Reggae Britannia

Programmes in the season

1. Reggae Britannia

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   Documentary looking at reggae's influence on British music and society since the 1960s.
   

2. BBC Four Sessions: Reggae Britannia

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   Live concert featuring Big Youth, Ken Boothe, Neville Staple, Ali Campbell and others.
   

3. Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae

   Documentary chronicling the rocksteady era of Jamaican music, which led to reggae.
   

4. Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul

   Film telling the story of one of the most influential Jamaican artists, Toots Hibbert.
   

5. Reggae at the BBC

   With Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown and more.
   

6. Old Grey Whistle Test:
   Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

   The Cimarons, Winston Groovy, Dennis Alcapone, the Marvels, Nicky Thomas and the Pioneers.
   

7. Rock Goes to College: The Specials

   The Specials perform at the Colchester Institute in 1979, playing hits such as Gangsters.
   

8. Storyville: Rise Up Reggae Star

   Three young Jamaican reggae artists fight to rise up from obscurity and into history.
   

9. Babylon

   Drama about a young black man living Brixton in 1980 who fronts a dub sound system.
   

10. Glastonbury 2010: Toots and the Maytals

    Mark Radcliffe introduces a set from Jamaica's Toots and the Maytals.
    

11. Arena: Bob Marley Exodus '77

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    Film exploring the impact of the world on Bob Marley and of Bob Marley on the world.