More than two decades after it left our screens, BBC Two’s iconic and much-loved music documentary series, Rock Family Trees, is back for a one-off special. The iconic music documentary series returns to examine the real story behind the birth of Britpop and how a handful of like-minded musicians, struggling to find an authentic voice, would pave the way for a revolution in British music. It is an intricately connected story of three of the biggest bands of the 1990s – Suede, Elastica and Blur – and how, for a brief moment in the middle of that decade, they changed British music forever, kickstarting a movement that still reverberates to this day.
Charts the Mancunian rock band's journey from their early days to their debut world tour.
During the 90s, Britpop dominated the airwaves and an epic pop rivalry sparked into life when Blur’s single ‘Country House’ went up against Oasis’s ‘Roll With It’ in the charts.
In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.
SKY ARTS presents Suede's Coming Up (released on Nude Records in 1996) in the Classic Albums series.
Tony was the exclusive photographer and video director for Ocean Colour Scene from Moseley Shoals to Marchin' Already, publishing his book 'Soul Driver' in 2014, releasing his feature documentary film 'SCENE' in 2017 and is currently launching his new coffee table 'book of the film' 'Behind the Scene' due for release in Summer 2022.
Oasis perform an acoustic set of "Whatever" and "Live Forever" live on MTV's Most Wanted.
On 10th and 11th August 1996, 250,000 young music fans converged on Knebworth Park to see Oasis play two record breaking, era defining shows. This version, included on the 'Oasis: Knebworth 1996' Blu-Ray/DVD, was shot on the 10th and was remastered in 2021.
The crisis of modern relations under the onslaught of ominous melodies. An ordinary summer day turned into an unexpected ending for lovers...
Blur playing two hits, in less than 10 minutes
Failing in both his professional and personal lives, Saad decides to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a freestyle wrestler. The dream soon turns into a nightmare when he posts a clip of his auditions and the beating he takes. He meets a famous wrestling manager and a Pakistani coach who help him reenter the wrestling world.
As the local main sponsor, the Van As company has been given the opportunity to organize a prestigious cyclocross race. When a fire breaks out on the grounds the day before the event, Frans, the founder of Van As, suspects sabotage. He blows a fuse and, like Clint Eastwood, rises from his chair to take down the villain. But is everything as it seems?
The Party Animal is a documentary-style comedy about a sex-starved man, Pondo Sinatra, a 26-year-old college student whom everyone agrees is doomed to die a virgin. Desperate to break what seems to be a cosmic curse, he tries ever more bizarre schemes to seduce one the sexy, scantily-clad women who seem to be everywhere, taunting him and enjoying his misery. Despite his best efforts, however, he is rejected everywhere, even at the local cathouse. When Pondo threatens to kill himself, Studley, his ladykilling best friend, tries to help him in his quest to "get him a little", as does Studley's mentor, a wise old janitor named Elbow.
Javi, Hugo, Dani and Pedro are four friends in their late twenties trying to make a life for themselves. The cafe is where the buddies meet through the ups and downs of fast-paced lives full of basketball games, late-night partying and schemes to get what they want most: a little love and a girl who loves them.
A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
A Blair witch project spoof found on The Bogus Witch Project.
Erwin wants to propose to Natalie, but encounters obstacles due to demands from his prospective in-laws. On the other hand, Koh Afuk urges Yohan and Ayu to have children soon.