Reggae Britannia - tonite, 9pm, BBC4

[eFestivals]

Make sure you catch this tonight!!

And to get you in the mood, today's Sunshine Session on eFestivals Radio from 3pm-5pm will feature a strong British theme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/seasons/reggaebritannia/

Reggae Britannia

Friday 9pm BBC Four

Documentary looking at reggae's influence on British music and society since the 1960s.

BBC Four Sessions: Reggae Britannia BBC Four Sessions: Reggae Britannia

Friday 10.30pm BBC Four

Live concert featuring Big Youth, Ken Boothe, Neville Staple, Ali Campbell and others.

Old Grey Whistle Test: Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival Old Grey Whistle Test:

Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

Friday 12midnight BBC Four

The Cimarons, Winston Groovy, Dennis Alcapone, the Marvels, Nicky Thomas and the Pioneers.

Rock Goes to College: The Specials Rock Goes to College: The Specials

Saturday 00.45am BBC Four

The Specials perform at the Colchester Institute in 1979, playing hits such as Gangsters.

[The Nal]

All over this. Pity Sky haven’t added BBC4 to their main channels yet so I cant f**king record it!

[The Nal]

I thought if you got Sky, you could get all the Freeview channels... which BBC4 is one of... isn't it?

[Steve P]

All over this. Pity Sky haven’t added BBC4 to their main channels yet so I cant f**king record it!

[The Nal]

how about the 'manual record' option?

[ampersand]

Don’t think there is one, cant browse really, pause, rewind it either. Same for all the ITV channels.

[Alcatraz]

Cheers for the reminder

[5co77ie]

I've knocked tonight's archery practice on the head - and just settled down to watch this.

[Paul ™]

Just watching the repeat on BBC4

[eFestivals]

I thought the documentary was OK, but there were a few glaring omissions of big hitters within the UK reggae scene.

I loved the concert at the start, with the likes of Dave Barker and Dennis Alcapone and Ken Boothe .... but they spoilt it at the end with Ali Campbell doing his lightweight versions of the classics.

Great viewing all the same.

[Alcatraz]

Yeah the Documentary wasn't as good as I was expecting. I am really looking forward to the Toots and the Maytals Doc next Friday now

[timespeedsup]

Caught most of it when finally home from work. & it was very watchable until the long day got the better of me [no sleep icon???]

I thought the documentary was OK, but there were a few glaring omissions of big hitters within the UK reggae scene.

[Alcatraz]

That and then a general BBC archive reggae program.

Edited February 13, 2011 by Alcatraz