Eras

Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker. Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae’s first and greatest superstar, Bob Marley. In the years since his death in 1981, Bob Marley has become an icon unlike...

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae’s first and greatest superstar. In the second episode of Eras: Bob Marley, it’s 1972, and The Wailers find themselves in London. When a strange twist of fate pu...

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae’s first and greatest superstar. In Episode 3 of Eras: Bob Marley, it’s an election year - and Jamaica is rocked by political turmoil. Bob is living peacefully a...

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae’s first and greatest superstar. In the final chapter of Eras: Bob Marley, Bob’s incredible life comes to end. But his Legend is immortal. Friends, fans and coll...

Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker. He’s sold tens of millions of records - but his influence goes far beyond music. He’s one of the most recognisable faces on Earth - but how much do you know t...

Storyteller. Activist. Superstar. This is the story of Sting. Vernon Kay is your guide to one of British music’s most individual artists. In Episode One, you’ll hear the stories, and the music, that...

When Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers formed the Police, none of them could have predicted the phenomenon that they would become. In Episode Two, we follow the band from the start of that jo...

The Police are no more. But Sting never rests on his laurels. In Episode Three, Vernon Kay follows the first stages in a solo career spanning four decades. Embracing his origins in Jazz, and his magp...

When you’ve been in the game for as long as Sting has, it’s tempting to just keep giving the people what they want. But that’s just not him, is it? In Episode Four, Vernon Kay finds Sting in a place ...

They’re famous for their marriages, divorces, and impossibly perfect pop songs. But how much do you really know about ABBA? In this series, Sara Cox is your guide to Sweden’s biggest musical export. W...