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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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Billy Bragg on how one song - Rock Island Line - kickstarted the skiffle craze in 50s Britain and gave birth to the great British bands of the 60s. Show more

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Presenter:
Billy Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Winick
Interviewed Guest:
Chas McDevitt
Interviewed Guest:
Hylda Sims
Interviewed Guest:
Jeff Place
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Donegan
Interviewed Guest:
Ron Gould
Producer:
Celia Moore
Director:
George Scott

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

In the 1950s, after leaving the merchant navy, a young Tommy Steele experiences a meteoric rise to fame as a rock 'n' roll teen idol in the 1950s. Show more

Contributors

Tommy Steele:
Tommy Steele
Chas McDevitt:
Chas McDevitt
Nancy Whiskey:
Nancy Whiskey
Humphrey Lyttelton:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Tommy Eytle:
Tommy Eytle
Mrs Steele:
Hilda Fenemore
Mr Steele:
Charles Lamb
Hospital Nurse:
Lisa Daniely
Director:
Gerard Bryant