Riverside
Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.
Cast
Seasons & Episodes
E1S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Jan 4, 1982
Guests include New Order and Bow Wow Wow
E2S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Jan 11, 1982
Featuring music from Fad Gadget, dance from Dance Theatre Britannica. And Police star Stewart Copeland as film-maker
E3Episode #1.3
Jan 18, 1982
Mari Wilson and the Imaginations
E4Episode #1.4
Jan 25, 1982
Music from Rip, Rig and Panic and Pauline Black
E5Episode #1.5
Feb 1, 1982
Music from King Sounds and the Israelites and video from Kraftwerk and Thomas Dolby
E6Episode #1.6
Feb 8, 1982
Music from Bauhaus and Pete Shelley on video
E7Episode #1.7
Feb 15, 1982
Music from The Diagram Brothers and Julian Temple talks about his latest film Comic Strip
E8Episode #1.8
Feb 22, 1982
Music from Fire Engines and studio interview with Alice Cooper
E9Episode #1.9
Mar 1, 1982
new video from Steve Strange and Visage
E10Episode #1.10
Mar 8, 1982
Music from Killing Joke and a psychedelic night at the new London club, The Fridge
E11Episode #1.11
Mar 15, 1982
Music from Birthday Party and studio interview with Steve Strange ; and Ian Birch of Smash Hits magazine meets Paul Weller of The Jam and Martin Fry of ABC during a behind, the-scenes look at Top of the Pops
E12Episode #1.12
Mar 22, 1982
Music from The Fixx and eavesdrop on a studio session with Clare Grogan of Altered Images and her producer, Martin Rushent
E13Episode #1.13
Mar 29, 1982
TV premiere of two bands voted for by the viewing audience including China Crisis
E1Episode #2.1
Nov 1, 1982
The Synthesizer, People and Performance - a Riverside special. 1982 has seen an unprecedented number of synthesizer bands reaching high in the pop charts. Presenter Mike Andrews talks to Phil Oakey of Human League and his producer Martin Rushent, Billy Currie of Ultravox, George Martin , legendary Beatles producer currently working with Ultravox, and Brian Eno, original synthesizer player with Roxy Music, and acknowledged influence behind many of today's bands. With video performance from Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Human League and Depeche Mode.
E2Episode #2.2
Nov 8, 1982
'Clothespeak' fashion special
E3Episode #2.3
Nov 15, 1982
Series 1 Revisited: Music from Bauhaus, New Order, Fire Engines
E4Episode #2.4
Nov 22, 1982
Music from Shriekback, Attila the Stockbroker and a studio interview with Psychic TV
E5Episode #2.5
Nov 29, 1982
Music from David Sylvian, Orchestre Jazira and on location with Heaven 17
E6Episode #2.6
Dec 6, 1982
Music from The Higsons and Boy George and Cabaret Voltaire discuss their videos,
E7Episode #2.7
Dec 13, 1982
Music from Rock Goddess, "Heavy Metal Special" featuring Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
E8Episode #2.8
Dec 20, 1982
Music from Danny and the Nogoodniks and Marc Almond of Soft Cell chats to Victoria Studd while cooking his mince pies
E9Episode #2.8
Dec 27, 1982
Model Making - A Riverside Special
E10Episode #2.10
Jan 3, 1983
Music from David Sylvian, Big Country and a visit to the Hacienda Club in Manchester and talk to designer Ben Kelly
E11Episode #2.11
Jan 10, 1983
Music from The Danse Society and an interview and performance from actor, playwright, director Steven Berkoff
E12Episode #2.12
Jan 17, 1983
Music from Animal Nightlife and Mick Karn 's collaboration with Ballet Rambert choreographer Michael Ho
E13Episode #2.13
Jan 24, 1983
Music from The Decorators and The Cure join Nicholas Dixon of the Royal Ballet in a dance experiment.
E14Episode #2.14
Feb 14, 1983
St Valentine's Day special is TV Fetish The fastest video your set will ever see
E15Episode #2.15
Feb 21, 1983
Seagulls on the Cable - A Flock of Seagulls in New York. Riverside presents a complete guide to New York's 27 channels, and takes a closer look at one of them, Music Television (MTV), the world's first 24-hour pop television channel. We catch some of the New Year celebrations on MTV when A Flock of Seagulls shared the top billing with Duran Duran.
E16Episode #2.16
Feb 28, 1983
Music from Sex Gang Children
E17Episode #2.17
Mar 7, 1983
Music from It's Immaterial and Boys from the Blackstuff author Alan Bleasdale
E18Episode #2.18
Mar 14, 1983
Music from Mantis Dance Company with guests 23 Skidoo programme of experimental modern dance, performed to music ranging from live performance by 23 SKIDOO, to a NEIL ARTHUR and STEPHEN LUSCOMBE (Blancmange) composition, to a concerto by BACH.
E1Episode #3.1
Sep 5, 1983
Music from The Armoury Show featuring new co-presenter Debbi Voller
E2Episode #3.2
Sep 12, 1983
Music from APB, The Residents and Peter Murphy
E3Episode #3.3
Sep 19, 1983
Music from The Mystery Girls
E4Episode #3.4
Sep 26, 1983
Music from Midge Ure, Mick Karn, Eddie & Sunshine and featuring John Foxx
E5Episode #3.5
Oct 3, 1983
Mike Andrews talks to ex-member of Japan Steve Jansen who also shows video footage from his visit to 'the Land of the Rising Sun' where he played with The Yellow Magic Orchestra and Ippu Do and met Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence star Ryuichi Sakamoto
E6Episode #3.6
Oct 10, 1983
Paul Haig backed by an interesting new band that includes ex-members of Orange Juice, Gang of Four and The Associates and Mike Andrews visits the Hacienda Club, Manchester for a chat with New Order; Bill Nelson
E7Episode #3.7
Oct 17, 1983
Jane, backed by two members of A Certain Ratio, and Billy MacKenzie of The Associates with a new young band and special guest Brian Eno
E8Episode #3.8
Oct 24, 1983
Music by The Glove and guest Phillip Glass
E9Episode #3.9
Oct 31, 1983
Music by Danielle Dax and a Bat Cave Club Hallowe'en Special
E10Episode #3.10
Nov 7, 1983
Music by Big Country, New Order, Bauhaus, Killing Joke (repeats) And an interview with Trevor Horn, ex-producer of ABC, now creating a very different sound for new record label ZTT
Storyline
Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.
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