At the BBC
At the BBC is a program about music on BBC4. Enjoy the Thrill of It All and Dance Away the evening for this dive into the BBC’s archives to look over some of the finest performances from both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 35 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2025.
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At the BBC
Enjoy the Thrill of It All and Dance Away the evening for this dive into the BBC’s archives to look over some of the finest performances from both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.
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Compilation of classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s, including Status Quo, The Who, Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Benson and Link Wray.
Compilation of BBC performances featuring guitarists such as Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, The Edge, Peter Green, John Martyn, Pentangle and Paco Pena.
Compilation of BBC performances featuring guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Peter Green, Johnny Winter, Manitas De Plata, Ry Cooder, Angus Young and Paul Kossoff.
August 2025
Spend an hour in the company of musical innovator Van Morrison in this vintage compilation of his most memorable BBC performances.
Performances by celebrated pianists, including Benno Moiseiwitsch, Solomon, Myra Hess, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Alfred Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida and Stephen Hough.
John Thomson looks back at the life and work of his friend and comedy colleague Caroline Aherne. Clips include rarely seen routines from Caroline’s days on the stand-up circuit.
Turn back time on a journey through the BBC archives to celebrate singing superstar Cher with a selection of songs and chat show moments featuring many of the her greatest hits.
July 2025
A celebration of the hits of one of the greatest and biggest-selling stars of all time that looks back Whitney Houston’s best performances at the BBC.
A look back at a selection of magical Madonna moments on various BBC shows, from her first Top of the Pops appearance with Holiday in 1984 right up to the present day.
A collection of performances from one of the greatest singers and live performers in modern music - the legendary Tina Turner.
A trip through the archives that serves up an hour of killer Queen material, featuring some of the band's greatest musical moments ever delivered to our screens.
A look back through the BBC’s archives with the man who, against all odds, went from being the drummer in Genesis to one of the biggest solo performers of the 1980s and 90s.
June 2025
In a personal journey through his formative years in south Wales in the 1950s, Tom Jones takes us on a trip through the decade of his childhood and adolescence.
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the start of his pop career in the mid-60s to Later... with Jools Holland in 2010 and all points in between.
The BBC celebrates the Forces' Sweetheart with a look back through the archives at some of her favourite performances and biggest hits.
May 2025
A musical celebration for International Pride Month, with a collection of the BBC’s archives' biggest stars - including Kylie, Elton John and Lady Gaga.
A selection of some of Elaine Paige's best-loved songs and finest performances at the BBC, including huge hits like Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, Memory and I Know Him So Well.
March 2025
Archive journey through Eric Clapton's live performances at the BBC, including The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominoes.