BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL – EARLY START!
12:45 – Sheepy’s opening music.
12:49 – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1980) – a mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas. It tells a stylised fictional account of the formation, rise and subsequent break-up of the Sex Pistols, from the point of view of their then-manager Malcolm McLaren. In the film, McLaren claims to have created the band (in truth, they were already formed, and Jones and Cook asked him to be their manager), and manipulated them to the top of the music business, using them as puppets to both further his own agenda (in his own words: “Cash from chaos”), and to claim the financial rewards from the various record labels the band were signed to during their brief existence – EMI, A&M, Virgin, and Warner Bros. Records. Singer and frontman Johnny Rotten refused to have anything to do with the film, stating that it was “a pile of rubbish” and “Malcolm’s vision of what he believed – not true in any form”.
14:30 – Rammstein – Live Aus Berlin (1999) – a recording of a concert by the German band Rammstein, performed in August 1998 and released a year later, featuring material from their first two albums: Herzeleid and Sehnsucht. This extract from Wikipedia may give a flavour of what to expect: “The performance of ‘Bück dich’ (‘Bend down’, ‘Bend over’) is controversial. The mimed portrayal of anal sex using a water-squirting dildo led to the video being given an 18 certificate in Europe. The first DVD release of the concert does not include the performance, although it is included on the VHS and CD releases and the 2020 reissue of the DVD.” This broadcast is sourced from the original DVD, however some kind soul uploaded the missing track to YouTube, so I’ve, er, reinserted it into the right place in the concert. Here is the track listing, in the unlikely event that anyone wants to look up translations of the lyrics:
“Spiel mit mir” (“Play with Me”) 6:20
“Herzeleid” (“Heartbreak”) 3:58
“Bestrafe mich” (“Punish Me”) 3:51
“Weißes Fleisch” (“White Flesh”) 4:34
“Sehnsucht” (“Longing”) 4:25
“Asche zu Asche” (“Ashes to Ashes”)” 3:26
“Wilder Wein” (“Wild Wine”) 5:58
“Klavier” (“Piano”) 4:49
“Heirate mich” (“Marry Me”) 7:48
“Du riechst so gut” (“You Smell So Good”) 5:24
“Du hast” (“You Have”) 4:34
“Bück dich” (“Bend Over”) 5:48
“Engel” (“Angel”)” 6:33
“Rammstein” 5:43
“Tier” (“Animal”) 3:42
“Laichzeit” (“Spawning Time”) 5:15
“Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?” (“Do You Want to See the Bed in Flames?”) 6:23
“Seemann” (“Seaman”) 8:26
16:07 – Rammstein – Stripped – a hidden extra on the DVD: the music video for their 1998 cover of the 1986 Depeche Mode tune.
16:11 – Jubilee (1978) – is a 1978 film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson and a host of punk rockers. The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977. Numerous punk icons appear in the film including Adam Ant, Toyah, Jordan (a Malcolm McLaren protégé), Nell Campbell, Linda Spurrier, Hermine Demoriane and Jayne County. It features performances by Jayne County and Adam and the Ants. There are also cameo appearances by the Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The film was scored by Brian Eno. Plotwise, Queen Elizabeth I is transported forward in time to the film’s present day by the occultist John Dee, who commands the spirit guide Ariel (a character from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest) to bring them there. Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s and moves through the social and physical decay of the city, observing the sporadic activities of a group of aimless nihilists. Jubilee is now considered a cult classic.
17:57 – Intermission – Thames TV morning start-up music.
18:04 – Michael Bentine’s Potty Time S01E06 – World War One Aces – a British children’s TV show, written by and starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television. This week, Mr. Bentine and the Potties investigate the world of early battle aviators. First broadcast on Mon 17th Dec 1973 by ITV.
18:16 – Shadows S02E04 – Dark Encounter – a British supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. This week, a middle-aged Londoner returns to the remote village that sheltered him as a child from the London blitz. He realizes that he’s afraid of the woods around the village, but can’t remember why. First broadcast on Wed 18th Aug 1976 by ITV. Featuring Shelagh Fraser (Aunt Beru in Star Wars, Diana in The Old Men at the Zoo, Dorothy in Beasts: Baby) and Brian Glover. Written by Susan “The Dark is Rising” Cooper. I rather enjoyed this one.
18:40 – Clangers S01E06 – Visiting Friends – the famous Oliver Postgate / Peter Firmin stop-motion children’s television series about a family of mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. This week, Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken. First broadcast on Sun 4th Jan 1970 at 5.55pm by BBC1.
18:50 – Star Trek (The Original Series) – S01E20 – Court Martial – This week, Captain Kirk stands trial on charges of criminal negligence after jettisoning an occupied research pod during an emergency. First broadcast in the USA on Thu 2nd Feb 1967 by NBC. Featuring Elisha Cook, Jr., a face familiar from The Maltese Falcon, The Killing, Rosemary’s Baby, and the opening especially of House on Haunted Hill.
19:40 – …And Mother Makes Three – S04E02 – Homes, Sweet Homes – More gentle middle-class Thames sitcom, starring Wendy Craig as the newly-widowed Sally Harrison, doing her best to bring up her two boisterous sons, Simon and Peter. This week, Sally discovers that marriage might mean giving up her beloved house, David’s not too pleased when he finds an estate agent in his home, and the boys shock their mother by favouring a move over the garden fence. First broadcast on Wed 23rd May 1973 by ITV.
20:05 – Special Branch – S01E08 – The Children of Delight – Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives. This week, is there something sinister going on behind the facade of ‘The Children of Delight’ – a group of hippies who have arrived on Eden’s patch? Detective Sergeants Webb and Gifford go undercover to investigate. First broadcast on Wed 5th Nov 1969 by ITV.
20:52 – A Very Peculiar Practice S01E07/07 – Catastrophe Theory – a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC. It was written by Andrew Davies and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick, and it has been interpreted as a commentary on contemporary trends in education. This week, in the last of the current series, a trio of civil servants are sent to audit the university. A 25 per cent cut in funding causes hysteria within the university, with the Vice-Chancellor and the medical practice doing their utmost to keep their jobs… First broadcast on Wed 26th Jun 1986 at 9.25pm by BBC2. Featuring Kathy Burke, Joe Melia and Geoffrey Beevers.
21:47 – The Beiderbecke Tapes E01/02 – A two-part serial written by Alan Plater, the second in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. He teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz; she teaches English and wants to help save the planet. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor’s hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents. This week, Trevor & Jill meet John the barman who gives them a jazz tape without any jazz on it. At a meeting with Dave the wimp they find out about The Peoples Front For The Liberation Of West Yorkshire. John the barman has died but is feeling much better now. The man with no name called Mr Peterson came to see them. He was followed by the six men in gray suits. Jill goes to see The Oldest Suffragette In Town. Trevor and Jill go on a trip to Amsterdam with their class from “San Quentin High” but miss the boat. First broadcast on Sun 13th Dec 1987 by ITV. I think this is the instalment of the trilogy that I saw at the time, that I liked so much.
23:05 – Snub TV S03E05 – This week the alternative music show features:
• Neds Atomic Dustbin: “Happy” (video)
• Son of Bazerk: “Change the Style” (video)
• Slowdive: “Morningrise” (video)
• The The: “Jealous of Youth” (live)
• Curve: “Ten Little Girls” (video)
• Trip: interview, “Miss You” (video)
• Bleach: “Dipping” (video)
• Buffalo Tom: “Fortune Teller” (video)
From 1st generation off-air VHS > Panasonic HD recorder > DVD-R > MPEG Streamclip > MPEG4
Video compression: H.264, 352 x 288, deinterlaced
Audio compression: AAC, Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz, 192 kbps
First broadcast on Mon 18th Feb 1991 at 6.55pm by BBC2.
Some of the closing titles of this week’s episode are missing from the original capture.
23:33 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Original Radio Series) – The Quandary Phase 3/4, Fit the Twenty-First – In which Arthur, Fenchurch and the Bowl give up their secrets. Written by Douglas Adams. With guest stars Christian Slater, Stephen Fry and Jackie Mason. First broadcast on Tue 17th May 2005 at 6.30pm by BBC Radio 4.
00:00 – Closedown music.
00:05 – Closedown.