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Electric Boots & Mohair Suits: Rock'n'Roll At The Movies

Claudia Winkleman with a look at the history of music in the movies and on TV, featuring Nashville, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, the new film about Elton John.

Claudia Winkleman takes a magical mystery tour through the history of rock music in film and on television, including a behind the scenes look at the making of the new Elton John biopic "Rocketman".

The programme features exclusive interviews with "Rocketman" star Taron Egerton, actor and singer Clare Bowen from the TV series "Nashville" and Rafi Gavron, Bradley Cooper's nemesis in the recent remake of "A Star Is Born".

Bradley himself talks us through the trials and tribulations of becoming a singing actor, and we also hear from Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, Ringo Starr, Queen's Brian May, Rami Malek, "A Hard Day's Night" director Richard Lester and legendary songwriter Jerry Leiber.

Producers David Furnish & Matthew Vaughn together with director Dexter Fletcher (whose CV includes the record breaking "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the Proclaimers' musical "Sunshine On Leith") are on hand to discuss the difficulties and the joys of bringing music based stories to the big screen along with writer Nicole Taylor ("Wild Rose") , and we visit Giles Martin at the legendary Abbey Road studios to hear exactly how you put a soundtrack together.

Edith Bowman & Bob Harris talk us through the history of rock on film & TV, from "Blackboard Jungle" in the 1950s and the the Beatles films of the 1960s right up to "LaLa Land" and the Mama Mia films today, and there's tons of great music too, from Taron Egerton's take on classic Elton John, the big hits from "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Mama Mia" and "Sunshine On Leith" right through to hidden gems from the likes of "Nashville", "Wild Rose", and many many more!

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 May 2019 12:00

Music Played

  • Kit Connor & Taron Egerton

    Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

    • Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 3.
  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Love

    • Expresso Bongo.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Elvis Presley

    Love Me Tender

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • The Beatles

    Can't Buy Me Love

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 005.
  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 006.
  • The Beatles

    Help!

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 010.
  • David Essex

    Rock On

    • David Essex - His Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.
  • David Essex

    Stardust

    • Single.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • Elton John

    Pinball Wizard

    • Caribou.
    • Mercury.
  • Diana Ross

    God bless the child

    • Lady Sings The Blues.
    • Tamla Motown.
    • 6.
  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.
  • Queen

    20th Century Fox Fanfare

    • Bohemian Rhapsody O.S.T..
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 1.
  • Kit Connor, Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard & Steven Mackintosh

    I Want Love

    • Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 2.
  • Peter Mullan

    Oh Jean

    • Sunshine On Leith.
    • Neapolitan.
    • 10.
  • Taron Egerton

    Rocket Man

    • Rocketman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin EMI.
  • Jessie Buckley

    Country Girl

    • Wild Rose Official Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Island Records.
    • 001.
  • Clare Bowen

    Black Roses

    • The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack (Season 2 /Volume 2).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 15.
  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.
  • Taron Egerton & Rachel Muldoon

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 13.
  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.
  • Taron Egerton

    Crocodile Rock

    • Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 9.
  • Taron Egerton

    I'm Still Standing

    • Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 21.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 May 2019 12:00