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Episode 4

Mark Kermode takes us on a unique and personal tour of the last six decades of pop music and film. First broadcast in 2016.

It could be argued that modern pop music began in the mid 1950s with Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets. This iconic song was used for the opening credits of the teen high school drama Blackboard Jungle in 1955, and then, a year later, the movie Rock Around the Clock came out featuring Bill and The Comets in a fictionalised account of the birth of rock n roll.

More than 60 years on, Mark Kermode brings us a unique and personal tour of his very own Celluloid Jukebox. In each programme we will hear music from the six decades that cinema and pop music have been partners. The musical selection will be eclectic and free flowing - sometimes connected by theme or genre, sometimes by year or artist and sometimes through Mark's particular and personal associations. He shares anecdotes and gives context to the choices, and each programme will feature extracts of dialogue from some of the films featured, as well as other audio archive.

First broadcast in 2016.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 4 Oct 2020 04:00

Music Played

  • Alan Price

    O LUCKY MAN!

    • O LUCKY MAN! (SOUNDTRACK).
    • WARNER ARCHIVES.
    • 9362 46137-2.
  • Melvin Van Peebles

    Sweetback's Theme

    • Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971.
    • Universal Music Publishing.
    • USFI87100521.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Hong Kong Garden

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • 18 Rock Classics Vol 2.
    • Pickwick.
    • PMP-101.
  • Jimi Hendrix

    Voodoo Child

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.
    • 170 322-2.
  • COLLEGE feat ELECTRIC YOUTH

    A REAL HERO

    • A REAL HERO.
    • Flex.
    • promo.
  • Tangerine Dream

    Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)

    • Sorcerer.
    • Spectrum Audio.
    • T8020762577.
  • Ray Charles

    MESS AROUND

    • ATLANTIC RHYTHM & BLUES 1947-74 VOL 2.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 781294-2.
  • Alan Price

    Poor People

    • GEORDIE BOY - THE ANTHOLOGY.
    • CASTLE.
    • CMEDD-384.
  • David Bowie

    Magic Dance

    • Magic Dance single.
    • Nocturnal Recordings.
    • DBD001.
  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (SHANTY TOWN)

    • 25 YEARS OF ROCK'N'ROLL - 1967.
    • CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION.
    • RRTCD-67.
  • Cowboy Junkies

    SWEET JANE

    • THE TRINITY SEESION.
    • BMG CANADA.
    • N/A-01.
  • The Monkees

    PORPOISE SONG (THEME FROM HEAD)

    • THE MONKEES.
    • ARISTA.
    • 262-507.
  • Public Enemy

    Fight the Power

    • Fear of a Black Planet.
    • Def jam.
    • 4662-812.
  • Max Romeo

    Chase the Devil

    • Island.
  • Foo Fighters

    Next Year

    • RCA.
  • XTC

    Life Begins at the Hop

    • VIRGIN.
  • Symarip

    Skinhead Moonstomp

    • Select.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 13 Apr 2018 01:00
  • Fri 9 Nov 2018 01:00
  • Wed 6 Nov 2019 01:00
  • Sun 4 Oct 2020 04:00