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Last Word

Sir Nicholas Winton, Val Doonican, Nek Chand, James Salter, Lady Rozelle Raynes

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister talks about humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton, singer Val Doonican, artist Nek Chand, writer James Salter and reluctant aristocrat Lady Rozelle Raynes. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nick Winton
Interviewed Guest:
Jarvis Cocker
Interviewed Guest:
Elaine Goodwin
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Matheson

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary which explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Jarvis Cocker
Participant:
Laurie Anderson
Participant:
Beth Orton
Executive Producer:
Sara Ramsden
Director:
Archie Powell

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Award-winning choreographer Michael Clark presents his acclaimed triptych of contemporary dance, to music by Patti Smith, Erik Satie and David Bowie. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jarvis Cocker
Choreographer:
Michael Clark
Director:
Jeff Tudor
Production Company:
3 Minutes West
Lighting Director:
Charles Atlas
Costume designer:
Stevie Stewart
Costume designer:
Michael Clark
Dancer:
Kate Coyne

Front Row

Last Vegas; Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace; Tom Price

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sculptor Tom Price on his exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace on their film about Sheffield steel, and new comedy Last Vegas reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Price
Interviewed Guest:
Jarvis Cocker
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Wallace
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Kitty Empire

Top of the Pops

20/10/1994

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Jarvis Cocker presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 October 1994 and featuring Michelle Gayle, Let Loose, Ultimate Kaos, INXS, Elastica, Tom Jones and Take That. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jarvis Cocker
Performer:
Michelle Gayle
Performer:
Let Loose
Performer:
Oasis
Performer:
Ultimate Kaos
Performer:
INXS
Performer:
Elastica
Performer:
Tom Jones

Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes

Shorts

Episode 2: Rihanna and Pulp

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Dance Master Robert Webb explains how Rihanna started a craze for dancing with invisible umbrellas, and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker shows how he came up with his Common People moves.

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Jarvis Cocker
Director:
James Hale
Producer:
James Hale
Executive Producer:
Ryan Minchin
Executive Producer:
Paul Bullock

The Culture Show

2007/2008

09/06/2007

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Lauren Laverne presents a special episode on the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall, with contributions from Jarvis Cocker, Billy Bragg, Ken Livingstone and others. Show more

The One Show

08/07/2020

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Kym Marsh and Amol Rajan chat to Jarvis Cocker, Ronni Ancona and Sally Phillips about their latest projects. And Chris Packham shares his favourite sights and sounds of summer.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kym Marsh
Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Jarvis Cocker
Interviewed Guest:
Ronni Ancona
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Phillips
Participant:
Chris Packham
Executive Producer:
Rob Unsworth

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Jo Brand narrates a profile of the BBC's first flagship live music programme, The Old Grey Whistle Test, which ran from 1971-1987. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Jo Brand
Producer:
Dione Newton
Director:
Dione Newton
Participant:
Bob Harris
Participant:
Annie Nightingale
Participant:
Jools Holland
Participant:
Mark Radcliffe
Participant:
Jarvis Cocker
Participant:
Paul Morley

Storyville

The Big Melt - How Steel Made Us Hard

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

BFI National Archive footage is combined with a score recorded live at the Crucible Theatre to tell the story of steel, the men in the steelworks and that of Sheffield itself. Show more

Contributors

Music Director:
Jarvis Cocker
Series Editor:
Nick Fraser

Top of the Pops

24/08/1995

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Jarvis Cocker presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 August 1995 and featuring Clock, The Charlatans, Oasis, Björk, Diana Ross, Michelle Gayle and Blur. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jarvis Cocker
Producer:
Ric Blaxill
Director:
Phil Chilvers

Question Time

02/07/2009

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

From Cambridge. The panel includes Harriet Harman, Iain Duncan Smith, Charles Kennedy and Jarvis Cocker. David Dimbleby chairs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Participant:
Harriet Harman
Participant:
Iain Duncan Smith
Participant:
Charles Kennedy
Participant:
Jarvis Cocker
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson

Front Row

Soaps and social issues, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez, Colin Dexter remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

How soaps tackle social issues, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez on the ghosts of the Chateau Marmont Hotel. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Oates
Interviewed Guest:
Huw Kennair-Jones
Interviewed Guest:
John Yorke
Interviewed Guest:
Jarvis Cocker
Interviewed Guest:
Chilly Gonzales
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Rankin
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Whately
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

BBC Proms

2017

Scott Walker Revisited

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

First transmitted in 2017. Jarvis Cocker leads a tribute to the 60s cult icon Scott Walker. Conductor Jules Buckley has arranged tracks from Walker's four eponymous albums. Show more