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| 1968 - Day By Day | ...Three British protestors are released from a Moscow jail. France counts the cost of months of unrest. JOHN LENNON's play In His Own Write opens at the National Theatre.... |
| Abandoned Projects | ...Alan Plater looks back on his career and remembers a film he nearly made with JOHN LENNON.... |
| Archive Hour, The | ...Label manager Barry Miles travelled across America recording such counter-culture heroes as Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti for the first batch of Zapple releases, while back home JOHN LENNON and George Harrison were recording their own work for the label.... |
| Behind The Book | ...Liverpool 8, now more commonly known as Toxteth, was the birthplace of this book of poems in 1967. Joan takes Roger Mcgough and Brian Patten back to Brian's attic flat where the book was born and they revisit the Everyman Theatre where they were contemporaries of JOHN LENNON and Paul Mccartney ... |
| Bigger Than Jesus | ...On 4 March 1966 the Evening Standard published an interview between Maureen Cleave and JOHN LENNON entitled How Does A Beatle Live? In the course of a description of the Beatle's everyday life in Weybridge, Cleave quoted Lennon as saying: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity."... |
| Blood Ties [radio Scotland] | ...JOHN LENNON... |
| Bob Dylan Story, The | ...In this fourth programme, Roger Mcguinn describes the excitement of the number one song `Mr Tambourine Man' and producers Tom Wilson and Bob Johnston bring a new sound to the studio - a sound that went on to generate tears of anger and joy at the Newport Folk Festival. Featuring contributions from JOHN LENNON, Tom Robinson and Carly Simon.... |
| Classic Rock Sequence [6 Music] | ...The documentary features interviews, and music from the original TV series, including Bonnie Raitt's Too Long At The Fair, JOHN LENNON's Stand By Me, Supertramp's Dreamer, Dr Feelgood's It Wasn't Me, Freddy King's Woke Up This Morning, Jackson Browne's Move On, Emmylou Harris' Amarillo and George Harrison's This Song.... |
| Concert, The | ...Castro has just unveiled a statue of JOHN LENNON in Havana, but Johnny can recall when The Beatles were not so celebrated in Cuba.... |
| Day John Met Paul, The | ...Featuring a new interview with Sir Paul Mccartney and the music and memories of JOHN LENNON’s group the Quarrymen, this programme re-creates the moment when John and Paul met for the first time at a Quarrymen gig at a sunny garden fete in Woolton, Liverpool on 6th July 1957.... |
| For One Night Only | ...On thanksgiving night, 1974, on the stage of New York City's Madison Square Garden, Elton John, then the best-selling artist in America, announced a surprise guest. To the delight of the ecstatic crowd, another titan of rock, JOHN LENNON, walked onto the stage and sang with Elton in what was to be his last public appearance before his assassination.... |
| From This Moment On | ...The programme features contributions from those who were there at the heart of the LSD explosion in Britain, a rare recording of Pink Floyd live at UFO, the first psychedelic club in London and we hear how LSD 'reincarnated' JOHN LENNON ... |
| i Hope We Passed The Audition' | ...'I hope we passed the audition': JOHN LENNON's final words from the Beatles' last public performance, a rooftop concert in 1969. This programme explores how the concert came about.... |
| In The Beginning | ...The impact of Hamburg on The Beatles and the friendships they made there would endure. Astrid continued to photograph the group after Sutcliffe's death while Klaus Voorman designed the sleeve for Revolver and later became a member of the Plastic Ono Band. Richard Starkey left Rory Storm and The Hurricanes to become Ringo Starr. And as far as JOHN LENNON was concerned, the band were never better than when in the thick of an all night session on the Reeperbahn.... |
| John Lennon - Anniversary Stories | |
| John Tavener (1944-) | ...The programme focuses on Tavener's first major success, helped by an encounter with JOHN LENNON, two works which brought him increased recognition and a requiem dedicated to a Carmelite priest.... |
| Lennon's Legacy | ...Robert Lindsay presents a three-part evaluation of the life and work of JOHN LENNON.... |
| Lennon's Private Passion - Cape Wrath | ...Sarfraz Manzoor explores JOHN LENNON's love for Cape Wrath in the Scottish Highlands.... |
| Lennon's Private Passion | ...JOHN LENNON is usually associated with either Liverpool or New York, and few know of his love for Cape Wrath, a wild and beautiful corner of the Scottish Highlands where he holidayed as a child. Sarfraz Manzoor takes a journey to the far north coast to meet those who knew him there.... |
| Like A Rolling Stone | ...Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, JOHN LENNON, David Bowie and The rolling stones all cited the poetry and life of Arthur Rimbaud as a key touchstone for their thinking and their work.... |
| Magic Manilow Christmas, A | ...A self-confessed Christmas aficionado, Barry provides the perfect soundtrack to your afternoon with artists including Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, The Ronettes, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Bonnie Raitt, and JOHN LENNON, as well as some of his own recordings.... |
| Mccartney On Mccartney | ...SBH:MCCARTNEY ON MCCARTNEY. An 8-part series. (7) 1978-87. Paul Mccartney talks about his life & career to Mike Read. Refs. to song-writing with JOHN LENNON; being in a Japanese gaol for possession of dope; duets with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson; 'Pipes Of Peace' video; 'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film... |
| Mr Moonlight | ...Robert Forrest's tale of a day in the life of a man who goes spectacularly off the rails when he hears about the death of JOHN LENNON.... |
| Oneclick/retro | ...Andy Peebles Interview Of JOHN LENNON... |
| Only A Northern Song | ...Northern Songs was set up in 1963 by Dick James and Beatles manager Brian Epstein, solely to publish the songs of JOHN LENNON and Paul Mccartney. By 1969, the catalogue had passed into the hands of ATV and then later on to Michael Jackson..... |
| Private Passions | ...Michael Berkeley meets Turner Prize-nominated conceptual artist and film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood, whose latest work, Nowhere Boy, documents the early life of JOHN LENNON. Much of her work has been inspired by music, from opera to Bach, and her choices range from the opening of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice, the Kyrie from Mozart's Requiem and the opening of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to an Indian raga and Nina Simone singing Wild Is the Wind as well as film scores by Ry Cooder and Michael Nyman.... |
| Radio 2 Live | ...Recorded in Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the room where all the Beatles records were made, Paul talks in depth to Mark Radcliffe, revealing his techniques and sharing stories of his writing partnership with JOHN LENNON, his work with the Beatles, and his solo career.... |
| Rebel Yell | ...This edition examines how the protest song moved away from its 60s folk roots and became more sophisticated and commercial. With contributions from Pauline Black, Tim Rice, Richard Coles and Kirsty MacColl, and music from JOHN LENNON, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and Bob Marley ... |
| Ronnie's Last Show | ...Among the great musicians who've worked with Ronnie over the years are The Band and Bob Dylan. In 1969, JOHN LENNON and Yoko Ono stayed with Ronnie on his farm in Mississauga for a couple of weeks during their peace crusade. Afterwards, Ronnie and music journalist Ritchie Yorke were recruited by Lennon as peace emissaries and visited China.... |
| Seven Minutes To Midnight | ...By Lucy Catherine. In 1980 Janet is nine and has been left by her mother in a rural commune which is falling apart at the seams. Twenty years later, after an unexpected meeting with her mother, Janet remembers four tumultuous weeks in her childhood which began with Ronald Reagan's election and finished with an 'end of the world' party to mark the death of JOHN LENNON. Adult Janet....Lucy Akhurst Child Janet....Louisa Lytton Melvyn....Michael Maloney Sorrel....Rosie Wiggins Kev....Derek Riddell Val....Claire Rushbrook Linda....Rebecca Callard Juliet....Wendy Nottingham Education Inspector....Stephen Critchlow Directed by Lucy Baldwyn ... |
| Seven More Days That Rocked The World | ...The Murder Of JOHN LENNON... |
| Songlines [radio Scotland] | ...Inspired by a dream Paul Mccartney had about his late mother, what went on in the recording studio, where dozens of versions of the song were cut? What provoked JOHN LENNON's frustrations and outbursts towards McCartney, and what mystery still surrounds Aretha Franklin's recording of the song?... |
| Songlines | ...John Cavanagh puts the iconic Beatles song Let It Be under the spotlight. Inspired by a dream Paul Mccartney had about his own dead mother, what went on in the recording studio, where dozens of versions of the song were cut? What provoked JOHN LENNON's frustrations and outbursts towards Paul Mccartney, and what mystery still surrounds Aretha Franklin's recording of Let It Be?... |
| Songs In The Key Of Lennon | ...JOHN LENNON wrote intimate accounts of his relationships and put them to music. Robert Sandall talks to friends and family about one such song and what light it sheds on the man.... |
| Songs The Beatles Gave Away, The | ...Whilst the Beatles were constantly in the charts, JOHN LENNON, Paul Mccartney and George Harrison were also supplying other artists with a number of hits...and the occasional miss! Bob Harris delves into these recordings by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Mary Hopkin, The Foremost, Cilla Black, Jackie Lomax, Doris Troy and others. Along the way he uncovers some forgotten gems, such as the theme tune for a TV series starring Stanley Holloway; music from a Boulting Brothers film called The Family Way; and hears first hand from Sir Paul Mccartney about being contacted by Frank Sinatra for a song. Paul also talks at length about his approach to writing in the 1960s; the songs given to Tommy Quickly, Peter and Gordon, Chris Barber and PJ Proby; as well as those written exclusively for Cilla Black.... |
| Soul Music | ...Written by Ben E King in his bedroom on a cheap guitar, Stand By Me went on to establish King as a solo artist, was recorded by Marc Bolan and JOHN LENNON, and even become a title of a film.... |
| Soundscape Of 1969 | ...The final year of the swinging 60s was one of contrasts; from the optimism of Woodstock and the "giant leap for mankind", to the violence and despair of Vietnam and Londonderry. Meanwhile TV went colour, the Concorde and the Jumbo Jet were both unveiled and JOHN LENNON went to bed.... |
| Stage Mother, Sequinned Daughter | ...Series of vignettes by Annie Caulfield, based on episodes in the life of 50s pop star Alma Cogan. Alma meets JOHN LENNON and faces the challenge of the new music of the 60s (4/5).... |
| Thinking Allowed | ...Part of the run up to Radio 4's season marking the 25th anniversary of JOHN LENNON's death.... |
| This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century | ...The turbulent 'me, me, me' decade begins with the miners' strike and the murder of JOHN LENNON. Narrated by Anna Massey.... |
| Unimaginable | ...An unusual and highly personal look at a murder that shocked the world. When JOHN LENNON was shot outside his New York apartment the world's press were desperate for interviews in order to feed the world's insatiable demand for anything related to the dead singer. This presented Ray Connolly with something of a dilemma. The very day Lennon was murdered, Connolly was scheduled to fly out to interview him. This would have been Lennon's first interview with a British journalist for something like 10 years. Although a journalist, Connolly was also Lennon's friend and this is why Lennon had agreed to be interviewed after such a long silence. It would have provided Connolly with a major coup. Instead he finds himself besieged by his fellow journalists. The play focuses on Connolly's reaction to the singers death and the conflict within his own mind between the Lennon's public image and his private lifestyle. He could clearly sense the creation of the many myths and legends that have subsequently come to surround the former Beatle.... |
| Voices | ...JOHN LENNON and Paul Mccartney - 'From Me to You' - Performed by Bobby McFerrin... |
| Warhol Effect, The | ...Warhol's Factory was not just his working space but also a meeting place for all kinds of creative and talented people. Artists, musicians, writers and actors frequented it, with such notables as Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, JOHN LENNON, Salvador Dalí and Truman Capote all stopping by. Warhol's association with rock's elite led him to create album cover artwork for the Rolling Stones, JOHN LENNON, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Paul Anka, and to direct videos for The Cars and Curiosity Killed The Cat.... |
| Well Met In Woolton | ...Alongside the music and memories of JOHN LENNON's group The Quarrymen, the programme re-creates the moment when John and Paul met for the first time at a Quarrymen gig at a sunny garden fete in Woolton, Liverpool, on 6 July 1957.... |