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Reggae Britannia (2011)

ALL 02/11/2011 (en) Documentary, Music 89 Min
  • Release
    02/11/2011
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Reggae Britannia
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae. Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society, the programme includes major artists and performances from that era, including Big Youth, Max Romeo, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jerry Dammers and the Specials, the Police, UB40, Dennis Bovell, lovers rock performers Carroll Thompson and Janet Kay, bands like Aswad and Steel Pulse and reggae admirers such as Boy George and Paul Weller. The programme celebrates the impact of reggae, the changes it brought about and its lasting musical legacy.

  1. Jeremy Marre

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Jeremy Marre

    Producer



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  1. Ruby Turner

    Narrator

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Reggae Britannia (2011) 89 Min

ALL 02/11/2011 (en)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 02/11/2011
  • Production
  • Original title Reggae Britannia
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae. Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society, the programme includes major artists and performances from that era, including Big Youth, Max Romeo, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jerry Dammers and the Specials, the Police, UB40, Dennis Bovell, lovers rock performers Carroll Thompson and Janet Kay, bands like Aswad and Steel Pulse and reggae admirers such as Boy George and Paul Weller. The programme celebrates the impact of reggae, the changes it brought about and its lasting musical legacy.

  1. Jeremy Marre

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Jeremy Marre

    Producer



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