Pop music
Always the Bridesmaid. Audio, 30 minutes
Classical soprano and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the world of the backing singer
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Unavailable
Langley School Music Project. Audio, 30 minutes
The story of a Canadian school music recording that inspired the film School of Rock.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Guy Garvey. Audio, 44 minutes
Kirsty Young talks to Guy Garvey, musician and frontman of Elbow.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Lily Allen. Audio, 43 minutes
Singer and songwriter Lily Allen is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Sticky Songs. Audio, 18 minutes
What makes snippets of popular songs go round and round in our heads?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A Shower of Sparks. Audio, 30 minutes
Stuart Maconie looks at the career of the durable maverick pop duo Sparks.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
ABBA at the BBC. Video, 59 minutes
With Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, SOS, Fernando, Chiquitita and more.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
Earworms. Audio, 30 minutes
6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO. Video, 57 minutes
Documentary about musician-songwriter Jeff Lynne, with access to Jeff in his LA studio.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 8 months
The Reunion. 60s Girl Singers. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites five women who ruled the world of pop in the 1960s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Free Wales Harmony: When Pop Went Welsh. Audio, 30 minutes
Manchester DJ and record collector Andy Votel explores Welsh language pop music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Erich Honecker's Rock and Roll Years. Audio, 30 minutes
Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. The British Rock and Rollers. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites five people from the birth of rock 'n' roll in the UK.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year