George Melly Night (BBC4 25th July)

Posted by: SteveGa on 19 July 2007

Well kind of!

Smokey Dives
BBC 4 Wednesday 25th July 2007, 22:30 to 23:30

Documentary series examining how post-war Britain was enlivened by the trad-jazz scene, which became the country's first mass youth cultural phenomenon. George Melly relives his youth on the road and in pubs, clubs and concert halls. Plus, the emergence of two rival groups - the modernists and the trads.

Britannia Jazz: George Melly And The Feetwarmers

BBC 4 Wednesday 25th July 2007, 23:30 to 23:45

Performance footage of George Melly and the Feetwarmers at the Brecon Jazz Festival.

Arena :Art and Design: The Journey

BBC 4 Wednesday 25th July 2007, 23:45 to 00:15

Jazz singer and writer George Melly takes a nostalgic trip through front rooms and backstreets as he reminiscences about the influence of Dada and Surrealism on his early life.