Episodes
First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
---|---|---|
20090303 | 20121102 (6M) 20130819 (6M) 20130820 (6M) 20140506 (6M) 20150219 (6M) 20150220 (6M) 20151203 (6M) 20151204 (6M) 20170326 (6M) 20201103 (6M) 20201104 (6M) |
Ruby Turner tells the extraordinary story of the guitar-playing gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Rosetta was one of the most innovative gospel musicians of her time. In her music you can hear blues, R & B and rock 'n' roll and she influenced the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
When she married, 20,000 people attended the wedding in a baseball stadium, yet when she died she was buried in an unmarked grave.
Ruby Turner charts her rise to fame and popularity and subsequent demise in a documentary that was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2009.
Ruby Turner tells story of the guitar-playing gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
---|---|---|
20090303 | 20121102 (6M) 20130819 (6M) 20130820 (6M) 20140506 (6M) 20150219 (6M) 20150220 (6M) 20151203 (6M) 20151204 (6M) 20170326 (6M) 20201103 (6M) 20201104 (6M) |