Video Killed The Radio Star

7:30pm – Tuesday, January 1 on ABC2

Video Killed the Radio Star presents Rock and Metal Alchemy featuring rock and metal’s solid gold and bringing you the stories behind the sexiest, outrageous and most gratuitous music videos as told by the artists and directors who created them.

Legendary directors Dave Mallett and Wayne Isham discuss films they produced for AC/DC, Queen, Guns N’ Roses’ and Black Sabbath. Artists including Guns N’ Roses’ Matt Sorum, Motley Crue’s Rick Savage, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach and members of Judas Priest discuss their inspiration, including budgets and on-set experiences.

7:30pm – Sunday, December 30 on ABC2

Video Killed the Radio Star meets the divas and directors who together produced some of the most iconic music videos ever made. This episode reveals the untold stories of what really went on behind the scenes.

Artists including Mick Fleetwood, Kim Wilde and Bonny Tyler look back at the iconic videos of music’s greatest divas, including those of Tina Turner and Diana Ross.

7:00pm – Sunday, January 29 on ABC2

The world’s legendary rock stars discuss the creation and impact of the videos that everyone remembers in this celebration of the era when memorable music was matched in brilliance by the creative filmmaking that projected it around the world.

These extended interviews with both the artist and music video director recall the inspiration behind the videos, anecdotes from the filming process and how this dazzling new medium changed the music industry forever.

Sting discusses the creative process behind the music videos he was proud to be part of, including ‘Fields of Gold’ and ‘Every Breath You Take’.

He is joined by video director Kevin Godley who worked on these great hits.

Commenting on the production of Message in a Bottle with Police, Sting says, “We were very fortunate as the Police, that our success was peaking as MTV and the video explosion was just beginning, so we were one of the first bands to have a video”.

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7:00pm – Sunday, January 22 on ABC2

The world’s legendary rock stars discuss the creation and impact of the videos that everyone remembers in this celebration of the era when memorable music was matched in brilliance by the creative filmmaking that projected it around the world.

These extended interviews with both the artist and music video director recall the inspiration behind the videos, anecdotes from the filming process and how this dazzling new medium changed the music industry forever.

AC/DC’s Angus Young and Brian Johnson are joined by director David Mallet.

David comments, “AC/DC were one of the first bands to use film for songs. AC/DC videos, if possible, are cheap, sexist nonsense. We strive to achieve that. People miss the fact that it’s actually the humour, it’s not sex. It has nothing to do with sexism – it’s funny!”