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Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme. Featuring John Inman, Gemma Craven, David Kernan, Bernard Spear, Gino Donati and Michel Arene and the Lido Can Can Dancers. Show more
Peter Powell and Janice Long present the pop chart programme. Featuring Nik Kershaw, The Eurythmics, Slade, Tina Turner, Kool & The Gang, Madonna, Alvin Stardust and Jim Diamond. Show more
John Peel and Tommy Vance present the pop chart programme, from November 1984. Featuring Nick Heyward, The Human League, Billy Ocean, Murray Head, Shakin' Stevens and Chaka Khan. Show more
A Storyville documentary telling how The Beatles' legend soaked into the lives of a generation of Soviet kids, paving the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet system. 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
The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage. Show more
Peter Powell and Janice Long present the pop chart programme. Featuring Nik Kershaw, The Eurythmics, Slade, Tina Turner, Kool & The Gang, Madonna, Alvin Stardust and Jim Diamond. Show more
Recorded for the fortieth anniversary of Abbey Road, a journey through some classic and curious Beatles covers in the BBC archives, including Shirley Bassey, Oasis and Su Pollard. Show more
A Storyville documentary telling how The Beatles' legend soaked into the lives of a generation of Soviet kids, paving the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet system. Show more
