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Rock Family Trees

Season 2 1998

  • 1998-09-04T21:15:00Z on BBC Two
  • 50m
  • 5h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Series exploring the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1998-09-04T21:15:00Z

2x01 California Dreamin'

Season Premiere

2x01 California Dreamin'

  • 1998-09-04T21:15:00Z50m

The golden age of American pop in the mid-1960s, when the Mamas and the Papas and Lovin' Spoonful produced a cluster of hits

1998-09-11T21:15:00Z

2x02 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

2x02 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

  • 1998-09-11T21:15:00Z50m

The history of rock 'n' roll band Black Sabbath, featuring interviews with the group who have performed together since the late 1960s

1998-09-18T21:15:00Z

2x03 The Mersey Sound

2x03 The Mersey Sound

  • 1998-09-18T21:15:00Z50m

The Liverpool music scene of the 1960s, an era synonymous with the band that changed the face of pop music - the Beatles. Pete Frame narrates the story of such bands including the Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, the Swinging Blue Jeans and the Merseybeats.

2x04 Banshees and Other Creatures

  • 1998-09-25T21:15:00Z50m

Bands emerging from the punk era who carved successful careers for themselves throughout the 1980s and 1990s

1998-10-02T21:15:00Z

2x05 The Prog Rock Years

2x05 The Prog Rock Years

  • 1998-10-02T21:15:00Z50m

The rise and fall of progressive rock, focusing on supergroup Yes, and featuring interviews with such luminaries as Keith Emerson, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman

2x06 And God Created Manchester

  • 1998-10-09T21:15:00Z50m

The lives and music of bands who emerged from Manchester over the past 30 years, including Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and Monaco. Featuring a tribute to such local institutions as the Hacienda nightclub and Factory Records.

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