Rock Family Trees - The Birmingham Beat (documentary)

The Birmingham Beat!

BBC TV documentary narrated by John Peel the programme examining the Midlands rock scene that spawned The Move, Wizzard, Moody Blues and others. Contributors include ELO's Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood.

https://youtu.be/IPTGVCFdcLY

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Music journalist Pete Frame explores the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. Birmingham has produced some of the most successful British pop groups of the last three decades, including the Move, ELO and Wizzard. This programme follows the careers of musicians such as Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Denny Laine and Bev Bevan through their various bands and successes. 


Broadcast on 1 July, 1995.


Part 1:

Part 2: http://youtu.be/zGfj64eI0FE




Part 3: https://youtu.be/goFUYrJdlfc

Part 4: missing

Part 5: https://youtu.be/NK5Xr1N5Whk

Part 6: https://youtu.be/MMhh_TIFt44

Part 7: https://youtu.be/pO1BYZCXrbs

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Very rare documentary on the Birmingham beat scene of the sixties...featuring all the right talking heads such as Bev Bevan / Roy Wood / Steve Gibbons et al....great clips and some great stories.....


Birmingham beat bands of the sixties - documentary  (part1).

Birmingham beat bands of the sixties  - documentary  (part 2): 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQyBFQHoW4E&feature=share&list=PLYBnP9lW6ZZfJarcPjNZ1efE-H57M9vJi