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- Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
- A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
- Using the latest digital technology, the era between the dinosaurs and man is superbly recreated by the BBC and Discovery Channel in another winning production from the coalition.
- Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
- Rock legend Lou Reed leads a star-studded rendition of his classic song "Perfect Day".
- A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Biography of iconic rock balladeer Roy Orbison, told through his own words.
- Documentary following five years of Bowie's early career, from the late 1960s through to the on-stage death of Ziggy Stardust in 1973 and features never seen before archive interviews with some of Bowie's earliest collaborators.
- Live BBC coverage of the 2017 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
- Documentary with exclusive access to the pop star as she balances the competing pressures of a world tour, writing a new album, launching an acting career and being a first-time mum.
- A broadcast of a global special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.
- Live BBC coverage of the One Love Manchester benefit concert at Lancashire County Cricket Club.
- A selection of live performances by all-female bands culled from the BBC archives.
- Jo Whiley presents live coverage of this year's "festival in a day" headlined by Australian pop star, Kylie Minogue.
- BBC Radio 1's annual festival featuring Muse, Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift. This year set in Norwich in the UK.
- Harry Styles performs new tracks from his debut, number-one, solo album alongside cover versions of classic songs. BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw talks to Harry about his career.
- Live BBC coverage of the 2015 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
- A look at the Top of the Pops show in 1981 when it embraced 80's 'New Pop' with a new theme tune and titles and, as Legs and Co leave, invite a swathe of club kids and cheerleaders in to create a permanent 80s party atmosphere. Britain is torn between rioting, unemployment and the royal wedding, a mood captured in the Specials' Ghost Town, which the band perform on Top of the Pops, and then promptly split up in their dressing room at Television Centre.
- Live BBC coverage of the Biggest Weekend music festival presented by Lauren Laverne and Colin Murray.
- Kate Mossman looks beyond the cliches of grunge babes and rock chicks as she goes behind rock's untold stories to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
- Jo Whiley presents live coverage of this year's "festival in a day" headlined by British boyband, Take That.
- This is the secret, and untold, history of pop and rock from the men and women who pulled the strings behind the scenes - the producers, the managers and the PR giants.
- Live BBC coverage of the 2019 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
- A collection of live performances from rock 'n' roll artists culled from the BBC archives.
- Excellent and beautifully edited first-person account of Keith's early life, family, and influences, interspersed with family photographs and illustrative and relevant film footage of the time. And, of course, with music, including musical influences, music of the time, and fragments of Stones songs thematically linked to Keith's words. What shines through is Keith's down-to-earthness and gentle but irreverent humour.
- As the 80s concluded with Margaret Thatcher's tenth year in power in contrast to worldwide political change, Top of the Pops provided the perfect barometer of the UK's end-of-decade uncertainty. Top of the Pops hosted Pete Waterman's final year of chart domination, courtesy of Jason Donovan, alongside the dawn of Madchester, a fresh front of female artists with attitude and power, an old-school duet between a 60s legend and an 80s icon, funky dreads and, yes, that pesky bunny. Meanwhile, Radio 1's old guard were stood down as a team of fresh-faced recruits from children's television took up the helm of the BBC's weekly pop warhorse, which remained torn between its sense of heritage and the emerging threat of youth TV. The stars of the year, including Jason Donovan, Lisa Stansfield, Shaun Ryder, Chris Rea, Marc Almond, Sharleen Spiteri, Jazzie B and more, plus TOTP presenter Jenny Powell, deliver their tales of a poptastic 1989 at Television Centre as they prepare to head into the 1990s.
- Live BBC coverage of the 2016 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
- Live BBC coverage of the 2015 T in the Park music festival at Strathallan Castle in Perthshire, Scotland.
- The year 1982 as seen through the eyes of Top of the Pops, a year which saw record unemployment and the Falklands War. The year marked the peak of British 'new pop' as Wham, ABC and Culture Club made sensational appearances, and Shalamar's Jeffrey Daniel premiered the moonwalk on British TV. Dexy's Midnight Runners re-invented themselves with a new Irish sound and the show pushed its presentation with professional 'cheerleaders' in the audience. 1982 also saw the reemergence of John Peel as a regular presenter.
- September marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV of France and this documentary looks at how Louis XIV not only had a personal passion & talent for dance but supported & promoted key innovations, like the invention of dance notation & the founding of the world's first ballet school, that would lay the foundation for classical ballet to develop.
- A collection of live performances by the American alternative rock band, R.E.M., culled from the BBC archives.
- Lauren Laverne hosts a round table discussion on "exactly what the hell rock 'n' roll means today".
- A look back at some of the musical highlights of 2016 broadcast on the BBC.
- Grammy award winning soul and jazz star Gregory Porter presents a 100-year celebration of the mystery, pain and joy that lies behind some of the greatest singing voices in modern popular music.
- Mark Radcliffe presents a look at the highs and lows of band life - the creative tension that produces great music and the pressures that come with success and fame, and pull most bands apart.
- A selection of live performances by acts signed to the Creation Records label culled from the BBC archives.