Rock & Roll (miniseries)
Rock & Roll (U.S. title) or Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History (U.K. title) is a 1995 American-British documentary miniseries about the history of rock and roll music produced by the BBC and WGBH.
| Rock & Roll | |
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| Also known as | Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History (U.K. title) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Narrated by | Liev Schreiber |
| Opening theme | "Purple Haze" performed by Jimi Hendrix |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Elizabeth Deane |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Thomson |
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| Budget | US$8 million[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | September 24 – September 28, 1995 |
| Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History | |
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| Also known as | Rock & Roll (U.S. title) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Narrated by | Sean Barrett |
| Opening theme | "Dancing in the Street" performed by Martha and the Vandellas |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Elizabeth Deane |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Thomson |
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| Budget | US$8 million[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | June 15 – August 17, 1996 |
The music critic Robert Palmer was chief consultant on the series[2] which received a Peabody Award.[3]
On PBS, funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS viewers, Experience Music Project (5 years prior to opening), the National Endowment for the Arts, RadioShack (promoting its then-sponsorship of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum) and Boston Beer Company.
See also
- The History of Rock 'n' Roll, 1995 miniseries
References
- McCrummen, Stephanie (May 29, 1995). "Rock 'n roll pilgrimage: PBS's big fall series looks at the music from artists' perspective". Current.
- O'Connor, John J. (September 25, 1995). "Television Review; Once More, Remembering When Rock Was Young". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- "Rock & Roll". Peabody Awards.
External links
- Rock & Roll on IMDb
- Dancing in the Street on IMDb
- PBS Rock & Roll' site (archived)
- WGBH Special Collections
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