Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Synth Britannia’ in full

Nov

2009

Last month, on the eve of its airing on BBC Four, we offered up a few previews of “Synth Britannia,” the much-buzzed documentary that tracks the rise of British synthpop in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Now, particularly for those fans outside of the U.K. who couldn’t see the broadcast, we’re thrilled to be able to post the entire 90-minute program, which features appearances by Vince Clarke, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan, Neil Tennant and Martin Gore.

Update: The full version posted earlier has been removed; we’ve been able to assemble eight of the nine segments of the documentary via YouTube.

Watch the rest of “Synth Britannia” after the jump…

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Tags: BBC Four, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan, Martin Gore, Neil Tennant, Synth Britannia, Vince Clarke

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7 Responses to “Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Synth Britannia’ in full”

DJ Wave November 18th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Hope they put this out on DVD.

Check out two other DVDs…Listen to London http://www.listentolondon.net/ and Made In Sheffield http://www.sheffieldvision.com/.

There was also a film that was never released called “Searching for Roger Taylor”

http://www.bitterboyproductions.com/ROGER_WEB/start.html

Here is the screener: http://www.bitterboyproductions.com/screeners/07screeners/
Jason November 18th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Uh oh! This video no longer exists.
Anyone able to provide a download link?
Dan November 18th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Really great documentary. One geeky gripe — Ballard and Kraftwerk get their propers as strong influences. Devo gets a brief name-drop.

Suicide doesn’t even get a mention. Not even during Simon Reynolds’ talk about the emergence of the ubiquitous synth-duo.

Beside that, this is just fantastic. I can’t wait to see the rest.

Cheers,

Dan
Duncan November 19th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vtPIUDAPhA

part 9
Slicing Up Eyeballs November 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Duncan:

Unfortunately that 9th part is not viewable in the United States. It’s blocked.
Eric November 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Lots of kind folks in the UK sharing via torrents!

~Bored in the US of A
Diane November 20th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Just watched this. Unbelievably brilliant. Took me back to one of the “wow” moments of my life musically. I distinctly remember being in 3rd grade and hearing Soft Cell “Tainted Love” on the radio. I just remember thinking, “Wow, this song is the best thing I’ve ever heard.” Hooked on synth since the age of 8. And to think all these kids listen to now is Jonas Brothers and other utter crap.