The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
Magenta Devine narrates a programme focusing on the music of the New Romantics, a movement born from the London club scene at the beginning of the 80s.
Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Marilyn, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, ABC... At the dawn of the 80s, a whole host of strangely dressed men in make-up burst forth onto the music scene brandishing synthesisers and kicking against the visual ugliness of punk.
They came mainly from the London club scene, led by gender-bending host Steve Strange and pioneering electronic DJ Rusty Egan, and conquered the charts with classic tracks such as Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, To Cut a Long Story Short, Kings of the Wild Frontier, Planet Earth, Fade to Grey, Calling Your Name and Poison Arrow.
Magenta Devine narrates this gay and colourful behind-the-scene documentary of sex and drugs and frocks and hair-rollers, which includes interviews with Boy George, Gary Kemp, Adam Ant, Nick Rhodes, Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Marilyn, Jonathan Ross, Caryn Franklin, Fiona Bruce and Robert Elms.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00
Lena Horne
A Fine Romance聽
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00:00
Adam and the Ants
Prince Charming聽
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00:01
David Bowie
Boys Keep Swinging
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00:02
David Bowie
Starman
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00:03
Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant聽
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00:03
Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
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00:03
Adam and the Ants
Prince Charming
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00:03
The Specials
Ghost Town
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00:04
David Bowie
'Heroes'
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00:06
The Human League
Mirror Man聽
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00:06
The Specials
Ghost Town
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00:07
David Bowie
'Heroes'
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00:07
Kraftwerk
The Model聽
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00:08
Spandau Ballet
The Freeze聽
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00:08
Adam Ant
Ant Rap聽
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00:08
Duran Duran
Careless Memories聽
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00:08
The Human League
Mirror Man
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00:10
Japan
Quiet Life聽
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00:11
Adam and the Ants
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
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00:12
Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
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00:13
David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes
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00:13
Japan
Quiet Life (7" Version)
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00:14
Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
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00:15
Visage
Fade To Grey
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00:17
Depeche Mode
Everything Counts聽
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00:18
Visage
Fade To Grey
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00:18
Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short聽
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00:21
Ultravox
痴颈别苍苍补听
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00:23
Culture Club
It's A Miracle聽
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00:23
Ultravox
Vienna
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00:24
Adam and the Ants
Goody Two Shoes聽
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00:24
Adam Ant
Goody Two Shoes
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00:25
Culture Club
It's A Miracle
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00:25
ABC
The Look Of Love
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00:27
Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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00:28
ABC
The Look Of Love
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00:29
Adam and the Ants
Ant Music聽
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00:29
Adam and the Ants
Antmusic
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00:29
Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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00:31
Duran Duran
Planet Earth聽
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00:33
Depeche Mode
New Life聽
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00:33
Duran Duran
Planet Earth
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00:34
Soft Cell
Tainted Love
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00:35
ABC
Poison Arrow聽
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00:35
Depeche Mode
New Life
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00:36
Classix Nouveaux
Is It A Dream聽
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00:36
A Flock of Seagulls
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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00:37
Culture Club
Time (Clock of the Heart)聽
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00:37
Culture Club
Time
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00:37
ABC
Poison Arrow
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00:38
Culture Club
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me聽
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00:39
A Flock of Seagulls
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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00:42
Soft Cell
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
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00:39
Marilyn
Calling Your Name聽
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00:43
Spandau Ballet
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
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00:45
Gary Numan
Please Push No More聽
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00:43
Culture Club
Victims
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00:48
Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
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00:48
Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Magenta Devine |
Producer | Sharon Walker |
Director | Sharon Walker |
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