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Revolver

1978-05-20 Reality 7

Revolver is a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978. It was produced by ATV. The series producer was Mickie Most, who was inspired to make the programme after he saw an interview with Top of the Pops' producer Robin Nash, in which he boasted that TOTP was a music programme that the whole family could enjoy together. Most set out to make a show which was the antithesis of that, and which featured live music performances most closely related to the then emergent Punk rock and New Wave music scenes - though it also included other more mainstream artists such as Kate Bush, Dire Straits and Lindisfarne. The official host of the programme was Chris Hill, but it is remembered more for the contributions of Peter Cook. Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show was supposedly taking place, and frequently made disparaging remarks about the acts appearing.

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Revolver is a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978. It was produced by ATV. The series producer was Mickie Most, who was inspired to make the programme after he saw an interview with Top of the Pops' producer Robin Nash, in which he boasted that TOTP was a music programme that the whole family could enjoy together. Most set out to make a show which was the antithesis of that, and which featured live music performances most closely related to the then emergent Punk rock and New Wave music scenes - though it also included other more mainstream artists such as Kate Bush, Dire Straits and Lindisfarne. The official host of the programme was Chris Hill, but it is remembered more for the contributions of Peter Cook. Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show was supposedly taking place, and frequently made disparaging remarks about the acts appearing.

  • First Aired
    1978-05-20
  • Last Aired
    1978-09-02
  • Creator
    Mickie Most
  • Genre
    Reality, News
  • Seasons
    1
  • Episodes
    8
  • Status
    Ended
  • Language
    English
  • Network
    ITV1

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  • Season 1
Episode 1

1. Episode 1

XTC perform This Is Pop, there's a rare live performance from Kate Bush, singing Them Heavy People, a ...More
XTC perform This Is Pop, there's a rare live performance from Kate Bush, singing Them Heavy People, a very funny, (if you're not Dutch), novelty song by John Dowie & The Policemen called British Tourist, reggae from Steel Pulse, performing Ku Klux Klan, plus two songs each from The Rich Kids and headliners The Tom Robinson Band.Less
1978-05-20
Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Headliners The Boomtown Rats sing Like Clockwork and She's So Modern. The Stranglers perform Tank and ...More
Headliners The Boomtown Rats sing Like Clockwork and She's So Modern. The Stranglers perform Tank and Curfew. Also on the bill are Punk Rock performances from The Autographs, The Lurkers, and The Boyfriends, plus Hi-Tension and Kandidate.Less
1978-07-22
Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Headliners Ian Dury & The Blockheads perform What a Waste and, Billericay Dickie. The Vibrators are he...More
Headliners Ian Dury & The Blockheads perform What a Waste and, Billericay Dickie. The Vibrators are here with Judy Says (Knock You In The Head). We get two songs from The Buzzcocks, Noise Annoys and Love You More, and Siouxsie & The Banshees do Hong Kong Garden. Bonnie Tyler performs on video plus performances by The Roy Hill Band, and unsigned band Sore Throat.Less
1978-07-29
Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Headliners Elvis Costello & The Attractions give us This Year's Girl and Radio Radio. From Nick Lowe, ...More
Headliners Elvis Costello & The Attractions give us This Year's Girl and Radio Radio. From Nick Lowe, with Rockpile, there's Heart of the City and They Call it Rock. Fay Fife and The Rezillos perform Top of the Pops. There's reggae from Matumbi, singing Empire Road, plus Forget About You by The Motors (with The Dodgers) and two from unsigned Brent Ford & The Nylons, (not the a cappella group).Less
1978-08-05
Episode 5

5. Episode 5

The Jam are onboard, with David Watts and 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street. Dire Straits perform Sultans of ...More
The Jam are onboard, with David Watts and 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street. Dire Straits perform Sultans of Swing. The Fabulous Poodles are here, with Morning Star, and The Boomtown Rats are back, with Don't Believe What You Read. On tape, Beat-Club regulars Julie Driscoll, Brian Augur & The Trinity perform This Wheel's On Fire, from a 1968 edition of Top of the Pops, plus reggae from Jab Jab, and two tunes from Kool & The Gang clones Heatwave.Less
1978-08-12
Episode 6

6. Episode 6

The Motors, The Shirts, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Steve Gibbons Band, Goldie, Patrick Fitzgerald, Suz...More
The Motors, The Shirts, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Steve Gibbons Band, Goldie, Patrick Fitzgerald, Suzi QuatroLess
1978-08-19
Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Eddie Kidd, X Ray Spex, Roy Hill Band, Lindisfarne, Merger, Cgas 5, Eddie & The Hotrods
Eddie Kidd, X Ray Spex, Roy Hill Band, Lindisfarne, Merger, Cgas 5, Eddie & The HotrodsLess
1978-08-26
Episode 8

8. Episode 8

David Coverdale & Whitesnake, The Tourists, The Rich Kids, The Only Ones, The Showbiz Kids, The Darts
David Coverdale & Whitesnake, The Tourists, The Rich Kids, The Only Ones, The Showbiz Kids, The DartsLess
1978-09-02

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