20-05-2022, 21:05
(03-05-2022 21:24 )Doddle Wrote: [ -> ](01-05-2022 04:14 )seducedx6 Wrote: [ -> ]ITV's music archive, which is no small thing, has been mined for Sky Arts, in series presented by Elbow frontman, and 6Music broadcaster Guy Garvey.I see a 3rd series of this is starting a week on Friday
I happened to catch a bit of an episode focused on 1978, from the second series, which was being shown on weekday afternoons last week.
A clip of Empire Road by Matumbi, from Revolver: https://youtu.be/ucTIKlLVWrs
The theme from a landmark series, which was filmed in my part of the world. Starring Norman Beaton, and Joseph Marcell, who would later play Geoffrey the butler, the best character in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and even more deserving of starring in a spin-off series, than Soap spin-off, Benson, which starred the late, great Robert Guillaume.
But, for whatever reason, a spin-off which might have paralleled Frasier, in overshadowing its parent series, never happened, alas.
I'm old enough to recall Empire Road, faintly, but don't recall seeing Revolver, at that time. I don't think either series has been repeated since, but clips do turn up, especially the latter.
Matumbi featured Dennis Bovell, a pivotal figure in reggae in Britain, and producer of one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands, Cut by The Slits.
This post overlaps with this, from the Dr Who thread: https://www.babeshows.co.uk/showthread.p...pid2680551