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by Geoff_W » Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:46 pm
Just a quick heads up, BBC4 is showing the Shadows at 60 once again this coming Friday 29th October at 9pm.
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by drakula63 » Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:15 pm
This is good news... but it sort of highlights the fact that it perhaps wasn't a good idea calling it 'The Shadows at 60'. It was really 'Apache at 60' anyway. A shame they couldn't have just called it 'The Story of the Shadows' or simply 'The Shadows'. Still, it's a great doco and always worth watching. Glad it's on again.
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by Iain Purdon » Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:00 pm
We all have degrees in hindsight. In defence of the programme maker, The Shadows first grabbed public attention by topping the charts in 1960, rather as the Beatles did in 1963. And broadcasters aim at the general audience rather than people like us!
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by JimN » Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:51 pm
drakula63 wrote:This is good news... but it sort of highlights the fact that it perhaps wasn't a good idea calling it 'The Shadows at 60'. It was really 'Apache at 60' anyway. A shame they couldn't have just called it 'The Story of the Shadows' or simply 'The Shadows'. Still, it's a great doco and always worth watching. Glad it's on again.
There was the precedent of the one hour BBC radio documentary "Me And My Shadows" (TX BBC R2, 2 February 1998).
Narrated by Cliff Richard.
Still available if anyone needs it.
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by drakula63 » Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:13 pm
Iain Purdon wrote:We all have degrees in hindsight. In defence of the programme maker, The Shadows first grabbed public attention by topping the charts in 1960, rather as the Beatles did in 1963. And broadcasters aim at the general audience rather than people like us!
At the time, I thought it was a slightly misleading title, as it was not really sixty years of the Shadows as such. I'm sure one or two people did voice similar thoughts on here at the time. I'm also not sure that adding the '60 years of...' prefix would have got more people to watch. It was 'Apache at 60' if anything. I enjoyed the documentary, but I would dispute that the title was accurate or appropriate. I'd have called it "No Shadows... no Beatles"
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by Teflon » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:03 pm
JimN wrote:
There was the precedent of the one hour BBC radio documentary "Me And My Shadows" (TX BBC R2, 2 February 1998).
Narrated by Cliff Richard.
Still available if anyone needs it.
Do you know where it's available from?
Cheers,
Cliff
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by JimN » Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:47 pm
Teflon wrote:JimN wrote:
There was the precedent of the one hour BBC radio documentary "Me And My Shadows" (TX BBC R2, 2 February 1998).
Narrated by Cliff Richard.
Still available if anyone needs it.
Do you know where it's available from?
Cheers,
Cliff
Of course I do.
Send me a PM.
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by fzrsew49 » Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:44 am
Good morning Cliff, BBC 4 2100 hrs Friday 29 th October 2021 Stewart
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by drakula63 » Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:17 am
I remember the BBC did a radio documentary in 1978, primarily to celebrate Cliff's 20th, but the Shadows featured too. I can't remember what it was called, but I think it was in several parts. They played Love De Luxe and Cliff was very enthusiastic about it. It was also on this programme that (I think) Bruce talked about getting the mobile studio in and recording Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Might be wrong about that. Also have fond memories of Cliff's Rock n' Roll Juvenile concert, which was recorded and broadcast on Radio 1, I think. Cliff and the Shads have a long history with the BBC.
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by Iain Purdon » Fri Oct 29, 2021 5:02 pm
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