Episode 1
Documentary charting the highs and lows of Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and Kate Bush, looking at their influence on music.
Queens of British Pop and narrator Liza Tarbuck offer a celebration of six female pop stars, singers and icons that lit us up from the early 60s to the late 70s.
Programme one tells the story of Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and Kate Bush - some of the female artists that emerged alongside some of Britain's defining musical movements, from the swinging sixties through to glam rock and punk.
The programme gives an insight into the lives of these top female artists, offering first-hand or eyewitness accounts of the highs, the lows and the obstacles they had to overcome. The selected artists have pushed boundaries, played around with gender roles and had their private lives overshadow their success, but it is their experiences that have helped change the face of British pop as we know it today.
Includes new interviews with Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and contributions from Tom Jones, Lulu, Burt Bacharach, John Lydon, Martha Reeves, Nancy Sinatra, Mark Radcliffe, Henry Winkler, Marc Almond, Peter Gabriel, Claire Grogan, Jarvis Cocker, Kiki Dee, Nigel Havers, Lily Allen and Adele, to name but a few.
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Clips
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Marianne Faithfull on Childhood
Duration: 01:46
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Sandie Shaw on overnight success
Duration: 01:43
Music Played
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Eurythmics
Who's That Girl?
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Dusty Springfield & Barry Manilow
Look of Love
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Dusty Springfield
You Don't Own Me
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Adam Faith
What Do You Want? (Mono)
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Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
Medley: Glamour and Gold
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Sweet
Block Buster!
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Suzi Quatro
Devil Gate Drive
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Kate Bush
Babooshka
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Kate Bush
Army Dreamers
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Ευσταθία
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Dione Newton |
Producer | Dione Newton |
Participant | Sandie Shaw |
Participant | Marianne Faithfull |
Participant | Suzi Quatro |
Participant | Siouxsie Sioux |
Presenter | Liza Tarbuck |
Broadcasts
- Wed 1 Apr 2009 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland
- Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland
- Sat 25 Apr 2009 20:00
- Sun 26 Apr 2009 00:55
- Mon 18 May 2009 00:00
- Sun 20 Dec 2009 23:20
- Sun 5 Feb 2012 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- Fri 9 Nov 2012 21:00
- Sat 10 Nov 2012 00:35
- Mon 12 Nov 2012 00:35
- Sat 2 Feb 2013 23:00
- Thu 7 Feb 2013 23:00
- Sat 30 Nov 2013 23:00
- Sat 23 Jun 2018 00:00