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2/2. BBC disability affairs correspondent Peter White explores the music business's traditionally unaccommodating approach to physically disabled performers. This second programme assesses the changing attitudes of marketing departments and record companies, and looks at inspired moves to provide better access at live gigs and raves.
Contributors include singer Teddy Pendergrass (quadriplegic from a car accident), deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie (who "hears" through vibration), wheelchair-bound singer/songwriter Robert Wyatt , Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen (who lost his arm and now uses a specially adapted drum kit) and Mystery Jets gig frontman Blaine Harrison , who lives with spina bifida.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Singer:
Teddy Pendergrass
Unknown:
Evelyn Glennie
Songwriter:
Robert Wyatt
Unknown:
Rick Allen
Unknown:
Blaine Harrison

4/4. Sardonically comic tour de force Jo Brand provides a music course for the less-initiated, including historical detail and specific tips for a quality record collection. This concluding ear-opening lesson includes a guide to Memphis-based Sun Records, whose clients included
Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins ,
Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison , and hints on how to get into heavy metal.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Brand
Unknown:
Elvis Presley
Unknown:
Carl Perkins
Unknown:
Johnny Cash
Unknown:
Roy Orbison

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