The Tube S02E18
Seminal live music show from the 1980s on Channel 4 in the UK. Famed for having the biggest music acts of the day performing live in the Tyne Tees Television studios, and for breaking artistes that went on to become household names. Presented by Jools Holland and Paula Yates, along with a number of other presenters (some unknown at the time), the show ran for five series from 1982 to 1987. An episode guide can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/thetubeepisodeguide/home In this episode: 18. Series 2, Episode 18, 24/2/84 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)Again, no captions, including closing titles, in this episode.
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