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With Charlie Norman through the ages. Charlie presents jazz history from 1900 to boogie-woogie. May Thompson sings.

Archive performances and interviews explore the influence of the four major jazz albums made in 1959 by Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman.

Two teenagers from opposite sides of town, with very little in common except for their passion for music meet in 1970's Rio de Janeiro, at the height of the military dictatorship _ and of Brazil's booming underground rock scene.

In 1974, The Beach Boys were at a low ebb. Their record sales bottoming out and desperate for income, The Beach Boys hit the road. Family friend and musician Billy Hinsche conned UCLA into letting him film a documentary about the tour on grainy, black-and-white videotape with a cumbersome Camcorder for his master’s thesis. The result is a fascinating time capsule that had been buried for 37 years.

IRON MAIDEN Setlist: "Sanctuary", "The Trooper", "Revelations", "Flight of Icarus", "22 Acacia Avenue", "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" SCORPIONS: "Blackout", "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Coming Home", "Always Somewhere", "Holiday", "Can’t Live Without You", "Dynamite", "Can’t Get Enough" JUDAS PRIEST: "Riding On The Wind", "Breaking The Law", "Freewheel Burning", "You’ve Got Another Thing Coming", "Living After Midnight", "Victim Of Changes", "Hell Bent For Leather" DEF LEPPARD: "Rock Rock", "Billy’s Got A Gun", "Foolin’", "Rock Of Ages", "Let It Go", "Wasted" OZZY OSBORNE: "I Don’t Know", "Mr. Crowley", "Bark At The Moon", "Forever", "Iron Man", "Paranoid" QUIET RIOT: "Let’s Get Crazy", "Metal Health", "Slick Black Cadillac", "Cum On Feel The Noize" KROKUS: "Long Stick Goes Boom", "American Woman", "Bedside Radio", "Heat Strokes" MICHAEL SHENKER GROUP: "Into The Arena", "Courvoisier Concerto", "Rock Will Never Die", "Doctor Doctor"

Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's totalitarian nightmare, where "Big Brother" is always watching, and those guilty of "thoughtcrime" are condemned to face their worst fears in the infamous "Room 101". Filmed during world premiere performances of Robert Lepage's spectacular and psychologically gripping Royal Opera production and conducted by the composer, an international cast brings George Orwell's dark vision to shattering operatic life.

1984 Home Move: Gun Club on the Road includes never-before-seen footage of the band backstage and onstage during their legendary 1984 tour. This classic line-up only stayed together for this one album, featuring original drummer Terry Graham, as well as guitar from Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and bassist Patricia Morrison (Sisters of Mercy).

There's more musical time-traveling through the BBC’s archives with this trip back to 1984, with hits such as Wham!'s Freedom, U2's Pride, Madonna's Like a Virgin and Lionel Richie's Hello.

When a San Francisco librarian decided to produce a filmed remake of the Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein musical Show Boat, a large number of actors and aspiring performers auditioned. The auditions, which included performances by nudists, tap-dancing nuns, and turtles were later televised, and this film includes that footage as well as interviews with the performers.

A play about the fall of communism in Poland showned from a different perspective. We will see this historic event through the eyes of the couples participating in it. In the lives of the Frasyniuks, Wałęsas and Kurońes, political ideas compete with love, enthusiasm collides with the weight of history, and heroism intertwines with family tragedies. Viewers will accompany the heroes in iconic moments - during the strikes in the shipyard and at the Round Table - as well as in intimate moments of joy and suffering experienced in the privacy of apartments in the Polish People's Republic or in prison cells.

David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances by Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland, The Ramones and Gumball.