Revolver

1978 NR 7.9

Revolver is a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978. It was produced by ATV. The series producer was Mickie Most, who was inspired to make the programme after he saw an interview with Top of the Pops' producer Robin Nash, in which he boasted that TOTP was a music programme that the whole family could enjoy together. Most set out to make a show which was the antithesis of that, and which featured live music performances most closely relat...

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Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: May 20, 1978

XTC perform This Is Pop, there's a rare live performance from Kate Bush, sing...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Jul 22, 1978

Headliners The Boomtown Rats sing Like Clockwork and She's So Modern. The Str...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Jul 29, 1978

Headliners Ian Dury & The Blockheads perform What a Waste and, Billericay Dic...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Aug 5, 1978

Headliners Elvis Costello & The Attractions give us This Year's Girl and Radi...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Aug 12, 1978

The Jam are onboard, with David Watts and 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street. Dire St...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Aug 19, 1978

The Motors, The Shirts, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Steve Gibbons Band, Goldie...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Aug 26, 1978

Eddie Kidd, X Ray Spex, Roy Hill Band, Lindisfarne, Merger, Cgas 5, Eddie & T...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Sep 2, 1978

David Coverdale & Whitesnake, The Tourists, The Rich Kids, The Only Ones, The...


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Info about Revolver

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Music