Reggae Britannia/ Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, BBC Four | reviews, news & interviews
Reggae Britannia/ Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, BBC Four
Reggae Britannia/ Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, BBC Four
From Trenchtown to Camden Town with the Beeb's Reggae Britannia season
Monday, 14 February 2011
Handsworth revolutionaries: Steel Pulse, bringing an activist attitude to British reggae
BBC Four's Britannia series keeps it simple - it tells the story in a straight line, illustrates it with as much archive material as the budget will allow, and interviews as many key protagonists as it can find. If the subject is strong enough, you'll get a good film out of it.
BBC Four's Britannia series keeps it simple - it tells the story in a straight line, illustrates it with as much archive material as the budget will allow, and interviews as many key protagonists as it can find. If the subject is strong enough, you'll get a good film out of it.
We completely bastardised reggae,' beamed Stewart Copeland. 'We plundered it without remorse
Explore topics
Share this article
more TV
Bo Burnham: Inside, Netflix review - a masterpiece about lockdown angst
Tour de force of confessional comedy
Professor T, ITV review - whimsical tales of boffinly detection
Ben Miller illustrates the power of mind over matter
Reclaiming Amy, BBC Two review - Winehouse family and friends remember
A great voice silenced too soon
Uprising, BBC One review - powerful documentary about the New Cross fire
How a tragic teenage birthday party led to protests calling for police reform
Baptiste, Series 2, BBC One review - powerful comeback for the sorrowful French detective
Another knotty missing-persons mystery from Harry and Jack Williams
Lie With Me, Channel 5 review - abuse and betrayal in the Melbourne suburbs
Anglo-Australian thriller doesn't fulfil its potential
Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight - Storyville, BBC Four review - the tycoon who fell to earth
Astonishing story of power, politics, money and corruption in the automobile industry
Sex/Life, Netflix review - Mills & Boon for the YouPorn era?
Non-stop sex in the city (and elsewhere)
Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein's Shadow, Sky Documentaries review - the iniquitous fall of the tycoon's daughter
Squalid saga of the socialite who became embroiled with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Framing Britney Spears, Sky Documentaries review - the rollercoaster ride of the former teen icon
The struggle to survive the sexism and savagery of showbusiness
Physical, Apple TV+ review - too much pain, not enough gain
Dark comedy which could have been called 'never trust a hippy'
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 Final, BBC Four review – an embarrassment of vocal riches
This year’s choice wasn’t easy – but Korean baritone Gihoon Kim deserved the prize
Add comment