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How Pop Songs Work

Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts a celebration of the magic of pop music and explores the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing ...

S01E02: Radio Producer | Hire Me: Competing for a Dream Job

The search is on for a new producer for Radio 1Xtra. The candidates are tasked with interviewing Paul C Brunson a...

Elton John and AI | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sir Elton John described the government as ''absolute losers'' and said he feels ''incredibly betrayed'' over plans to exemp...

S02E05: 1968 | The Rock 'n' Roll Years

The news and music of 1968 as flower power fades and a new era of protest is ushered in. The Vietcong mounts the Tet Offensive, France...

Stormzy | Louis Theroux Interviews...

Louis Theroux meets platinum-selling rapper Stormzy for a frank and revealing conversation about his life and career.

Biggie And Tupac (2002)

Nick Broomfield examines the lives and murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast music that...

Bossa Nova and the Brazilian middle class | Brasil Brasil

Bossa Nova, meaning 'New Wave', reflected the new-found optimism inside Brazil during the 1950s and appealed to Bra...

Carnival and Samba Schools | Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure

Samba schools, each representing a different neighborhood, compete in formal parades during Carnival. Mangue...

Queen: A Night at the Opera | Classic Albums

A Night At The Opera, the fourth Queen album released in late 1975, is a mix of hard rock, pop, opera, music hall camp and tradi...

Simon & Garfunkel: The Harmony Game

Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel and their collaborators look back over what is widely considered their greatest work, Bridge over Troubled Wate...

Stormzy and Church | Louis Theroux Interviews...

Stormzy takes Louis to church to speak about its inspiration and the effect it had on him growing up.

Yesterday (2019)

Following a road accident, struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malik wakes up in an alternative reality where no-one seems to have ever heard of The Beatles. ...

02: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour | Arena

Fully restored and with a remixed soundtrack, 'The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour comes out of the shadows and onto the screen.

10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes

Whigfield reveals why she does not join in the Saturday Night dance. Plus an interview with Beyonce's Single Ladies c...

2010 | Hogmanay

Jackie Bird and Phil Cunningham celebrate Hogmanay with traditional and contemporary singers and the midnight fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle.

Beethoven's ''Eroica'' | Howard Goodall's Story of Music

''Eroica'' was the first sign that Beethoven was breaking away from established musical formulas.

Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (AKA Joseph Bologne) was a French violinist, and is credited with being ...

David Bowie | Icons

David Bowie landed on the London music scene and, with the help of Ziggy Stardust, transformed it at once giving rise to an army of young, previously dis...

Evelyn Glennie | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Dame Evelyn Glennie is one of the world's finest virtuoso percussionists. This programme reveals the story of how a girl from Ab...

Experience of living with Jim Crow | Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

Rick heres how some of his Blues heroes grew up under the Jim Crow laws and how they defined the genre itself.