Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre
As part of the Goodbye TV Centre celebrations, guitarist, singer and songwriter Richard Thompson plays a concert filmed in TC8, with Dave Swarbrick, Pete Zorn and Kami Thompson.
As part of the Goodbye TV Centre celebrations, guitarist, singer and songwriter Richard Thompson plays a one-off concert filmed in TC8.
Thompson has been performing in 主播大秀 TV studios since 1969, starting on Top of the Pops with Fairport Convention and then making frequent appearances on the Old Grey Whistle Test, The Late Show and Later with Jools Holland as a solo artist and bandleader.
Filmed before the opening night of the tour celebrating the Top 20 placing of his album Electric, Thompson leads his current power trio through songs from that album, including Salford Sunday and Stony Ground, alongside classics from his songbook like I Want to See the Bright Lights and Tear Stained Letter. Thompson is joined on a couple of acoustic songs by former Fairport bandmate and master fiddler Dave Swarbrick, frequent collaborator Pete Zorn adds sax to Al Bowlly's In Heaven and his daughter Kami Thompson harmonises on Waltzing for Dreamers.
Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous 主播大秀 music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert celebrates Thompson and a tradition of popular music performance from TV Centre.
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Goodbye Television Centre
Michael Grade and many of the 主播大秀's best-loved faces stroll down memory lane.
Clips
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Richard Thompson - If Love Whispers Your Name
Duration: 06:26
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Richard Thompson - You Can't Win
Duration: 09:03
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Richard Thompson
You Can't Win
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Richard Thompson
If Love Whispers Your Name
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
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| Director | John Smith |