大象传媒 Four Autumn 2007
Pop On Trial season
Pop Britannia
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Pop Britannia investigates what makes our pop music "British", from the birth of British pop after the Second World War up until the present day. It examines the growth of big business, generations of youthful revolution, the influence of counterculture and how and when British pop has taken America by storm.
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It also considers the domination of the charts by successive generations of star makers and the fight back by art students with their constantly evolving expressions of pop.
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The series features archive footage and a leading list of contributors including Pete Townshend, Damon Albarn, Sir Cliff Richard, Alex Kapranos, Neil Tennant and Bryan Ferry.
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Pop On Trial
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大象传媒 Four teams up with 大象传媒 Radio 2 to put British pop music in the dock. Pop On Trial scrutinises pop from the Fifties to the present day, reviewing the good, the bad and the ugly music of each period.
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Stuart Maconie presides as three guests per programme debate the relative merits of each era and work towards a final judgement on the best musical decade.
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While the TV panel examines the evidence, listeners to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's Radio 2 show choose their all-time favourite track.
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