Rock Family Trees

Disputes within both the Mamas and the Papas and Lovin' Spoonful led to their demise. Narrated by John Peel.

Formed in the late sixties, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have caused outrage with the content of their lyrics as well as their outrageous lifestyle, epitomised by lead singer Ozzy Osbourne. Narrated by John Peel.

The sudden rise and equally speedy fall of bands that emerged from Liverpool in the early sixties. Narrated by John Peel.

The story of Siouxsie and the Banshees and other successful bands to emerge from the punk explosion of the seventies, including Public Image Ltd, Adam and the Ants and the Slits. Narrated by John Peel.

The stories behind the biggest bands in the progressive rock movement of the early seventies, such as Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Narrated by John Peel.

The series concludes with a look at some of the best bands to come out of Manchester in the past 20 years, and tells the stories of groups such as the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays. Narrated by John Peel.

The iconic music documentary series returns to examine the real story behind the birth of Britpop and how a handful of like-minded musicians, struggling to find an authentic voice, would pave the way for a revolution in British music. It is an intricately connected story of three of the biggest bands of the 1990s – Suede, Elastica and Blur – and how, for a brief moment in the middle of that decade, they changed British music forever, kickstarting a movement that still reverberates to this day. With intimate interviews with Brett Anderson, Justine Frischmann, Mat Osman, Justin Welch and numerous other key players, this is the inside story of the friendships, the fall-outs and the changing line-ups that fuelled a new movement in British music. It's a family tree that extends from the Smiths to M.I.A., but at its heart is Suede: the band who – for better or worse – started it all. This is not the familiar story of 'Cool Britannia', of Blur v Oasis, Champagne Supernovas and Knebworth; it is the untold story of how we got there, all the way from a suburban house in Haywards Heath.