Channel Highlights w/c 7th Sept
Saturday 7th September, 8.00pm - Disco Night
Dig out your most flamboyant flares, set the mirror ball a-spinning and get up and boogie as we celebrate the joy of disco in a funky, hi-energy three-hour, three-programme special: get down with Sister Sledge, Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire and many more in Classic D.I.S.C.O Hits at 8pm; Blame It On The Boogie at 9pm, and get in the groove at our 70s Disco Party at 10pm. Up on the floor now – you know you want to!
Sunday 8th September, 5.00pm - Cheryl Baker: My Vintage (and Thursday 12th September at 10pm)
Join the effervescent Eurovision-winning singer of 80s pop quartet Bucks Fizz as she takes an intoxicating trawl through her top tracks and toasts the artists who make her head spin, from Bryan Adams and Hue & Cry to her all-time favourite singer and dream dinner companion James Taylor, whose evocative ‘Fire & Rain’ transports her to a ‘Land of Make Believe’.
Sunday 8th September, 8.00pm - The Janice Long Review Show (and Wednesday 11th September at 10pm)
Janice is joined by author and journalist Will Hodgkinson, singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore and Peter Hooton, frontman of 80s Liverpool based-band The Farm to mull over the merits of two albums two decades apart – ‘Black and Blue’ by The Rolling Stone from 1976 and Britpop’s ‘Elastica’ by Elastica of 1995 – provoking strong opinions from our panel. Will they vote them ‘Hot Stuff’ or a turntable turn off?
Monday 9th September, 10.00pm - Jerry Naylor: My Vintage
After the tragic death of Buddy Holly in 1960, a certain young Texan from a church-loving family became the lead singer for the Crickets whose hit ‘Don’t Ever Change’ greatly influenced the young Beatles and was the first song they performed live on the BBC in 1963. Here, American country and rock ‘n’ roll artist, broadcaster and inspirational speaker, Jerry Naylor, selects his favourite vintage tunes.
Tuesday 10th September, 10.00pm - Neil McCormick’s Needle Time: Sharleen Spiteri
Our ace interviewer is going north of the border this week with Scottish singer Sharleen Spiteri as she chats about her life at the helm of hook-laden pop-rock band Texas, which has sold 30 million albums worldwide, and reveals how music was such an essential part of her Glaswegian upbringing, how she almost told Bob Dylan to sling his hook, why her daughter thinks she’s cool and why she is always explaining that, no, she doesn’t come from Texas.
