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French and Saunders, in the pub.
Jools introduces Leslie Ash who was standing in for Paula while she was on maternity leave.
Billy Bragg (live performance)
Paul Young (clip from previous appearance)
The Eurythmics (interviewed by Leslie)
Mick Jagger (interviewed by Jools, on film)
Tina Turner (live performance)
Swansway (new band performing “Soul Train” on film)
Rock Family Trees (Muriel interviews author of a new book)
Public Image Ltd (live performance)
More French and Saunders
The Eurythmics (live performance)
Jools with some fireworks, then an introduction of Tony Fletcher who is standing in for Leslie, who is in hospital.
Kitchenware Records (film report on the indie label, plus performances by “Hurrah!”, “The Daintees”, “Prefab Sprout”)
Rough Trade (film report on the indie label)
French and Saunders (in the pub again)
Tracie Young’s video top 10 (with Jools)
Elvis Costello (interviewed by Tony)
SPK (live performance)
Jonathan Perkins Silver Spurs (live performance)
Eddie Grant (live/mimed performance)
Elvis Costello (live performance)
Seventeen magazine (Muriel does a piece on teen magazines)
Ray Davies (interviewed by Leslie and Jools in the pub)
Gerry Anderson (interviewed by Jools, on film. Behind the scenes shooting “Terrahawkes”)
The Assembly (live performance)
The Fixx (live performance)
Mick Jagger and Julian Temple (showing of the controversial video for the Rolling Stones “Undercover of the Night”, and interview with Mick and Julian)
Carmel (live performance)
Wham! (interviewed by Tony)
The Call (live performance)
Imagination (live performance)
Ozzy Osbourne (interviewed by Jools in the pub)
Ready Steady Go! (piece on the 60s music show)
The Yardbirds (interview by Leslie with their manager, Simon Napier-Belle)
R.E.M (live performance)
Dr John (live performance in the foyer)
Wham! (live/mimed performance)
ZZ Top (live performance)
Gary Crowley (interviewed by Leslie)
Paul Young (interviewed by Leslie and Jools)
John Peel (interviewed by Gary James)
Marc Bolan (film report, interview with Ringo Starr, interview with Micky Finn)
The Fall (live performance)
The Europeans (live performance)
The Style Council (live performance)
Boy George (Jools chats to him in the phone)
Hull (film report by Jools with performances by “Red Guitars”, “Indians in Moscow”, “Luddites”, “International Rescue”)
Divine (interview by Muriel, then live performance)
Icicle Works (live performance)
David Bowie (on film, interview with Jools about Ziggy Stardust)
The Pretenders (live performance)
Gary Holton (from “Auf Wiedersehen Pet”, interviewed by Leslie then live performance)
Cucumber Videos (Muriel interviews the two creators of the video production company)
Ian Dury (live performance)
Mark Miwordz (Item about sex)
Natural Ites (live performance)
Mick Jagger (interviewed on film by Jools)
Simple Minds (live performance)
French and Saunders (they finally meet Jools)
The Inspirational Choir (live performance)
Fashion (film report from Leslie, interviewing fashion designers Michelle Hoggard and Peter Leathers)
Killing Joke (live performance)
Paul McCartney (interviewed by Leslie, on film)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (live performance)
Echo & The Bunnymen (live performance)
Christmas episode. No live bands or audience but Jools and Leslie do live links between items.
New York (film report by Jools and Leslie on “A Day In The Night Of New York". Visits to Danceteria and The Roxy night clubs)
Billy Bragg (pre-recorded live performance)
Tina Turner (pre-recorded live performance, 40 mins)
Compilation episode for New year
John Lennon (home movie film)
The Colourfield (filmed performance)
Shillelagh Sisters (live performance)
Stevie Wonder (interviewed in the US by Jools, on film)
Gang of Four (live performance)
Alexis Korner (item on the late DJ)
Judas Priest (live performance) ** See below
The following have been removed due to copyright:
Big Country - "Wonderland" video
The Police - "King of Pain"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
Judas Priest
Computer games (a look at the latest)
Marc Almond (interviewed by Leslie)
Cocteau Twins (live performance)
Marc and Mambas (live performance)
Duran Duran (interviewed at the NEC by Leslie, on film)
The Cult (live performance)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Full showing of the “Relax” video and discussion about the BBC banning the song)
Geisha Girls (interviewed by Jools, showing of new video)
Orchestre Jazira (live performance)
Echo and the Bunnymen (showing of extra track from previous live performance, recorded after the show went off air)
The Copeland Brothers (Jools interviews Miles, Leslie interviews Stewart and Jools interviews Ian in the US, on film. Also a showing of a performance by Yip Yip Coyote)
New Model Army (live performance)
The Alarm (live performance)
Dance Special
Leslie introduces a tea dance in the foyer, then throws over to Jools who is live at the Hacienda in Manchester.
Marcel (live performance at the Hacienda)
Morrisey (interviewed by Gary)
JB’s Allstars (live performance)
Tony Wilson (boss of Factory Records, interviewed by Tony. Paul Morley, boss of ZTT Records, also appears)
Martin Fry (interviewed by Jools)
Robots (Leslie interviews the man who created the robots used in Herbie Hancock’s “Rocket” video. Herbie also appears)
Factory Allstars (live performance of the mega-band of Factory artistes)
Pat Phoenix & Tony Booth (Corrie stars interviewed by Jools)
Graham Gouldman (briefly interviewed by Gary)
Madonna (first ever live/mimed performance in the UK)
Herbie Hancock (live performance)
French and Saunders (“Guest” presenters)
Jaguar cars (Film report with fashion and style expert, Peter York. Jools drives several cars, plus a visit to the factory)
60s girl singers (short piece by Jools and Peter York again)
Sade (live performance)
Pete Burns (Muriel interviews the Dead Or Alive singer)
Swansway (live performance)
Holly Johnson (Leslie interviews the Frankie singer)
The Colourfield (live performance)
Sade (live performance again. Unusually, the band come back on stage after the show has gone off air, doing one different song but performing “Your Love Is King” again, which they had done earlier)
French & Saunders (Guest presenters “Janice” and “Carol” talk to the crowd queuing to get in)
Artwork (Muriel talks to artist Alan Dick about his paintings of rock and pop stars)
Worst records (Gary runs down the top ten worst records of all time)
Kool and the Gang (live performance)
Jools talks to “Janice” and “Carol” and also Leslie, who is in Nassau.
The Thompson Twins (live performance)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (live performance)
Leslie talks on the phone to Jools, who’s in Jamaica
Alexei Sayle also talks to Jools
Big Country (Muriel interviews the band, on film)
Alexei Sayle’s “cousin”, Vladimir Picnic, interviewed by Muriel.
Fiction Factory (live performance)
Guitars (Tony talks to collector Paul Day)
Gary Moore (live performance)
Billy Mackenzie (the Associates singer interviewed by Leslie in Dundee, on film)
Big Country (live performance, 35 mins)
Clip from “Curse of the Pink Panther”, which Leslie was in, Burt Kwouk appears in the studio.
Jeff Weston (interview about Hi-Energy music)
Miquel Brown (live performance)
China Crisis (live performance)
Edinburgh (film report by Leslie and Jools, featuring the bands “Paul Haig”, “Hey! Elastica”, “Bourgie Bourgie”, "The Twinsets")
Aswad (live performance)
Neil Kinnock (brief interview about being in Tracey Ullman’s video)
Big Country (clip of last week’s performance)
The Mint Juleps (acapella group live in the foyer)
French & Saunders (“Janice” and “Carol” fall out…)
‘X’ (live performance on film, from the Whiskey-a-go-go in LA)
Bananarama (live performance)
French & Saunders (Jools sacks “Janice” and “Carol”)
Michael Jackson (behind the scenes film of the video for “Thriller”)
Virgin Dance (live performance)
Berlin (clip from a report about the German city, to be shown next week)
Robbie Coltrane (brief appearance with Jools and Leslie)
Thomas Dolby (live performance)
No live episode this week. Instead, we get two film reports. The fist is an hour long and features Muriel in Berlin. She looks at the music scene in both the West and the East, and we get clips of such bands as “Die Haut”, “Die Arzte”, “Slime”, “Einsturzende Neubauten”, “Jessica”, as well as a chat with Elvis Costello.
The second is a 25-minute filmed report, with Jools interviewing Duran Duran in France.
Spitting Image (Jools meets “The Queen” and other famous “people” throughout the show)
Howard Jones (live performance)
Thor (Leslie interviews the “Heavy Metal Bodybuilder”)
Howard Jones (another live performance)
The Escape Club (live performance)
The Weather Girls (live performance then interviewed by Gary)
The Smiths (live performance)
Madness (live performance)
The Questions (pre-recorded live performance)
Worst records again (Tony runs down another top-ten of bad records)
Bo Diddley (interviewed by Jools)
The Walker Brothers (Scott Walker is interviewed by Muriel)
The Danse Society (live performance)
Steve Dixon (photographer for ID magazine, interviewed by Gary)
Robert Palmer (interviewed by Leslie in Nassau, on film)
Bo Diddley (live performance)
Re-Flex (live performance)
Linton Kwesi Johnson (live performance)
Island Records (lengthy film report about the indie record label. Jools interviews the founder, Chris Blackwell, in Jamaca, and Leslie talks to other people involved in the label from London. We also hear from some artists on the label)
David Gilmour (live performance)
Depeche Mode (live performance)
Propaganda (live performance)
Roddy Frame (interview with the Aztec Camera frontman by Tony at Roddy’s house in Manchester, on film)
Joe Jackson (live performance)
New band (Danza? Dansa? Danzer? Film performance by the band, however you spell it)
Joe Jackson (live performance again)
Paul Young (filmed performance from the Hammersmith Odeon)
The Cure (live performance)
Joe Jackson (returns for another live performance after the show has gone off air)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (live performance)
Steve Dixon (Muriel talks to the ID magazine photographer who shows some of the photos he took on the show a few weeks ago)
The Kane Gang (live performance)
Foffo Spearjig (repeat of the film of “The Hard” from series one)
Spear of Destiny (Tony chats to Kirk Brandon, then they give a live performance)
The Kane Gang (live performance again)
The Montgolfier Brothers (live performance on film)
Tracey Young (live performance)
Jeffrey Osborne (live performance)
