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Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Celebrating the string quartet through 50 years of BBC archive. Ensembles including the Amadeus, Chilingirian, Borodin and Kronos quartets perform in myriad styles and settings. Show more
Andy Crane and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 September 1989 and featuring Tina Turner, Black Box and Damian.
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discuss Netflix series Space Force, starring Steve Carrell and Lisa Kudrow, as well as sci-fi thriller The Vast of Night, an Amazon Studios release. Show more
Nicky Campbell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 September 1989 and featuring S'Express, London Boys and The Wonder Stuff.
In mid-1950s America, out of the Deep South came a rhythm-driven fusion of blues, boogie woogie and vocal harmony played by young black pioneers. Show more
Classic Albums
The Crickets: The 'Chirping' Crickets
58 minutes on BBC Four HD
Available for 10 months
The story of the first album by The Crickets, crowned by four of their best-loved songs: That’ll Be the Day, Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby and Oh, Boy! Show more
A celebration of rock 'n' roll in the shape of a compilation of classic artists and songs, featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, Dick Dale, Tom Petty, Joan Jett and Oasis. Show more
Compilation of performances from 1970s singer-songwriters, including Don McLean, Tim Buckley, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty and Joni Mitchell. Show more
How the bluegrass sound spread in post-war America. Honky-tonk star Hank Williams wrote songs of surprising emotional depth, derived from his troubled and tragically short life. Show more
In mid-1950s America, out of the Deep South came a rhythm-driven fusion of blues, boogie woogie and vocal harmony played by young black pioneers. Show more
Programmes start at 7.00pm.