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WORK ID: YFA 7406 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
SOUNDS GOOD: EPISODE 0004 | 1985 | 1985-04-11 |
Details
Original Format: 1 inch Colour: Colour Sound: Sound Duration: 24 mins 25 secs Credits: : Musical Director Bob Hartley Production Assistant Jane Mullard Researcher Pennina Barnett, Vernon Grant Reporter Alan Hardwick Director Peter Jones Producer David Lowen Executive Producer Graham Ironside Genre: TV Entertainment Subject: Arts/Culture Entertainment/Leisure |
Summary The fourth edition of this Yorkshire Television series that showcases the best young musicians and dancers in the region presented by Roger Greenwood, Carol Vorderman and Martin Kelner. In this programme Lewis McGee of Huddersfield gets to play his banjo alongside Britain’s No. 1 country singer Tammy Cline, Carol meets two teenage girls from Huddersfield who have create a new dance based around their Indian heritage and culture and Roger heads back to the 1940s to find out why the big band sound of Glenn Miller is proving so popular for pupils of Darfield Foulstone High School in Barnsley. In the final part of the programme the fourth heat of the Sounds Good Breakdance Challenge at Sheffield Polytechnic between the Beat Street Boys from Bradford and Steet Crew from Sheffield. |
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The fourth edition of this Yorkshire Television series that showcases the best young musicians and dancers in the region presented by Roger Greenwood, Carol Vorderman and Martin Kelner. In this programme Lewis McGee of Huddersfield gets to play his banjo alongside Britain’s No. 1 country singer Tammy Cline, Carol meets two teenage girls from Huddersfield who have create a new dance based around their Indian heritage and culture and Roger heads back to the 1940s to find out why the big band...
The fourth edition of this Yorkshire Television series that showcases the best young musicians and dancers in the region presented by Roger Greenwood, Carol Vorderman and Martin Kelner. In this programme Lewis McGee of Huddersfield gets to play his banjo alongside Britain’s No. 1 country singer Tammy Cline, Carol meets two teenage girls from Huddersfield who have create a new dance based around their Indian heritage and culture and Roger heads back to the 1940s to find out why the big band sound of Glenn Miller is proving so popular for pupils of Darfield Foulstone High School in Barnsley. In the final part of the programme the fourth heat of the Sounds Good Breakdance Challenge at Sheffield Polytechnic between the Beat Street Boys from Bradford and Steet Crew from Sheffield.
Title: Yorkshire Television Productions
A montage featuring some of the young people who will feature in this edition performing various musical instruments or dancing.
Title: Sounds Good
Following an introduction by both Roger Greenwood and Carol Vorderman, Roger interviews Tammy Cline from Hull, ‘Britain’s No. 1 Country singer’. She is asked about her interest in rock-and-roll and how she started in country music. Roger then introduces 13-year-old Lewis McGee of Huddersfield who performs with Tammy’s Southern Comfort Band a piece of American Bluegrass on his banjo. The piece over both Roger and Tammy walk over to speak with Lewis about his banjo playing and for Tammy to invite him to perform with her the next time she is in Yorkshire. The sequence ends with Lewis and Tammy performing together the song ‘Rocket Top’.
In another part of the studio Carol Vorderman meets Amerjit Kaur Lally and Helen Masih from Fartown High School in Huddersfield. They are asked about a dance they have created which is based on their Indian culture and about the meanings behind its movements. They go onto talk about the Hindu outfits and jewellery both girls are wearing after which they perform their routine.
Sitting in a chair Roger Greenwood plays the opening bars of ‘Chattanooga Choo-Choo’ on a clarinet. A black and white newsreel featuring bandleader Glenn Miller conducting his orchestra ‘Moonlight Serenade’ changes to Darfield Foulstone High School Big Band from Barnsley performing in the studio another Glenn Miller hit ‘In the Mood’. The performance over Roger invites over trombone player Simon to talk about the band and about what makes the Glenn Miller sound so special.
The programme changes to Carol Vorderman who introduces the fourth heat in the Sounds Good Breakdance Challenge. Inside Sheffield Polytechnic Student Union, presenter Martin Kelner speaks with Ian from Beat Street Boys from Bradford and Nigel from Steet Crew from Sheffield about appearing on television and respecting each other’s crews. The music begins and both crews perform their routine for the crowd who go wild. The routine over Martin speaks with one of the judges Carlos Coba and why the performances were so good. Martin puts him on the spot to pick a winner, he goes for Street Crew.
Back in the studio as Roger Greenwood attempt to talk about next week’s programme as Carol Vorderman tries to play an ancient Indian nose flute. Over the closing credits the Darfield Foulstone High School Big Band performing another big band song.
Credit: Sounds Good was introduced by Roger Greenwood, Carol Vorderman, Martin Kelner
Title: With guests Tammy Cline, Winston Hazel and SMAC 19
And Amerjit Kaur Lally, Helen Masih, Lewis McGee, Darfield Foulstone High School Barnsley
Credit: Musical Director Bob Hartley
Production Assistant Jane Mullard
Researcher Pennina Barnett, Vernon Grant
Reporter Alan Hardwick
Director Peter Jones
Producer David Lowen
Executive Producer Graham Ironside
Title: © Yorkshire Television Ltd. 1985
End title: Yorkshire Television Productions
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