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Episode 6

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

Tue 6 Oct 2020 01:00

Music Played

  • Blue 脰yster Cult

    (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER

    • 25 YEARS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.
    • CONNOISSEUR.
    • YRNR CD-78.
  • Leonard Cohen

    EVERYBODY KNOWS

    • MORE BEST OF.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 488-237.
  • Mohammed Rafi

    JAAN PEHECHAAN HO

    • Beginner's Guide to Bollywood Volume 2.
    • Nascente.
    • B000FG69YA.
  • k.d. lang

    Barefoot

    • Live By Request.
    • WEA.
    • 936248108-2.
  • Oliver Cheatham

    GET DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT

    • Kiss hitlist summer 2003.
    • Universal.
    • 039-643-2.
  • PJ Harvey

    Who Will Love Me Now

    • The B-Sides.
    • Island Records.
    • B0006FUHC0.
  • Four Tops

    IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG

    • THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
    • MOTOWN.
    • 530-825-2.
  • Bette Davis

    I've Written A Letter To Daddy

    • Miss Bette Davis.
    • EMI.
    • EMA-778.
  • Tom Waits

    On the Nickel

    • HEARTATTACK AND VINE.
    • ELEKTRA.
    • 75596-05472.
  • Suicidal Tendencies

    Institutionalized

    • F.N.G..
    • Virgin.
    • CDVM9003.
  • David Bowie

    Subterraneans

    • Starman.
    • Whei.
    • WHEI 10316.
  • Pixies

    WHERE IS MY MIND

    • THE BEST OF THE PIXIES: WAVE OF MUTILATION.
    • 4AD LTD.
    • CAD-2406CD.
  • Slade

    HOW DOES IT FEEL?

    • SLADE IN FLAMES.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 849-182-2.
  • Goldfrapp

    Ride A White Horse

    • Mute.
  • Radiohead

    Street Spirit (Fade Out)

    • Parlophone.
  • The Big Pink

    Velvet

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Apr 2018 04:00
  • Sun 11 Nov 2018 04:00
  • Fri 8 Nov 2019 01:00
  • Tue 6 Oct 2020 01:00