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Peter Wagg (PRODUCER):
The launch was spectacular. (...) he's talking in German, and he's telling this joke about lederhosen all in German (...) and then the first music video we played was a German music video. And then Max in English: "And this week's award for the worst TV commercial goes to..." (...)
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TV Times:
Sat 6 Apr, 6.00pm A new rock video series. Among those featured in this programme are Macro Mad, King Kurt and Cabaret Voltaire.
Macro Mad (sic) is actually referring to the German band, Makromad, who someone remembers as being the first video of the first show! The song was "Tausend Tage Fete" (1984).
TV Times mentions that videos from Go West, Bauhaus and Billy Idol were also featured.
Videos:
Supertramp - Cannonball
Waysted - Love Loaded
Heat N Serve - Rats on a Budget
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Hit List - Into the Fire
China Crisis - King in a Catholic Style
Udo Lindenberg - Germans
Divine - Walk Like a Man
Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Supertramp - It's Raining Again
Black Lace - Agadoo
Brian Adams - Heaven
Peter Hardcastle - 19
Videos:
Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure
Madness - Driving in My Car
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Go West - Call Me
The Pale Fountains - Jean's Not Happening
Roger Daltrey - After The Fire
Elton John & Millie Jackson - Act of War
Guest: Roger Daltrey, Talking about Acting, Directing, his Album Under a Raging Moon, Golf, Oscar award.
Videos:
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
Izzy Royal - Coronation Street
The Kinks - Come Dancing
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
Ledernacken - Ich will dich essen
Udo Lindenberg – Germans
Spandau Ballet - Communication
China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style
Madness - Driving in My Car
Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination
Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
Hit List - Into the Fire
S01E06 Sat 11 May, 6.00pm
The Times newspaper, dated Thu 9 May, carried a full-page ad for Channel 4 advertising programme highlights for the weekend.
It reads: "No DJ is safe. It's Rock...Rock...Rock and Roll on Saturday at 6. There are videos galore when Ma...Ma...Max Headroom comes rolling out of Big...Big...Big Time Cable TV, and puts every DJ's job in jeopardy. Intro...ducing Ma...Ma...Madness, China Crisis, Supertramp...tramp...tramp, Spandau...Spandau...Spandau... Roll over all you other DJ's with plastic faces."
Intaferon - Steamhammer Sam
Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?
Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure
Lotus Eaters - It Hurts
Squeeze - Is That Love?
Go Go's - Vacation
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
The first season finale and the first interview for The Max Headroom Show.
Sting Interview Segment 1,
Redskins - Bring It Down,
Sting Interview Segment 2,
A medley of clips from music videos such as:
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook [Robot Clip Version],
- Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria,
- Sid Vicious - My Way,
Sting Interview Segment 3,
Baxters - Handclappin'
