E13. 85 Whistle Test 86
Dec 31, 1985 · 60m
In the course of the next five-and-a-half-hours BBC2 takes you out of 1985 and into the New Year in the company of some of the world's top rock musicians.
8.5 The Band Aid Story Food and Trucks and Rock 'n'Roll
At the end of 1984 in a small studio in London's Notting Hill Gate Bob Geldof ,
Midge Ure and a group of friends got together to record 'Do they know it's Christmas?'. All proceeds from the record's sale were to help relieve the Ethiopian famine. The song became the biggest-selling UK single of all time - Band Aid was born.
The film follows Band Aid's meteoric rise through events like Live Aid and Fashion Aid till today it stands as one of the major forces in African famine relief.
Film editor BRIAN DYKE
Producer ADRIAN HUGHES Director LAN MCMILLAN Television presentation MICHAEL APPLETON
9.15 Live Aid - The Concert
At 12 noon on 13 July 1985 Wembley Stadium became the starting point of the greatest single rock event of all time. During the following 161 hours, rock musicians from all over the world were to come together to raise millions of pounds for famine relief in Africa, and for the next 75 minutes there's a chance to sample the flavour and emotions of one of the year's most amazing occasions.
10.30 Video Video
A chance to see some of your favourite videos of 1985 in the first stereo video simulcast programme. See again the best of the weekly VideoVote winners as chosen by Whistle Test viewers.
11.0 Double Header
Two rock concerts from north and south of the border take you out of the Old Year and into the New.
Madness live from the stage of London's Hammersmith Odeon, introduced by Richard Skinner and at 11.35 King live from Barrowlands, Glasgow
Introduced by Billy Sloane and Steve BIacknell
12.10 am Pick of the Year
Traditionally on New Year's Eve Whistle Test looks back over the year's programmes and selects some of the best moments for a rerun.
This year you can have a greater hand in the selection of items. Do you
