Channel Highlights w/c 26th October
Saturday 26th October, 3.00pm - Broadway Bonanza: Guys and Dolls with Richard Eyre
All the hustle and bustle of life State-side in the 20s and 30s is brought to you this week as we present the wisecracking, sharp-shooting and fast living ‘Guys and Dolls’, set amid the gamblers, hoods and colourful characters of New York city, one of Broadway’s most enduring musicals, in the company of presenter Lesley Anne Knight and Sir Richard Eyre, who directed the show at the National Theatre in 1982.
Saturday 26th October, 7.00pm - Neil McCormick’s Needle Time: Ralph McTell
The hugely influential and legendary father of folk, who has been writing and performing since the 60s, takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of his musical journey as he talks guitar playing techniques, the stories and poetry in his lyrics, his travels and how he feels now about his most famous song, with our Neil.
Sunday 27th October, 5.00pm - Tom Robinson: My Vintage (and Thursday 31st October at 10pm)
Cranking up his imaginary jukebox and sharing his top tunes with us this week is veteran singer songwriter, campaigner and BBC6 Radio Presenter Tom Robinson of inspiring, anthemic hits including ‘Glad to be Gay’ and ‘War Baby’, who explains why punk is like the Big Bang Theory and reveals the song that always grips him by the throat and doesn’t let go.
Sunday 27th October, 8.00pm - The Janice Long Review Show (and Wednesday 30th October at 10pm)
Will the guest reviewers on Janice’s album show this week - Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, Lee Thompson of Madness and music journalist Pierre Perrone - make room for classic Crowded House offering ‘Woodface’, and will they shoot down ‘Licensed to ILL’ from rappers the Beastie Boys with its uncompromising attitude and punk ethic?
Monday 28th October, 4.00pm - Broadway Bonanza: The Pajama Game with Elizabeth Seal (and Thursday 31st October at 12.15pm and Saturday 2nd November at 3pm)
With its dazzling dance and direction, great songs and top stars, this fun and well-loved musical from the 1950s, set in the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory in Iowa where romance blossoms as the workers strike, brought sweet dreams to Broadway as audiences tucked up to enjoy the show, as presenter Lesley Anne Knight and her special guest Elizabeth Seal, who starred in the revival at the London Coliseum, discover.
Tuesday 29th October, 10.00pm - Neil McCormick’s Needle Time: Lisa Stansfield (and Saturday 2nd November at 7pm)
She’s been around the world and she’s all woman, and now English soul songstress Lisa Stansfield unpacks the story of her life in music to our Neil, telling him why her string of huge hits in the 90s was a mixed blessing, who her singing influences are, and how she feels the time is right to return.
Wednesday 30th October, 7.30pm - Vintage TV at Rewind 2013 (and Friday 1st November at 5.30pm)
We’re so keen on the 80s here at Vintage TV that we sent Janice Long to capture all the magic this summer at the Rewind Henley festival, and interview all your favourite acts from that decade; here she chats to Sonia, who topped the charts with “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You”, and finds out if life is sweet for synthpop band Blancmange of ‘Living on the Ceiling’ fame.
