Riverside
Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.
Seasons
1. S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Air Date: 1982-01-04
Guests include New Order and Bow Wow Wow
2. S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Air Date: 1982-01-11
Featuring music from Fad Gadget, dance from Dance Theatre Britannica. And Police star Stewart Copeland as film-maker
3. Episode #1.3
Air Date: 1982-01-18
Mari Wilson and the Imaginations
4. Episode #1.4
Air Date: 1982-01-25
Music from Rip, Rig and Panic and Pauline Black
5. Episode #1.5
Air Date: 1982-02-01
Music from King Sounds and the Israelites and video from Kraftwerk and Thomas Dolby
6. Episode #1.6
Air Date: 1982-02-08
Music from Bauhaus and Pete Shelley on video
7. Episode #1.7
Air Date: 1982-02-15
Music from The Diagram Brothers and Julian Temple talks about his latest film Comic Strip
8. Episode #1.8
Air Date: 1982-02-22
Music from Fire Engines and studio interview with Alice Cooper
9. Episode #1.9
Air Date: 1982-03-01
new video from Steve Strange and Visage
10. Episode #1.10
Air Date: 1982-03-08
Music from Killing Joke and a psychedelic night at the new London club, The Fridge
11. Episode #1.11
Air Date: 1982-03-15
Music from Birthday Party and studio interview with Steve Strange ; and Ian Birch of Smash Hits magazine meets Paul Weller of The Jam and Martin Fry of ABC during a behind, the-scenes look at Top of the Pops
12. Episode #1.12
Air Date: 1982-03-22
Music from The Fixx and eavesdrop on a studio session with Clare Grogan of Altered Images and her producer, Martin Rushent
13. Episode #1.13
Air Date: 1982-03-29
TV premiere of two bands voted for by the viewing audience including China Crisis
1. Episode #2.1
Air Date: 1982-11-01
The Synthesizer, People and Performance - a Riverside special. 1982 has seen an unprecedented number of synthesizer bands reaching high in the pop charts. Presenter Mike Andrews talks to Phil Oakey of Human League and his producer Martin Rushent, Billy Currie of Ultravox, George Martin , legendary Beatles producer currently working with Ultravox, and Brian Eno, original synthesizer player with Roxy Music, and acknowledged influence behind many of today's bands. With video performance from Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Human League and Depeche Mode.
2. Episode #2.2
Air Date: 1982-11-08
'Clothespeak' fashion special
3. Episode #2.3
Air Date: 1982-11-15
Series 1 Revisited: Music from Bauhaus, New Order, Fire Engines
4. Episode #2.4
Air Date: 1982-11-22
Music from Shriekback, Attila the Stockbroker and a studio interview with Psychic TV
5. Episode #2.5
Air Date: 1982-11-29
Music from David Sylvian, Orchestre Jazira and on location with Heaven 17
6. Episode #2.6
Air Date: 1982-12-06
Music from The Higsons and Boy George and Cabaret Voltaire discuss their videos,
7. Episode #2.7
Air Date: 1982-12-13
Music from Rock Goddess, "Heavy Metal Special" featuring Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
8. Episode #2.8
Air Date: 1982-12-20
Music from Danny and the Nogoodniks and Marc Almond of Soft Cell chats to Victoria Studd while cooking his mince pies
9. Episode #2.8
Air Date: 1982-12-27
Model Making - A Riverside Special
10. Episode #2.10
Air Date: 1983-01-03
Music from David Sylvian, Big Country and a visit to the Hacienda Club in Manchester and talk to designer Ben Kelly
11. Episode #2.11
Air Date: 1983-01-10
Music from The Danse Society and an interview and performance from actor, playwright, director Steven Berkoff
12. Episode #2.12
Air Date: 1983-01-17
Music from Animal Nightlife and Mick Karn 's collaboration with Ballet Rambert choreographer Michael Ho
13. Episode #2.13
Air Date: 1983-01-24
Music from The Decorators and The Cure join Nicholas Dixon of the Royal Ballet in a dance experiment.
14. Episode #2.14
Air Date: 1983-02-14
St Valentine's Day special is TV Fetish The fastest video your set will ever see
15. Episode #2.15
Air Date: 1983-02-21
Seagulls on the Cable - A Flock of Seagulls in New York. Riverside presents a complete guide to New York's 27 channels, and takes a closer look at one of them, Music Television (MTV), the world's first 24-hour pop television channel. We catch some of the New Year celebrations on MTV when A Flock of Seagulls shared the top billing with Duran Duran.
16. Episode #2.16
Air Date: 1983-02-28
Music from Sex Gang Children
17. Episode #2.17
Air Date: 1983-03-07
Music from It's Immaterial and Boys from the Blackstuff author Alan Bleasdale
18. Episode #2.18
Air Date: 1983-03-14
Music from Mantis Dance Company with guests 23 Skidoo programme of experimental modern dance, performed to music ranging from live performance by 23 SKIDOO, to a NEIL ARTHUR and STEPHEN LUSCOMBE (Blancmange) composition, to a concerto by BACH.
1. Episode #3.1
Air Date: 1983-09-05
Music from The Armoury Show featuring new co-presenter Debbi Voller
2. Episode #3.2
Air Date: 1983-09-12
Music from APB, The Residents and Peter Murphy
3. Episode #3.3
Air Date: 1983-09-19
Music from The Mystery Girls
4. Episode #3.4
Air Date: 1983-09-26
Music from Midge Ure, Mick Karn, Eddie & Sunshine and featuring John Foxx
5. Episode #3.5
Air Date: 1983-10-03
Mike Andrews talks to ex-member of Japan Steve Jansen who also shows video footage from his visit to 'the Land of the Rising Sun' where he played with The Yellow Magic Orchestra and Ippu Do and met Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence star Ryuichi Sakamoto
6. Episode #3.6
Air Date: 1983-10-10
Paul Haig backed by an interesting new band that includes ex-members of Orange Juice, Gang of Four and The Associates and Mike Andrews visits the Hacienda Club, Manchester for a chat with New Order; Bill Nelson
7. Episode #3.7
Air Date: 1983-10-17
Jane, backed by two members of A Certain Ratio, and Billy MacKenzie of The Associates with a new young band and special guest Brian Eno
8. Episode #3.8
Air Date: 1983-10-24
Music by The Glove and guest Phillip Glass
9. Episode #3.9
Air Date: 1983-10-31
Music by Danielle Dax and a Bat Cave Club Hallowe'en Special
10. Episode #3.10
Air Date: 1983-11-07
Music by Big Country, New Order, Bauhaus, Killing Joke (repeats) And an interview with Trevor Horn, ex-producer of ABC, now creating a very different sound for new record label ZTT
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Rating
0.0/10
Release Date
1982-01-04
Episodes
41 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series