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The Tube

Season 5 1986 - 1987

  • 1986-10-31T00:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 1m
  • 21h 3m (24 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Music
The Tube was a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 26 April 1987. It was produced by Tyne Tees Television for Channel 4. The Tube was presented live by hosts including Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash, Muriel Gray, Gary James, Michel Cremona, Felix Howard, Tony Fletcher, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

1986-10-31T00:00:00Z

5x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

5x01 Episode 1

  • 1986-10-31T00:00:00Z1m

Series 5, Episode 1, 31/10/86
New opening titles. Jools and Paula show off the new set.

Jermaine Stewart (live performance)
Nick Cayman (chats with Paula)
The Charts (new presenter Wendy May looks at the new releases)
Trouble Funk (film performance)
MTV (clips from the US music channel)
Cerrone (live performance)
Felix Howard (the young model who’s in various videos by Madonna, Nick Cayman etc)
Bob Geldof (chats with Jools on film)
Gwen Guthrie (live performance)
Spandau Ballet (live performance)
La La La Human Steps (filmed performance)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (live performance)
Gwen Guthrie (live performance again after the show went off air)

1986-11-07T00:00:00Z

5x02 Episode 2

5x02 Episode 2

  • 1986-11-07T00:00:00Z1m

Series 5, Episode 2, 7/11/86

Swing Out Sister (pre-recorded mimed performance)
Curiosity Killed The Cat (chat with Paula)
Big Audio Dynamite (live performance)
MTV (clips from the music channel)
Curiosity Killed The Cat (live performance)
Iggy Pop (chats with Muriel on film)
Lone Justice (live performance)
Magazines (Jools looks at men’s magazines through the years)
Bobby McFerrin (live performance)
Bon Jovi (live performance)

1986-11-14T00:00:00Z

5x03 Episode 3

5x03 Episode 3

  • 1986-11-14T00:00:00Z1m

Series 5, Episode 3, 14/11/86

Felix Howard (new child presenter makes his first appearance)
Madness (pre-recorded mimed performance)
David Lee Roth (chats with Paula on film, in L.A)
Scarlet Fantastic (filmed performance)
Heaven 17 (live performance)
Miles Davis (chats with Jools)
Alan Moore (the comic book artist chats with Paula)
Nick Cave (live performance)
Pati LaBelle (live performance, including 20 minutes extra after the show went off air)

1986-11-21T00:00:00Z

5x04 Episode 4

5x04 Episode 4

  • 1986-11-21T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 4, 21/11/86

Jaki Graham (live performance)
Corinne Drewery (the Swing Out Sister singers chats with Muriel)
Hurrah! (filmed performance)
The Communards (Wendy chats with Jimmy Sommerville and Richard Coles, then live performance)
A Conspiracy of Hope (Jools presents an item on the Amnesty International tour, and chats with Jim Kerr on the phone)
Soul and Funk (film report featuring bands “Habit” and “Yes No People”)
Phil Collins (film interview with Paula)
The Communards (live performance again)
Brilliant Corners (unsigned band, on film)
Alice Cooper (chats with Muriel)
Iggy Pop (live performance)
Bruce Springsteen (film performance)

1986-11-28T00:00:00Z

5x05 Episode 5

5x05 Episode 5

  • 1986-11-28T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 5, 28/11/86

Alison Moyet (live performance)
Christmas Number One (Stan Cullimor and Norman Cook from The Housemartins discuss with Jools what could be No. 1 for Christmas(
The Housemartins (live performance)
Phil Oakey (the Human League frontman chats with Paula)
Stump (new group, filmed performance)
Fashion videos (Felix looks at fashion promos made by designers)
Kevin McDermott (the musician performs and chats with Paula)
Fela Kuti (pre-recorded live performance and chats with Muriel)
The Human League (live performance)
David Hinds and Brinsley Forde (the Steel Pulse and Aswad members chat to Jools about Motown and black music generally)
Alison Moyet (live performance again)

1986-12-05T00:00:00Z

5x06 Episode 6

5x06 Episode 6

  • 1986-12-05T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 6, 5/12/86

Daryl Pandy (chats with Paula)
It Bites (live performance)
Daryl Pandy (live performance)
Morgan-McVey (Felix chats with the pop duo)
The Brothers in Rhythm (live performance)
Westworld (filmed performance)
Siouxsie (chats with Jools on the phone from Argentina)
Freddie McGregor (live performance)
Lee Dorsey (film performance from New Orleans)
Mark E Smith (chats with Jools)
Taxi Tour (reggae amalgamation live performance)

1986-12-12T00:00:00Z

5x07 Episode 7

5x07 Episode 7

  • 1986-12-12T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 7, 12/12/86

Pet Shop Boys (live performance)
Paul McCartney (chats with Felix)
Roland Gift (chats with Paula)
Courtney Pine (chats with Jools then live performance)
Furniture (film report on designer furniture)
Das Psycho Rangers (live performance)
Israel (lengthy film report from Paula, on the music and lifestyle of the region)
Adam Faith (chats with Jools)
Paul McCartney (live performance)

1986-12-19T00:00:00Z

5x08 Episode 8

5x08 Episode 8

  • 1986-12-19T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 8, 19/12/86

Nik Kershaw (live performance)
Smalltown Elephants (unsigned band, filmed performance)
Square Celebrities (Vic Reeves and Jools host a new gameshow)
Tina Turner (film performance and chats with Ian Dury)
12 Bands of Christmas (film of 12 of the unsigned bands the Tube has shown)
Womack & Womack (live performance)
Eric Clapton (clip of upcoming film where he chats with Paula and performs with Phil Collins)
Womack & Womack (live performance again and joined by Jimmy Nail)
Soul (Wendy talks about the surge of soul records in the charts)
Heavy Metal (Paula chats with the deputy editor of Kerrang!)
Nik Kershaw (live performance again)

1987-01-09T00:00:00Z

5x09 Episode 9

5x09 Episode 9

  • 1987-01-09T00:00:00Z1h

In this episode:
Series 5, Episode 9, 9/1/87

Kim Tracey (A psychic chats with Jools)
Pepsi and Shirley (chat with Felix about their new single then mimed performance)
Elizabeth Westwood (the Westworld singer chats with Paula)
The Cardiacs (new band, live performance on film)
Berlin (live performance)
Robert Swan (Jools talks to an explorer who has travelled the world, and Richard Jobson)
Diamanda Galás (live performance)
Siouxsie (chats with Paula)
Julian Cope (live performance)

1987-01-16T00:00:00Z

5x10 Episode 10

5x10 Episode 10

  • 1987-01-16T00:00:00Z1h

Brief Encounter (Paula’s version, on film, with Dr Robert from The Blow Monkeys)
The Christians (live performance)
Timbuk 3 (live performance)
The Bible (filmed performance)
Michelle Shocked (live performance)
Rosie Vela (chats with Muriel)
Jools apologises for swearing on a promo for the Tube on ITV.
Jimmy Forsyth (the photographer chats with Jools)
The Mission (live performance)

1987-01-23T00:00:00Z

5x11 Episode 11

5x11 Episode 11

  • 1987-01-23T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 11, 23/1/87

Jools was not presenting having been suspended for six weeks for the previous week’s swearing incident.

Then Jericho (live performance)
Eddie Kidd (chats to Paula about the Levis advert)
Then Jericho (live performance again)
Nik Kershaw (pre-recorded performance from a few weeks ago)
Morrisey (chats with a new young playwright)
Howlin’ Wilf (live performance)
Bobby Womack (chats with Paula, then live performance)
The Icicle Works (live performance)

1987-01-30T00:00:00Z

5x12 Episode 12

5x12 Episode 12

  • 1987-01-30T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 12, 30/1/87

The Smithereens (live performance)
Patsy Kensit (chats with Paula)
The Bangles (repeat of the film from LA in series one)
Hot House (live performance)
European charts (Paula talks to Basia and Stefanio)
The Smithereens (live performance again)
The Proclaimers (live performance)
Richard Butler (chats with Paula)
Tama Janowitz (the author chats with Muriel)
The Proclaimers (live performance again)
The Psychedelic Furs (live performance)

1987-02-06T00:00:00Z

5x13 Episode 13

5x13 Episode 13

  • 1987-02-06T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 13, 6/2/87

Mantronix (live performance)
Stump (live performance)
Paparazzi (Paula chats to two pap photographers)
XTC (filmed performance)
Luther Vandross (chats with Paula)
Peter Nardini (live performance)
The Rainmakers (live performance)
Boy George (film interview)
Stump (live performance again)

1987-02-13T00:00:00Z

5x14 Episode 14

5x14 Episode 14

  • 1987-02-13T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 14, 13/2/87

Hurrah! (live performance)
Arthur Baker (chats with Paula)
Spandau Ballet (chat with Paula, on film, from the NEC Birmingham, then live performance)
Annie Lennox (chats on the phone to Paula, from Australia)
Greedy Smith (the Mental As Anything singer chats with Paula)
Love and Money (live performance)
Larry Adler (the harmonica player chats with Paula then live performance)
Tom Verlaine (live performance)
Black (live performance)
Hurrah! (live performance again)

1987-02-20T00:00:00Z

5x15 Episode 15

5x15 Episode 15

  • 1987-02-20T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 15, 20/2/87

Los Lobos (live performance)
Erasure (live performance)
Fashion (Felix visits a clothes shop specialising in vintage jackets)
Simply Red (live performance)
Joey Tempest (lead singer of Europe chats with Paula)
Yargo (live performance)
Little Richard (film interview)
Los Lobos (chat with Paula then live performance again)
Terence Trent D’Arby (live performance, TV debut)
Hüsker Dü (film performance)
Erasure (live performance again)

1987-02-27T00:00:00Z

5x16 Episode 16

5x16 Episode 16

  • 1987-02-27T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 16, 27/2/87

Hue and Cry (live performance)
Amateur video competition (the results are announced)
Terence Trent D’Arby (live performance)
Michael Turner (publisher of the Tin Tin books chats with Paula)
David Sanborn (live performance)
Cyndi Lauper (chats with Paula)
Local Election Results (spoof item with Vic Reeves)
Cyndi Lauper (live performance)

1987-03-06T00:00:00Z

5x17 Episode 17

5x17 Episode 17

  • 1987-03-06T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 17, 6/3/87

Jools returns….

U2 (chat with Paula via satellite)
Mick Hucknall (chats with Jools)
Simply Red (live performance)
Nightshift (new band, film performance)
Shelleyan Orphan (live performance)
Robert Cray (chats with Jools)
Gail Ann Dorsey (live performance)
Shelleyan Orphan (live performance again)
Bad News (the spoof metal band chat with Jools about their new film)
Robert Cray (live performance)

1987-03-13T00:00:00Z

5x18 Episode 18

5x18 Episode 18

  • 1987-03-13T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 18, 13/3/87

Chiefs of Relief (live performance)
Janet Jackson (chats with Paula)
Paul Smith (the designer chats with Jools and two members of Bow Wow about Japanese culture)
Grace Jones (pre-recorded, mimed performance)
Horse (live performance)
Hula (filmed performance)
Chiefs of Relief (live performance again)
Bow Wow (live performance)

1987-03-20T00:00:00Z

5x19 Episode 19

5x19 Episode 19

  • 1987-03-20T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 19, 20/3/87

Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Nasher and Paul chat with Paula about splitting up)
Maxi Priest (live performance)
Liverpool (lengthy film report from Muriel, looking at the bands and culture of the city, featuring Thomas Lang, Alan Bleasdale, Bernard Hill, Perfectly Frank, Brenda & The Beachball, It’s Immaterial, The Sex Gods)
The Comsat Angels (live performance)
Edward Barton (live performance)
The Comsat Angels (live performance again)
David Bowie (film performance)
Maxi Priest (live performance again)

1987-03-27T00:00:00Z

5x20 Episode 20

5x20 Episode 20

  • 1987-03-27T00:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 20, 27/3/87

Unknown Band (Jools and Paula outside the studios welcome a band performing on a flatbed truck – name?)
Voice of the Beehive (live performance)
David Coverdale (interviewed via video)
Colbert Hamilton (live performance)
Johnnie Walker (chats with Jools)
Jean Paul Gaultier (chats with Paula)
That Petrol Emotion (live performance)
David Bowie (interviewed by Jools on film)
Chuck Brown (live performance)

In this episode:
Series 6, Episode 21, 3/4/87

Terence Trent D’Arby (chats with Paula)
The Flowerpot Men (live performance)
The Kinks (live performance)
Jools “resigns” and we cut into a spoof of “The Prisoner”. Features Stanley Unwin, Stephen Fry, Siouxsie and the Banshees, John Peel, XTC, Magnum, Hugh Laurie.

1987-04-09T23:00:00Z

5x22 Episode 22

5x22 Episode 22

  • 1987-04-09T23:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 22, 10/4/87

Jools’ last ever Tube.

Sal-N-Pepa (chat with Paula then live performance)
Lionel Richie (chats with Paula, on film)
Aswad (live performance)
Johnny Clegg (the South African Musician chats with Jools)
The Very Things (live performance)
Joe Jackson (live solo performance)
The Smiths (live performance)

1987-04-16T23:00:00Z

5x23 Episode 23

5x23 Episode 23

  • 1987-04-16T23:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 23, 17/4/87

An hour-long compilation of clips from the series.

1987-04-23T23:00:00Z

5x24 Episode 24

5x24 Episode 24

  • 1987-04-23T23:00:00Z1h

Series 5, Episode 24, 24/4/87, last one ever.

Tina Turner (says goodbye to The Tube)
Muriel and Paula present the last episode.
Boy George says goodbye and performs, on film
Paul Young says goodbye.
Fourteen Carrot Soul (live performance)
The Cure (live performance)
Mel & Kim (mimed performance)
Fashion (film report by Jools assisted by Roland Rivron and Hugh Laurie)
Stump (chat with Muriel)
Fourteen Carrot Soul (live performance again)
Billy Bragg, Roland Gift, Kirk Brandon and U2 say goodbye
Mark Miwurdz says goodbye
Duran Duran (live performance)
“The Hard” says goodbye
Mel & Kim (mimed performance again)
The Cure (live performance again)
Paula presents a final goodbye as the show ends

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