Channel Highlights w/c 10th August
Saturday 10th August, 8.00pm - Fast Forward to Rewind Henley
Vintage TV brings you a delicious taster of 2013’s Rewind festival and this year the line-up’s as delectable as ever. Tune in for ABC’s ‘The Look of Love’, Go West’s ‘Faithful’, Kim Wilde’s ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’, Chesney Hawkes’ ‘The One and Only’ and hits from Billy Ocean, Heaven 17, Pointer Sisters and more of your favourite 80s heroes.
Sunday 11th August, 5.30pm - Julia Fordham: My Vintage (and Thursday 15th August at 11pm)
Revel in the sumptuous song choices of acclaimed singer-songwriter Julia Fordham as she reveals the iconic artists who have been her shining lights, from the effortlessly elegant Sade to ‘sparkling young talent’ Lianne La Havas. Find out too how she was thrilled to sing with, and make a cuppa for, her musical hero Peter Gabriel, and how Sting stole her guitarist!
Sunday 11th August, 6.30pm - Nile Rodgers: A Tribute (and Tuesday 13th August at 8pm and Friday 16th August at 10pm)
You get well and truly lucky here, as we freak out in a celebration of man of the moment Nile Rodgers, legendary producer, composer, guitarist and all-round hit-maker extraordinaire over five decades, with his own band Chic which introduced his distinctive choppy guitar style, and as collaborator with a galaxy of artists including Sister Sledge, Madonna and David Bowie.
Monday 12th August, 11.00pm - The Janice Long Review Show
Two timeless 70s albums with brilliant song-writing at their heart - Neil Young’s best-selling country rock offering ‘Harvest’, and the sublime ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, the fifth and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel - are admired and analysed by our suitably awe-struck trio: rock music critic Neil McCormick, Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Ocean Colour Scene's Simon Fowler.
