BBC - The 80s Musics Greatest Decade? (2021) Part 2 True Originals

Love it or hate it, the pop decade that brought us, variously, Wham!, Bananarama, Annie Lennox, Morrissey, Michael Jackson, S'Express and, er, Joe Dolce certainly had variety. Award-winning author Dylan Jones is in the driving seat for this authoritative four-part look back. No stone (rose) remains unturned, as he revisits the New Romantics, hip-hop, indie jingle, synth-pop and club culture. Not to mention Culture Club… He makes the case that the 1980s was the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop, when New Romantic, synth pop, house music and hip hop were introduced to the charts. It was 10 years that the taste was forgotten. But the major new BBC series would argue that the 80's was actually the pinnacle of pop music achievement. The 80s, unlike other decades, was undefinable by monolithic musical movements such as punk, disco or Britpop, and unleashed a myriad of new musical genres in just 10 years. Bananarama, Spandau Ballet, and Schick Nile Rodgers are one of the most iconic stars of the BBC Two series in the 80's, the biggest decade of music, and a highly maligned music era. The 80's artists explored in the series include Madonna, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, hip-hop pioneers The Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, Bronski Beat and Erasure, with contributions from Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Jazzie B, Trevor Horn, Bananarama’s Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward, Gary Kemp, Mark Moore, Cookie Crew's Cookie Pryce and Suzie Q, Bobby Gillespie, UB40's Ali Campbell & Astro, The Fall's Brix Smith, Sarah Jane Morris and more.

Part 2 True Originals

Dylan Jones has written books about many musical eras - their shining stars and defining moments - but the time that fascinates him most is the 1980s. It was an exciting, explosive super-decade, in which a dazzling array of new genres emerged while video really did kill the radio star. It was also an age of innovators and icons, of style and substance. Here, Dylan celebrates some of the stars who created the timeless legacy of the 1980s. From stellar BBC archive performances from the likes of Madonna, Depeche Mode, Sade, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and Tina Turner to iconic MTV-era gems from Billy Idol, Eurythmics, U2, Janet Jackson, Prince and many more. It also features rarely seen archive television footage from the BBC vaults, including Terry Wogan interviewing Grace Jones, Bruce Springsteen on the Old Grey Whistle Test and Adam Ant performing his own stunts in a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Prince Charming video.

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