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The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.
Episode 1Apr 6, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: Makromad - Tausend Tage Fete, Go West - We Close Our Eyes, Bryan Adams - Run to You, Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself, King Kurt - Destination Zululand, Intaferon - Get Out of London, Bahaus - ? (TBC)
Peter Wagg (PRODUCER): The launch was spectacular. (...) he's talking in German, and he's telling this joke about lederhosen all in German (...) and then the first music video we played was a German music video. And then Max in English: "And this week's award for the worst TV commercial goes to..."
A new rock video series. Among those featured in this programme are Makromad, King Kurt and Cabaret Voltaire. Macro Mad (sic) is actually referring to the German band, Makromad, who someone remembers as being the first video of the first show! The song was "Tausend Tage Fete" (1984). TV Times mentions that videos from Go West, Bauhaus and Billy Idol were also featured.
Episode 2Apr 13, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey, Starvation - Starvation, Wreckless Eric - A Pop Song, Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield, Heaven 17 - Let Me Go, Go West - Call Me, Madness - One Step Beyond, Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
Episode 3Apr 20, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: Jean Michel Jarre, Godley and Crème, The Police, The Vapours, Waysted, Joe Jackson, The Cocteau Twins, Chas Jankel
(TBC)
Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 4Apr 27, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: The Untouchables - Free Yourself, Japan - Visions of China, XTC - Making Plans For Nigel, Captain Sensible - Wot, The Colourfield - Castles in the Air, A Flock Of Seagulls, Jimi Hendrix, The Power Station
(TBC)
Episode content to be confirmed, content list derived from http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1985.html
Episode 5May 4, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: Majka Jezowska - Rats On A Budget, Ultravox - Vienna, Nolan Thomas - Yo' Little Brother, Pale Fountains - Jeans Not Happening, The Kinks - Do It Again, King Trigger - River, Belouis Some - Imagination
Episode 6May 11, 1985 · 30mMusic videos: Udo Lindenberg - Germans, Spandau Ballet - Communication, China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style, Madness - Driving in My Car, Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination, Icehouse - Hey Little Girl, Hit List - Into the Fire
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