About this Broadcast
The Police
Season 8, Episode 5
Leading music critics cast fresh light on the Police, the band who became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and are regarded as one of the first new-wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.
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2017
English
Stereo
Documentary
Profile
Rock
Cast & Crew
John Aizlewood
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic/Self - Evening Standard Contributor
Neil Norman
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Danielle Perry
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Hamish MacBain
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Michael Bonner
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Stuart Williams
(Actor)
.. Self
Kate Mossman
(Actor)
.. Self
Freddie Mercury
(Actor)
.. Self
David Clayton-Thomas
(Actor)
.. Self
Bobby Colomby
(Actor)
.. Self
Al Kooper
(Actor)
.. Self
More Information
Did You Know..
John Aizlewood
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic/Self - Evening Standard Contributor
Neil Norman
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Danielle Perry
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Born:
December 30, 1976
Hamish MacBain
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Michael Bonner
(Actor)
.. Self/Self - Music Critic
Stuart Williams
(Actor)
.. Self
Kate Mossman
(Actor)
.. Self
Freddie Mercury
(Actor)
.. Self
Born:
September 05, 1946
in
Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Trivia:
Lead singer of the band Queen, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Was also a talented graphic artist; designed Queen's crest and many of their album covers. Cemented his reputation as an entertainer with a show-stealing performance at Live Aid on July 13, 1985, before 72,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London; the performance was broadcast to more than one billion people worldwide. Died of AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia on November 24, 1991—one day after publicly acknowledging his illness. Queen's single "Bohemian Rhapsody," which he wrote, was named the United Kingdom's favorite single of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2002. Was ranked 18th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Top 100 Singers of All Time.
David Clayton-Thomas
(Actor)
.. Self
Bobby Colomby
(Actor)
.. Self
Al Kooper
(Actor)
.. Self
