Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold – with era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews that have remained on the shelves for decades. The series is centred around shows which were made by ITV companies around the country – from Tony Wilson and Granada TV’s So It Goes to Tyne Tees’ ground-breaking Channel 4 series The Tube and LWT’s The London Weekend Show - chronicling not just changing musical tastes but evolution in the UK’s social and cultural history too. The series travels from Punk and New Wave to the birth of ‘Madchester’.
1979
Sep 18, 2020
The Elbow frontman introduces music from the TV archives, starting with 1979 and unseen footage from a Kate Bush concert, and early performances by Dire Straits, the Tourists, Pretenders and the Police. Plus, the TV debuts of the Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen, and Talking Heads' memorable appearance on the South Bank Show.
1982
Sep 25, 2020
Guy presents the best of 1982 - including The Jam's final TV appearance, a performance from Simple Minds, early interviews with Depeche Mode and unseen footage of Yazoo.
1977
Oct 2, 2020
Guy celebrates 1977 - a seminal year in British rock and pop, looking back at a long-lost Blondie performance, Marc Bolan's last TV appearance and the punk movement.
1984
Oct 9, 2020
Guy looks back at 1984 and Madonna's first British TV appearance, unseen performances from Sade and The Style Council, Culture Club's Japan tour footage and more.
1975
Oct 16, 2020
Guy dusts off throwbacks from Supersonic where Rod Stewart, Status Quo, Roxy Music and ELO made appearances. Plus, music from Ace, Dr Feelgood and more.
1988
Oct 23, 2020
For the final episode, Guy looks back at 1988 and the rise of a new wave of female singer songwriters including Sinead O'Connor and Tracy Chapman.
