
Howard Goodall explores why Sgt Pepper is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential, with the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band. Show more