BeebRock II - Music Shows on BBC Four, Sky Arts and everywhere else

Skid X

Hello, not a whole lot new going on - there's the start of a series about Musicals from Neil Brand and Truckloads of TOTP. Johnny Cash's Christmas shows all get a runout on Sky and there's another chance to see The Old Fairytale Of New York Doc ...





Thursday
12pm Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (Sky Arts)
The singer brings his seasonal celebration back to Nashville, and visits his childhood home in Arkansas with father Ray and older brother Roy. The show features performances by singers Anne Murray and Tom T Hall, as well as comic interludes from Andy Kaufman. Among the songs performed are Five Feet High and Rising, If I Were a Carpenter and (Ghost) Riders in the Sky

9pm The Foster And Allen Show (TG4)

10pm Pop Goes Northern Ireland (BBC2 NI)
1995

11pm Alexander Armstrong: In A Winter Light (Sky Arts)

1am Julian Lennon - Through The Picture Window (Sky Arts)



Friday
4pm Neil Se#@/a The Show Goes On (Sky Arts)
A Concert from The Royal Albert Hall from him

8pm & 12.30am Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 6 (BBC4)
Peter Powell and Steve Wright present the edition first broadcast on November 6. Featuring Bon Jovi, Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush, Red Box, Swing Out Sister, Duran Duran, Berlin and the Pretenders

8.30pm & 1am Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 20 (BBC4)
John Peel and Janice Long present the November 20 edition, featuring Europe, Simple Minds, Swing Out Sister, Erasure, Bon Jovi, Berlin, and Red Box

8.30pm Music Icons - Neil Diamond (Sky Arts)

9pm & 1.35am The Sound Of Movie Musicals With Neil Brand (BBC4) New!
Ep 1/3 New series. The composer and musician fronts a three-part series on the movie musical, from Hollywood to China and the USSR, and from Snow White and Gene Kelly to Grease and La La Land. In this opening episode, Brand argues that the movie musical was the most important form of cinema from the advent of the age of sound.

9pm The 2000s - I Want My MP3s (Sky Arts)
A look back at the music of the decade and the shift to digital distribution, highlighting just how rapidly technology changed over those 10 years.

10pm TOTP4 - Christmas 2017 (BBC4)
A repeat of last years TOTP2 Christmas Special. Mark Radcliffe narrates a celebratory compilation of festive hits, featuring the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Wizzard, Slade, Mariah Carey and the Flying Pickets. Plus, other classics by the Darkness, Skepta, the Spice Girls, Coldplay and Wham!

10pm Music Videos That Defined the 2000s (Sky Arts)

11pm Coldplay - Austin City Limits (Sky Arts)
2011 Concert

11.30pm The Story Of Fairytale Of New York (BBC4)
Richard E Grant narrates a look at the making of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's classic bittersweet love song. The group return to the studio where the song was recorded, while director Peter Dougherty and actor Matt Dillon discuss the making of the video - which resulted in a brush with the law. With contributions from Jools Holland, Nick Cave and producer Steve Lillywhite

12.15am New Order: Decades (Sky Arts)
Documentary following New Order's staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes with the artist Liam Gillick during the Manchester International Festival 2017

12.20am The Windmill Lane Sessions (TG4)
Featuring Damien Dempsey, Hot Sprockets and Lethal Dialect

12.20am Tommy Fleming A Voice Of Hope 2 (VM1)
Careful now, Tommy sued Irish TV for showing one of his concerts without permission but they went bankrupt so he probably didn't collect https://www.thejournal.ie/tommy-fleming-damages-3515284-Jul2017/

2.25am Classic Cellists at the BBC (BBC4)
Julian Lloyd Webber presents BBC performances from Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yo Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis and Mischa Maisky

2.50am The Great Songwriters: Rickie Lee Jones (Channel 4)
American singer Rickie Lee Jones talks to Paul Toogood about songwriting and her life in music. Featuring the songs Chuck E's in Love, The Last Chance Texaco, Weasel and the White Boys Cool, and Away from the Sky



Saturday
3.40pm TOTP2 Christmas 2012 (GOLD)

4pm Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank (Sky Arts)

4.30pm Danny Baker's Christmas Hits (Sky Arts)
The broadcaster and comedy writer presents a selection of 12 of his favourite festive songs as he attempts to define what makes the ideal Christmas song

6pm Duran Duran: One Night Only (VM3)
2011 ITV Special

6pm Michael Buble's Christmas in New York (Sky Arts)

7pm Shania Twain Live in Las Vegas (Sky Arts)

7pm TOTP2 80s (Yesterday)

9pm The Story Of Quadrophenia: Can You See The Real Me? (Yesterday)
Pete Townshend revisits his former haunts in Shepherd's Bush and Battersea, London, to reflect on the Who's sixth studio album Quadrophenia, released in 1973.

9pm CMA Country Christmas Concert (Sky Arts)

10pm Guitar Heroes at the BBC (Yesterday)

10.45pm-12.15am Johnny Cash Song By Song (Parts 1-3)
1 I Walk The Line
2 Ring Of Fire
3 Hurt

11.30pm Na Baileid (TG4)
John Spillane explores the stories behind songs from the West of Ireland. Featuring performances from Elaine Cormican, Damien Dempsey and Niamh Parsons

11.50pm Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 6 (BBC4)

12.15am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 (Sky Arts, they are all on Youtube too)
with Roy Clark and Tony Orlando

12.25am Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 20 (BBC4)

12.55am The Christmas Session (BBC4)
Contemporary folk talent from Shoreditch Town Hall, featuring 11-piece folk group Bellowhead, 2008 Mercury nominees the Unthanks, vocalist and fiddle player Lisa Knapp and singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore

1.15am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 (Sky Arts)
with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins

2.15am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 (Sky Arts)
with June Carter Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Steve Martin

3.15am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (Sky Arts)
with Anne Murray, Tom T Hall and Andy Kaufman



Sunday
10.15am The Three Tenors Christmas Concert 1999 (Sky Arts)

3pm Music Videos That Defined The 2000s (Sky Arts)

7pm A Kylie Christmas (Sky Arts)
Concert from London to plug her Christmas Album

8pm Michael Buble's Christmas In New York (Sky 1)
With Miss Piggy and Barbra Streisand

8.30pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly (RTE1)
Pat introduces a duet between Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, Take That on the Late Late Show, a 1969 Fleadh Ceol that went awry, and the origins of the Castlebar Song Contest

9.30pm Tradfest TG4 (TG4)
Featuring acoustic roots and blues guitarist Martin Harley, BBC Folk Award winner Daoiri Farrell, and The Dublin Lasses. Presented by Doireann Ni Ghlacain

10.30pm Bosca Ceoil (TG4)

10.30pm - Midnight Dolly Parton Song By Song (Sky Arts)
1 Jolene
2 I Will Always Love You
3 9 To 5

11.50pm U2 Live In London (RTE2)
Chatting to Cat Deeley and performing at Abbey Road

1.15am Lady Antebellum: Live On This Winter's Night (Sky Arts)
Concert

2.25am Faith Hill: Joy To The World (Sky Arts)
Concert



And that's more or less that, Nile Rodgers Watch Update - He was on Michael McIntyre's show on BBC1 this week. And on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester.

https://twitter.com/bbcintrohw/status/1071708591755796480


Anyone involved in zero budget radio shows should give him a ring!



BBC4 has a repeat of an old Alas Smith And Jones special and a tribute show to Mel Smith tomorrow. I don't remember what is on it but I will guess that the best Mel Smith Song of The Week might be Kinda Lingers from Not The Nine O'Clock News. Either that or Rocking around the Christmas Tree with Kim Wilde, that'll be in a clip show somewhere ...

Welsh Megaman

‘Living On A Prayer’ by Bongiovi, scrapes to number 15.

So many one-hit wonders in ‘86. :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Didn’t know Judge Rinder played accordion for Red Box.

:eek:

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

‘Living On A Prayer’ by Bongiovi, scrapes to number 15.

So many one-hit wonders in ‘86. :pac:

James Acaster put Living On A Prayer into Room 101, he makes a compelling argument

Arthur Daley

Charts picked up a little bit here. Stronger than a few weeks back.

Welsh Megaman

Bob Geldof and Spandau Ballet using the same warehouse to film their videos.

Welsh Megaman

Duran Duran, now with 66.66% less Taylor.

Skid X

Nile Rodgers produced Notorious.

I believe he is a recluse now and adamantly refuses all requests to appear on Television.

Jordan 199

I wonder did Berlin ever visit Berlin

Welsh Megaman

Europe!


The weekend begins RIGHT NOW.

Welsh Megaman

A singer called Joey Tempest, rhyming ‘Venus’ with ‘seen us’...

Seriously, what’s not to like?

Skid X

Europe singing about the demise of Planet Earth, an event largely hastened by the tonnes of CO2 used on their perms that fateful night.

Jordan 199

Kee Marcello playing the axe there. He replaced John Norum who eventually replaced Kee Marcello.

Welsh Megaman

Swing Out Sister taking over BBC Four, Sedaka style!


CODE RED!

Welsh Megaman

Nerdy Simple Minds fact...

Creation Records supremo Alan McGee auditioned to join the band, back when they were known as Johnny And The Self-Abusers.

He tried out for rhythm guitarist but didn’t get the nod...at least he avoided ‘Belfast Child’

Welsh Megaman

‘Sometimes’ - tune!

Welsh Megaman

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Kee Marcello playing the axe there. He replaced John Norum who eventually replaced Kee Marcello.

#marcelloforevernorumnever

Skid X

Nah, Europe are going to outlast these Bon Jovi charlatans. Mark my words.

Welsh Megaman

A new Red Box album is due early next year.


And yes, I did look that up.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

‘Living On A Prayer’ by Bongiovi, scrapes to number 15.

So many one-hit wonders in ‘86. :pac:

That and the final countdown and Jump. I suppose they served their purpose at the time.

11.30pm The Story Of Fairytale Of New York (BBC4)
Richard E Grant narrates a look at the making of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's classic bittersweet love song. The group return to the studio where the song was recorded, while director Peter Dougherty and actor Matt Dillon discuss the making of the video - which resulted in a brush with the law. With contributions from Jools Holland, Nick Cave and producer Steve Lillywhite

YES

Sardonicat

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Duran Duran, now with 66.66% less Taylor.

Just caught up now.
Damn fine tune. Damn fine sight even if it is only three of them and an invisible horn section and guitarist.

Now I'm gonna watch it again and try not to lick the screen.

Sardonicat

Were Berlin ever heard of again?

Sardonicat

5 Star were sh1tting singles in 86!

Welsh Megaman

Sardonicat wrote: »

5 Star were sh1tting singles in 86!

That's how Bruno Brookes used to introduce them when presenting the Top 40 countdown. :pac:

Sardonicat

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

5 Star were sh1tting singles in 86!

That's how Bruno Brookes used to introduce them when presenting the Top 40 countdown. :pac:

Whatever about Bruno, I wouldn't put it passed Peeley to chance something like that.

Welsh Megaman

Phil Chevron RIP

Welsh Megaman

Damn those Pet Shop Boys from keeping The Pogues from the top spot.


Never liked them.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Phil Chevron RIP

Spider is 60 today.

sligojoek

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Damn those Pet Shop Boys from keeping The Pogues from the top spot.


Never liked them.

As Shane says, "The top 30 is like a cesspit. The sh1t always floats to the top.".

Skid X

Hi, here's a look at what's on the television music wise from Thursday until St Stephens Day (there's not much going on on Wednesday)

Highlights include Spinal Tap (not shown very often) and Sing Street (only on Netflix until now). There's an extended length Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke thing and the Beatles, Queen, U2, The Pogues and Nathan Carter all feature prominently.

PBS America (on Sky and Freesat) has a few shows on and there's all manner of TOTP going on ...




Thursday
10am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 (Sky Arts)
With Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolridge and Steve Martin

4pm The Music Of Buddy Holly and The Crickets (Sky Arts)
Paul Gambaccini Doc

6pm Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (Sky Arts)
with the Cash family, Tom T Hall, Andy Kaufman and Anne Murray

7.30pm & 12.50am Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 27th (BBC4)
Gary Davies presents the November 27 edition, featuring Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Debbie Harry, Five Star, Des O'Connor and Roger Whittaker, Nick Kamen, Berlin and Anita Baker

8pm Capital's Jingle Bell Ball (Sky One)
Part one of two. Highlights of the annual pop concert held at London's O2 Arena https://www.capitalfm.com/events/jingle-bell-ball/artists/

8pm Tommy Fleming Live - A Voice Of Hope 2 (VM3)
Tommy might sue you if you tape this, like he did to Irish Country Music Channel

9pm Andre Rieu (Sky Arts)
Concert from Maastricht

10.15pm Fairytale of New York - The Story Of A Christmas Classic (RTE1)
A look at the making of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's classic bittersweet Christmas love song. The documentary looks back at the making of the song in the company of singer Shane MacGowan, and other Pogues sharing their memories include Spider Stacy, Cait O'Riordan and Jem Finer. With contributions from Imelda May, Bob Geldof, Paul Simon and Christy Moore.
There's another Doc about the song which was on BBC4 recently, here it is

11.40pm Celtic Woman Live at Johnstown Castle (VM1)

1.30am The Great Songwriters: The Flaming Lips (Channel 4)
Oklahoma rockers the Flaming Lips talk about songwriting and their life in music.



Friday
10am Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (Sky Arts)
With the Cash family, Anne Murray, Tom T Hall and Andy Kaufman

3pm Andre Rieu (Sky Arts)

4pm Andy Williams - Happy Holidays (Sky Arts)

5.15pm CMA Country Christmas (Sky Arts)

7pm Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (Sky Arts)
Documentary

7.30pm & 12.55am Top Of The Pops 1986 - December 11 (BBC4)
Janice Long and Steve Wright present the edition first broadcast on December 11. Featuring Jaki Graham, the Housemartins, Alison Moyet, Cameo, Dexys Midnight Runners, A-ha, Jackie Wilson, George Benson, Europe and Madonna

7.50pm O Chraobh Go Craobh (TG4)
with sean nos singer Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha from An Rinn and traveller singer Tomas McCarthy. The film features friends such as Jack Delaney and Josie Sheain Jeaic

8pm & 1.25am A Musical History - Fleetwood Mac (BBC4)
Some people talk about Fleetwood Mac while interrupting their videos

8pm Music Videos That Shaped the 80s (Sky Arts)

8pm Capital's Jingle Bell Ball (Sky One)
Part 2

9pm Music Legends We Lost in 2018 (Sky Arts) New!
A celebration of musicians who died this year, including Aretha Franklin, Dolores O'Riordan, Avicii, Hugh Masekela, Mark E Smith and Chas Hodges. Hopefully there are no late additions to the list

9pm & 2.30am The Sound Of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand (BBC4)
Ep 2/3 Post World War II Musicals like Singin' In The Rain

10pm Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All (BBC4)
Ep 1/4 Repeat of the Sinatra Doc, Ep 1 focusses on his early life

10pm Video Killed The Radio Star - Aretha Franklin (Sky Arts)

10.30pm Film: Michael Jackson - The Life Of An Icon (Sky Arts)
2011 Film which includes rare interviews with Michael's Mother

11pm Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100 (MTV) New!
Highlights from the Global Citizen Festival, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Performers include Beyonce, JAY-Z, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Chris Martin and more

11.55pm Je t'aime - The Story of French Song with Petula Clark (BBC4)
Petula celebrates harles Aznavour, Juliette Greco, Anna Karina and Jane Birkin and modern singers you have never heard of

12.30am The Windmill Lane Sessions (TG4)
with Frances Black and Kieran Goss. Not sure if Kieran is related to Matt and Luke Goss, but they have a new Doc on BBC4 imminently

1.15am The Barry White Story - Let The Music Play (Sky Arts)
Documentary

2.15am Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? (Sky Arts)
Documentary

3.30am Aretha Franklin: Music Icons (Sky Arts)



Saturday
1pm Andy Williams - Happy Holidays (Sky Arts)

2.15pm The Legendary Bing Crosby (Sky Arts)
Busy time for Bing, is Christmas

3.30pm Johnny Cash: Song By Song (Sky Arts)
I Walk The Line + Ring Of Fire + Hurt

5pm Michael Buble's Christmas in Hollywood (Sky Arts)

6pm A Kylie Christmas (Sky Arts)

6.10pm Pointless Celebrities (BBC1)
Christmas Number One Special with people from Slade, Mud and Band Aid

7pm It's Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall (Sky 1)
Jason Manford presents a Christmas Concert with Chrissie Hynde, the Vamps, Holly Johnson, Alexander Armstrong, Melanie C and Ricky Wilson

7pm In And Out Of Hell - The Meat Loaf Story (Yesterday)
Documentary

7.15pm Val Doonican - An Fear a Shiuil go hArd (TG4)
Documentary about the Rocking Chair Rocker

8pm-10pm TOTP2 - The Sixties (Yesterday)

8pm Classic Albums - Queen: A Night At The Opera (Sky Arts)

8.15pm Opry An Iuir (TG4)
Daniel O'Donnell presents highlights from the Country Music Show

8.25pm The Nathan Carter Christmas Show (RTE1)
Featuring Melanie C, Curtis Stigers, Una Healy, and the children from St Patrick's Junior Choir. A rare chance to see Nathan Carter on RTE.

9pm Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Sky Arts)
Freddie Mercury Doc featuring archive footage and interviews with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor

10pm Guitar Heroes at the BBC (Yesterday)

10.20pm Tina Turner - Simply The Best (BBC4) New!
The singer chats to BBC arts editor Will Gompertz about the highs and lows of her career and bring her well-documented life story up to date. 2018 extended interview previously shown on the BBC News Channel

10.45pm Queen Live At Wembley 1985 (Sky Arts)

11.05pm Aretha Franklin: Respect (BBC4)
Tom Jones, Beverley Knight, Clarke Peters and Trevor Nelson are among those offering their respects to the Queen of Soul, who died in August.

11.35pm Dreaming Of A Jewish Christmas (BBC4) New!
The story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin and Jay Livingston, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity's most musical holiday.

Midnight Music Legends We Lost in 2018 (Sky Arts)
This is Sky's favourite filler, they'll be showing it until they make another list for 2019

12.30am Top Of The Pops - Christmas Hits (BBC4)
Compilation

1am Discovering Music - The Eagles (Sky Arts)

1.30am There We Were - Now Here We Are: The Making Of Oasis (Sky Arts)
Dick Carruthers charts the rise Oasis from their earliest rehearsals in Manchester to the release of their debut album. Featuring interviews with the original band members and key players in their journey to stardom, including Noel and Liam Gallagher and Creation label boss Alan McGee

2am Top Of The Pops 1986 - November 27th (BBC4)

2.05am Adele Live In London (RTE1)

2.30am Top Of The Pops 1986 - December 11th (BBC4)

2.45am Oasis Live At Barrowlands 2001 (Sky Arts)



Sunday
9.40am The Sound Of Music Live (ITV3)
ITV Stage Production with Kara Tointon and Alexander Armstrong

1pm Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Sky 1)

2.30pm Michael Buble's You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Sky Arts)

3.30pm Dolly Parton: Song By Song (Sky Arts)
Jolene/ I will always love you/ 9 to 5

4.10pm U2 Agus An Arc (RTE1)
A look at the early years between 1978 and 1980, when U2 played in UCC at the Arcadia Ballroom in Cork about 10 times, building a loyal and enthusiastic following.

4.40pm Niall Horan with the RTE Concert Orchestra (RTE1)

5pm Andre Rieu (Sky Arts)

7pm TOTP2 Christmas 2012 (BBC4)

7.30pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly (RTE1)
including Damien Dempsey and Maire Brennan delivering a fiery version of Fairytale of New York. Mary Black and Sinead O'Connor duet on a beautiful rendition of a yuletide favourite, and there is some stunning singing from a December 25 edition of the Late Late Show from 1972

8pm Funny Girl - The Musical (Sky Arts)
UK Stage Production from 2017 with Sheridan Smith

9.30pm Tradfest TG4 (TG4)

9.35pm Sammy Davis Jnr - I've Gotta Be Me (PBS America)
The story of the entertainer's life and career, from his experiences with racism and his support of Richard Nixon to his conversion to Judaism and his support of gay rights

10pm Bros: After The Screaming Stops (BBC4) New!
In the mid-1980s Bros were one of the biggest bands in the world. Having sold out stadiums, they were the youngest to this day to play Wembley Stadium and their Push album went to Number 1 in more than 20 countries, selling 10 million copies worldwide. After three years of hysteria wherever twins Matt and Luke Goss went, this documentary recalls the aftermath - the fragility of fame and the heartbreak that followed. It also charts the pair's professional reunion 28 years on, having hardly spoken and not played together since their split, as they prepare to play London's O2

10.30pm Bosca Ceoil (TG4)

11.25pm TOTP2: Boy Bands (BBC4)

11.40pm Lisa McHugh Live (VM1)

12.25am TOTP2: Christmas 2013 (BBC2)

12.55am Coming Home For Christmas (VM1)
with folk musicians Colum and Tommy Sands

1.30am Film: Michael Jackson - The Life Of An Icon (Sky Arts)



Christmas Eve (Monday)
8.30am The Three Tenors Christmas Concert (Sky Arts)

10.15am A Kylie Christmas (Sky Arts)

12.10am Michael Buble's Christmas in Hollywood (Sky Arts)

1.10pm Danny Baker's Christmas Hits (Sky Arts)

5.22pm Tommy Fleming - A Song For A Winter's Night (TG4)

6pm It's Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall (Pick)
Shown on Sky 1 a few days ago

6.20pm Pat Shortt's Music From D'Telly - Christmas (RTE1)
Featuring Bing Crosby and Dolores O'Riordan

7.30pm David Bowie: Stardust (PBS America)
https://www.pbsamerica.co.uk/series/david-bowie-stardust/

7.30pm Discovering Abba (Sky Arts)

8.30pm Discovering Roy Orbison (Sky Arts)

8.50pm Elvis and The Memphis Mafia (PBS America)
https://www.pbsamerica.co.uk/series/elvis-and-the-memphis-mafia/

9pm Elvis - The Final Hours (Sky Arts)
NB He's still alive

9.20pm Carols From The Castle (RTE1)
Carols from Dublin Castle with Johnny Logan,Wyvern Lingo and others

10pm Elvis Presley - A Legend In Concert (Sky Arts)
Early Performances

10.20pm Film Sing Street (RTE2) New! (to RTE)
"The Feel Good Irish Movie Of The Year" and "Upbeat, Charming and sensational for Music Fans everywhere", according to two random reviews on IMDB. And they're not wrong, it's class. If you only stick one tape in over Christmas, do it for this one.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

11pm Elvis '56 Special (Sky Arts)

11.25pm Hup Na Nollag (TG4)
Trad

11.40pm TOTP2 Christmas (BBC2)

Midnight Bette Midler: One NIght Only (VM3)

12.15am Classic Albums: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (Sky Arts)

1.15am Sinatra and Friends (Sky Arts)

1.40am Ultimate Number Ones at the BBC (BBC4)



Christmas Day - Tuesday
12.30pm Top Of The Pops 2018 - Christmas Day (BBC1)
Lots of people you've never heard of including the Christmas Number One

7.35pm Opry le Daniel (TG4)

9.15pm Merry Christmas Baby - With Gregory Porter & Friends (BBC2) New!
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/gregory-porter-record-intimate-christmas-15413824

9.15pm Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Sky Arts)
Documentary

9.35pm The Brit Awards 2018 (VM3)

10.10pm TOTP2 Christmas 2015 (BBC4)

10.15pm Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney in Liverpool (Sky1) New!
A full hour of Paul McCartney's Carpool Karaoke, shown on CBS a while back but never in full over here.

11pm Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)
1992 Tribute Concert from Wembley

11.10pm The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (BBC4)
Richard E Grant introduces the classic song, featuring Brian May and Roger Taylor.
This hasn't been on in a while, worth a look

10.20pm Sean Keane and The RTE Concert Orchestra (TG4) New?
Concert from earlier this year

11.15pm Doolin Folk Festival 2018 (TG4)

12.05am Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert (BBC4)
Christmas Eve 1975 Concert

12.15am The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years (Channel 4)
Feature Length Ron Howard Doc from 2016. Well worth taping.

12.40am Film: This Is Spinal Tap (TG4)

12.45am Urban Myths - Backstage at Live Aid (Sky Arts)

1.10am Video Killed The Radio Star - ?? (Sky Arts)
Probably Queen



St Stephenseses Day (Wednesday)
8am Discovering Tina Turner (Sky Arts)

8.30am Bee Gees: One Night Only (Sky Arts)

10.40am Queen - The Magic Years (Sky Arts)

12pm Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert (Sky Arts)

8pm Andre Rieu (Sky Arts)

9pm Film The Commitments (1991) (VM1)

10.15pm Nathan Carter Christmas Special (BBC2 NI)

10.40pm Tradfest TG4 (TG4)

11.20pm Carole King and Friends at Christmas (BBC4)

12.20am Merry Christmas Baby - With Gregory Porter & Friends (BBC4)
As shown on BBC2 yesterday

1.20am The Joy of Abba (BBC4)





That's more or less it, if there's anything you like there it might be an idea to stick a tape** in before you forget about it (as I often do)

Back in or around the 27th with news of the second half of the Christmas Programming. RTE have a Doc about the making of Phil Lynott's Old Town Video, while Madness are BBC1's New Years Eve Concert Attraction this year

But that's all to come, Happy Christmas to one and all and thanks for your company and posts all through the year.

**Other recording devices exist, apparently.