The Tube S05E08
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: 8. 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)
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