The Synthesizer, People and Performance - a Riverside special. 1982 has seen an unprecedented number of synthesizer bands reaching high in the pop charts. Presenter Mike Andrews talks to Phil Oakey of Human League and his producer Martin Rushent, Billy Currie of Ultravox, George Martin , legendary Beatles producer currently working with Ultravox, and Brian Eno, original synthesizer player with Roxy Music, and acknowledged influence behind many of today's bands. With video performance from Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Human League and Depeche Mode.
Guest Stars:
Martin Rushent, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, Martin Gore, Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher
'Clothespeak' fashion special
Guest Stars:
Lynn Procter, Ted Polhemus
Series 1 Revisited: Music from Bauhaus, New Order, Fire Engines
Guest Stars:
Mari Wilson, Bill Nelson, Masami Tsuchiya
Music from Shriekback, Attila the Stockbroker and a studio interview with Psychic TV
Guest Stars:
Barry Andrews, Attila the Stockbroker, Dave Allen
Music from David Sylvian, Orchestre Jazira and on location with Heaven 17
Guest Stars:
Ian Birch, David Sylvian
Music from The Higsons and Boy George and Cabaret Voltaire discuss their videos,
Guest Stars:
Boy George, Ken Livingstone, Perry Haines
Music from Rock Goddess, "Heavy Metal Special" featuring Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
Guest Stars:
Lemmy Kilmister
Music from Danny and the Nogoodniks and Marc Almond of Soft Cell chats to Victoria Studd while cooking his mince pies
Guest Stars:
Marc Almond, Daniel Kleinman, Victoria Studd, Neil Arthur
Model Making - A Riverside Special
Guest Stars:
John Casablancas, Celia Hammond
Music from David Sylvian, Big Country and a visit to the Hacienda Club in Manchester and talk to designer Ben Kelly
Guest Stars:
David Sylvian
Music from The Danse Society and an interview and performance from actor, playwright, director Steven Berkoff
Guest Stars:
Steven Berkoff
Music from Animal Nightlife and Mick Karn 's collaboration with Ballet Rambert choreographer Michael Ho
Guest Stars:
Victoria Studd, Mick Karn, Bobby Gubby, Andy Polaris, Animal Nightlife
Music from The Decorators and The Cure join Nicholas Dixon of the Royal Ballet in a dance experiment.
Guest Stars:
Ian Birch, Perry Haines, Don Letts
St Valentine's Day special is TV Fetish The fastest video your set will ever see
Seagulls on the Cable - A Flock of Seagulls in New York. Riverside presents a complete guide to New York's 27 channels, and takes a closer look at one of them, Music Television (MTV), the world's first 24-hour pop television channel. We catch some of the New Year celebrations on MTV when A Flock of Seagulls shared the top billing with Duran Duran.
Music from Sex Gang Children
Guest Stars:
Lynval Golding, Beyhan Fowkes, Alison Limerick, Simon Draper, David Grant
Music from It's Immaterial and Boys from the Blackstuff author Alan Bleasdale
Guest Stars:
Stephen Beagley, Laurence Tolhurst, Steven Severin, Alan Bleasdale, Robert Smith
Music from Mantis Dance Company with guests 23 Skidoo programme of experimental modern dance, performed to music ranging from live performance by 23 SKIDOO, to a NEIL ARTHUR and STEPHEN LUSCOMBE (Blancmange) composition, to a concerto by BACH.
Guest Stars:
Micha Bergese, Matthew Hawkins