The thread title has now been amended to include BBC4, so feel free to include any discussions about BBC4 here as well as Sky Arts.
Quite a decent run of programmes this evening on Sky Arts....a Barry Gibb "Songwriters" (apparently a repeat, but one I missed before), Mystery Girl: Unraveled (which I now discover I have on the DVD of the Mystery Girl 2014 deluxe), and another showing of the Stones' 2013 Hyde Park gig (that I keep meaning to watch). EG.
Zappa, Beefheart and King Crimson, all discussed in 30 minutes. Not sure who this is aimed at, but obviously not hard-core fans. Music Icons
A double bill of one of my favourite 90's bands is on Sky Arts tonight. Classic Albums is focused on Suede's Coming Up album. Their Royal Albert Hall concert is also on tonight. I know that has been shown before but I haven't seen it so I have timed that in.
Easy Listening hits tonight on 4: Easy Listening Hits At The BBC - S1 - Episode 1: Easy Listening Hits at the BBC ...and it's Emmylou night: Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well Timeshift: Emmylou Harris's 10 Commandments of Country - S7 Emmylou Harris - Old Grey Whistle Test Special Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou
All this plus Seal in the Songwriters series! BBC4's Emmylou night is also great for anyone who's not seen those before. Highly recommend the doc about the Trio project. Not forgetting the final (80s) part of C5's Favourite Hits series....1989 tonight! EG.
Paul Simon's 1991 Central Park concert will be broadcast on Sky Arts on Saturday. I used to have this on VHS and, at least in the UK, has never been released on dvd, so I welcome this broadcast.
I used to watch/record Sky Arts avidly although haven't had much chance in the past couple of years. Something I noticed was a tendency to repeat material a lot (I mean A LOT), so on the upside if you miss something keep a look out and it will probably reappear. Plenty of gems and well worth checking the programming each week.
I know it doesn't fit the remit of this thread but there are a 3 programmes about John Lennon on BBC2 tonight: TOTP2: John Lennon Special - an often repeated programme. I do remember a longer TOTP2 which featured Yoko Ono being interviewed. Not sure if this is the same thing. John Lennon: A Life In Ten Pictures - this is a series that focuses on a different person each episode. I quite enjoyed the Freddie Mercury episode so I will give this a go. Imagine: Lennon - The New York Years This is a repeat of a documentary. I have lost count of the various documentaries made about John's solo career but they are usually worth a look.
Get used to it. BBC 4 is due to be repeats/archive only, so BBC 2 will pick up the baton for new material.
Not quite so much on tonight....no new episode of Classic Albums or Great Songwriters from Sky Arts, although C5 continue their "Greatest/Favourite Hits Of..." series with 1991. BBC4 sees the start of the 1991 TOTP repeats. EG.
They pile on the adverts on Sky Arts which can be annoying. With Roger Waters Us And Them there was a 4-5 minute advert break after nearly every song.
This is quite often what makes me buy the blu rays / dvds even if the concert is broadcast on Sky Arts. I plan to get the blu ray of Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound of Thunder even though it has been broadcast on Sky Arts quite a lot. I do often cut out the adverts when I know I am going to keep something I have recorded but some of the things I want are often on very late at night or at a time that's not convenient. This is where BBC4 is more preferable to Sky Arts because it doesn't have any ad breaks.
I know what you mean, but I’ve become an expert at zipping through adverts. Just a brief interruption now.
Yes, me too although I have become a little OCD about needing to cut out the adverts. Having said that, it can be really interesting finding recordings of old adverts. My parents still have a VHS tape of the first films we recorded off the TV when we got a video recorder - Star Wars: A New Hope and Superman 2. We had apparently missed one of the ad breaks and it included an advert for George Harrison's album Cloud 9 which had just been released!
And BBC 4 is available on catch-up ! Anyone care to recommend a bargain PVR that would enable me to record Sky Arts from Freeview?
When I had my first video recorder, a lovely Hitachi with the remote on a lead, I noticed a late night showing of a complete Jean Michel Jarre concert. I decided to sit up to record it, so I could edit out the adverts. I was pleased with that. When I viewed the recording the next day, I was more than a little vexed to discover I’d recorded the ads and paused on the concert. Doh!
