Storyville
Season 27 Episode 11 - 8 Bar: The Evolution of Grime
They called it young black kids’ punk rock - a genre that radio stations wouldn’t play and records that labels refused to sell. But grime would not be stopped. With machine-gun lyrics that shred the eardrums and syncopated electronics that pound the chest like a sledgehammer, grime was a product of social unrest, urban culture and disenfranchised youth colliding in early 2000s UK. It didn’t just rouse a grassroots audience, however. Today, grime is surging in popularity all over the globe and widely influencing the music charts. This is the story of the genre’s roots.
Episodes in Season 27
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
67 min
Casa Susanna
93 min
The Spy in Your Mobile
86 min
Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes
74 min
Sex on Screen
78 min
Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944
88 min
Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising
111 min
Blue Bag Life
90 min
In the Name of the Father
89 min
Inside Kabul
30 min
8 Bar: The Evolution of Grime
89 min
iHuman
95 min
Blue Box
78 min
Benjamin, Joshua and The Crown Shyness
92 min
Winning Hearts and Minds
80 min
Tanja: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?
84 min
If the Streets Were on Fire
69 min
Made of Steel: Wheelchair Rugby’s Fiercest Rivalry
76 min
Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra
89 min
Pianoforte
86 min
Songs of Earth
88 min
