Mark Knopfler – A Life In Songs21.55, BBC4
Or Mark “horrible headband” Knopfler to give him his Smash Hits name. As we found out last week, a favourite in Brian Sutherland’s record collection, and this is a repeat of the documentary where he talks about how and why he wrote his greatest hits.
Electric Dreams – The Giorgio Moroder StorySecond part of this, where our hero moves slightly more towards the mainstream and starts penning film soundtracks, including the likes of Flashdance and Top Gun, plus of course The Never Ending Story which means we get to enjoy Limahl nestling alongside the rest of the heavyweight contributors, plus another film where his soundtrack is probably about a hundred times more famous now than the actual film. It’s the title of this programme, for a start.
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