Out of the Frying Pan

Synopsis

Alan Yentob presents a three-part series examining how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument.

As the guitar turns electric, music is changed for ever. The world's first electric guitar had nothing to do with jazz or blues, but Hawaiian-style music and was known as the 'frying pan'.

Yentob continues his investigation from the blues of the Mississippi to the guitar wars of the 1950s, when the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul were battling for supremacy.

Credits

Presenter

Alan Yentob

Participant

Dave Gilmour

Participant

Pete Townshend

Producer

Roger Parsons

Executive Producer

Janet Lee

Broadcasts

1. Sun 12 Oct 2008
   22:20
   BBC One (except Northern Ireland)
2. Sun 12 Oct 2008
   23:20
   BBC One (Northern Ireland only)
3. Fri 17 Oct 2008
   23:30
   BBC Four