2. Dusty Springfield, Spinal Tap, BeyoncΓ©, Diana Ross & AndrΓ© 3000
From The Beatles and David Bowie to Spinal Tap and beyond, Lauren Laverne showcases how rock stars' lives have been portrayed on radio and screen.
From The Beatles and David Bowie to Spinal Tap and beyond, Lauren Laverne showcases how rock stars lives have been portrayed on radio and screen.
In the second of this three part musical mixtape, we'll hear...
"Dusty Won’t Play" - A drama drawing on eye-witness accounts of what happened when Dusty Springfield refused to perform to segregated audiences in apartheid South Africa.
"Back from the Dead: The Return of Spinal Tap" - An excerpt from Peter Curran's 2009 radio special in which he spoke to the heavy metal 'legends'.
We'll also re-visit archive interviews from BeyoncΓ©, Diana Ross and OutKast's AndrΓ© 3000 in which they talk about their own acting experiences, and especially recorded for this programme, the broadcaster, music journalist and Radio Times Film Editor Andrew Collins offers his thoughts on rock stars appearing on screen.
Producer: Stuart Ross.
Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2020.
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- Wed 26 May 2021 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 26 May 2021 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra