Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Zapsmart: Music on TV and Radio today

12.55 Sky Arts 1 - Arena
Capturing the moment when Arena, Ken Mulcahy and Duran Duran were all at the height of their powers.

4.30 Radio 4 - Great Lives
First of two Neil Innes appearances today; here he's remebering Viv Stanshall.

7.00 6Music - Marc Riley
The big Christmas special, with Jessca Hoop, Guy Garvey and others doing a song each, before gathering together to bellow something festive.

9.30 BBC2 - Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The Who-themed edition, featuring Tennant, Tate, Cribbins and Jo Whiley. Hang about, Whiley was in Terrahawks, not Who, surely?

10.00 BBC 4 - We Need Answers
Has there ever been such a strange pairing on a panel show as Bonzo Dogger Neil Innes and former Nev The Bear sidekick Kirsten O'Brien?

10.00 Sky Arts 1 - Kathryn Tickell's Northumbria
Increasingly making BBC4 look like Dave, Sky Arts invites Kathryn Tickell to have a wander round her home county

10.00 Radio 2 - Keeping Tradition Alive At Christmas
Billy Bragg does some West Country carols.

10.30 BBC4 - Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker at last gets a chance to enjoy The Execution Of Gary Glitter in the comfort of his own curiously office-like living room

10.45 BBC2 - The Culture Show: Michael Jackson special
The current BBC2 arts flagship pays tribute to the man who launched their 80s forerunner.

11.45 BBC2 - Michael Jackson Live In Bucharest
From 1992, so still way, way past his best, but not quite as rancid as Five's effort from last night. Why is the scary man being foisted upon us so much this Christmas?

2.00am Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson
It's not so long since Thom Yorke was producing the Christmas Today specials. Now, he's tucked away co-hosting in the middle of the night on Radio 1.


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