Legends

Legends

2006
★★★☆☆ 5.0/10
📺 6 Seasons
🎬 30 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Documentary
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

Seasons

Season 1
2006 • 1 Episode
Season 2
2007 • 14 Episodes
Season 3
2008 • 4 Episodes
Season 4
2009 • 5 Episodes
In 1965, the Motown Revue - that label’s first UK tour - played to half-empty venues and was nicknamed ‘The Ghost Tour’ despite an incredible line-up that included Little Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, and Smokey Robinson. Young, sharp black Americans from Detroit zig-zagged across small-town provincial Britain as the country awoke from its post-war slumber and entered the swinging Sixties. Motown and the UK had a life-changing impact on each other. All interviewees were a part of the original events, including Paul McCartney, Motown Revue artists such as Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Martha Reeves, and British fans who experienced it all.
Season 5
2010 • 5 Episodes
Season 6
2011 • 1 Episode
Portrait of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, who had success in the 70s with albums like Jailbreak, but were hit by drug and alcohol problems that led to the death of founder Phil Lynott.

Network

BBC Four

Production

Iambic Productions, BBC Cymru Wales