The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade?

BBC Four

1:30 AM to 2:30 AM

Saturday 31 May

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The journalist and author looks at the development of hip-hop and house during the decade, mining the BBC archives and selecting some of the most crucial tracks in the rise of these two genres. From a young Kurtis Blow making his Top of the Pops debut, to the sonic bombardment of Public Enemy and the sampling skills of Bomb the Bass. Plus, interviews and performances by Run-DMC, Salt 'n' Pepa, S'Express, Cookie Crew and Neneh Cherry, as well as videos by Herbie Hancock, Beastie Boys, M/A/R/R/S, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and many more