Synth Britannia

jim_dangerous · October 16, 2009, 5:35pm

BBCFOUR now, a must see!

Roben · October 16, 2009, 6:33pm

ffs!!! I put sky on at 6pm and looked across channel 4 up until 1am and couldn’t find this.

So p*ssed i’ve missed it, hope there is a repeat!

scott · October 17, 2009, 2:18pm

Try iPlayer

bangthedj · October 17, 2009, 8:43pm

Roben, I’ve got a copy if you can’t get it on iPlayer. Just DM me, and I’ll send you a link.

howiegroove · October 19, 2009, 1:22pm

what was it?

Roben · October 20, 2009, 4:54am

[quote]bangthedj (10/17/2009)[hr]Roben, I’ve got a copy if you can’t get it on iPlayer. Just DM me, and I’ll send you a link.[/quote]

Hi mate that would be good thankyou!!

If it was played on Channel 4 then it would have a play again on Channel 4’s 4oD, but it’s not there

phil_johnston · October 20, 2009, 8:28am

it was on bbc four… great show… its on iplayer

http://bbc.co.uk/i/n93c4/

howiegroove · October 20, 2009, 9:11am

Whats the name of the show?

Roben · October 20, 2009, 1:42pm

[quote]phil johnston (10/20/2009)[hr]it was on bbc four… great show… its on iplayer

http://bbc.co.uk/i/n93c4/[/quote]

BBC 4!!! That will be why when i was looking across the timelist on channel 4 for the rest of the evening I couldn’t find it then!

DOH

howiegroove · October 21, 2009, 9:09am

hey Jon or anyone, can someone send this to me? since i’m in the states, I cant watch the bbc programming. One more example of how the British are still pissed off at us for the Boston Tea Party.

josephstar · October 21, 2009, 9:20am

can’t watch it also, Im not from the uk

jim_dangerous · October 21, 2009, 2:49pm

It was amazing, plotting the history of the ‘synth’. go here for the torrent files

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=synth+britannia&cat=0

Some of those early pioneers were CRAZY!

Roben · October 21, 2009, 7:27pm

Just finished watching it on iplayer. Amazing! Just a shame they didn’t move into the 90’s.

graham_ginty · October 22, 2009, 12:13pm

Watched this yesterday on iplayer, was a great show indeed and I agree that I just wanted it to go on into the 90’s and talk to Orbital, The Orb and loads of other bands that changed my life!

Also confirmed my belief that Depeche Mode stopped making good records when Vince Clarke left! He was always my fave 80’s pop producer!!

scott · October 23, 2009, 11:23am

Excellent viewing, although I don’t understand why they automatically dismissed the likes of Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Brian Eno right from the get go. Ok, they didn’t share the DIY Punk ethic, but there were some acomplished musicians using synths, also.

You have to respect Vince Clarke’s attitude, though. I thought his simple explaination as to why he left DM was awesome. Loved that.