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The Tube

  • TV Series
  • 1982–1987
  • 1h 30m
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Jools Holland and Paula Yates in The Tube (1982)
Music

Seminal Channel 4 live music series, famed for having the biggest music acts of the day performing live.Seminal Channel 4 live music series, famed for having the biggest music acts of the day performing live.Seminal Channel 4 live music series, famed for having the biggest music acts of the day performing live.

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    • Jools Holland
    • Paula Yates
    • Leslie Ash
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      • Jools Holland
      • Paula Yates
      • Leslie Ash
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      Ken tried to book Half Man Half Biscuit for the show but they could not come as they were seeing their favorite football team Tranmere Rovers at the time. They were offered all kinds of riders to attend, including the production company filming the match for them, which they declined and he even offered to get a helicopter to fly them up for the show and get them back again in time for the second half. Following much effort which ultimately failed, Ken asked them "If you like Tranmere Rovers so much then why don't you write a song about them?", to which they replied "Ken, we don't do love songs."
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      Edited into The Laughing Prisoner (1987)

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1982 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Tyne Tees Television
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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