Friday (or Saturday) Night Is Music Night on BBC4 (or BBC2) TV (Page 20 of 20)

FRIDAY 13TH JUNE - BBC4

An evening celebrating "Jones The Voice"...

21:00 - Tom Jones At The BBC
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the start of his pop career in the mid-60s to Later... with Jools Holland in 2010 and all points in between.

21:55 - Tom Jones In Concert 1971
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the start of his pop career in the mid-60s to Later... with Jools Holland in 2010 and all points in between.

22:50 - Glastonbury 2009
Sir Tom Jones wows them at Worthy Farm in the teatime slot on the Pyramid Stage. Featuring Delilah, It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat?, Kiss, Sex Bomb and Unbelievable.

23:50 - 00:50 - Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me
In this personal journey through his formative years in south Wales in the 1950s, Tom Jones takes us on a trip through the decade of his childhood and adolescence, the years that shaped his ambition, his talent and his tastes and that witnessed an explosion of popular culture and the sweeping aside of the old order.
Television, the movies, the radio and - most importantly - the music of the first rock 'n' roll years give us a unique insight into both the country and the decade that would shape Tom's talent and, in the 60s, make him a star. Tom Jones's 1950s in Pontypridd are told first hand by the man himself as he travels back to his birthplace.
Tom's take on the decade is amplified and explored by a Greek chorus of contributors who share their account of their 50s. Joan Bakewell, Katherine Whitehorn and Michele Hanson share their experiences both as women and from differing class backgrounds, historians Alwyn Turner, Martin Johnes, Francis Beckett and Tony Russell draw the social and political landscape of a rapidly changing decade, while musicians Bruce Welch, Clem Cattini, Marty Wilde and Tom McGuinness talk of how that decade began their musical journeys and changed their lives forever, all illustrated by a rich seam of archive that captures a decade we mostly saw in black and white.
The result is a rich mix of humour, confession and reflection - all brought to life by Tom Jones himself, our guide through the lives and times of a young generation struggling to find its own voice.