A new series takes a decade-by-decade romp through the TV archives, celebrating some of the best - and occasionally, more obscure - Welsh artists to have soundtracked people's lives, whilst sometimes taking the opportunity to highlight the Welsh connections of some pop acts and reclaim them for the nation!
The 70s show features acts such as Badfinger, Man, Dave Edmunds, Bonnie Tyler and Young Marble Giants, plus classic TV performances by perennial Welsh pop legends, Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey.
The 80s show features performances from Visage, The Alarm, Scritti Politti, Shakin' Stevens, The Darling Buds and many more, including perennial Welsh Pop legend, Tom Jones with Art of Noise.
Including performances from Manic Street Preachers, Tigertailz, Charlotte Church, Super Furry Animals, Donna Lewis, Feeder and of course, perennial Welsh pop legend Tom Jones.
The noughties show includes performances from Super Furry Animals, Duffy, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Funeral for a Friend and of course, perennial Welsh pop icons Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey.
We reach the end of our six-decade musical journey with the 2010s. Artists featured include Bullet For My Valentine, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Gwenno, Manic Street Preachers and of course, star of each and every decade in the series - Welsh pop icon Sir Tom Jones.
A whirlwind ride through the history of Welsh Eurovision contenders.
Shirley Bassey Special
This episode of Rewind revisits a cultural movement that began in the late 1990s. Welsh music, film and the arts experienced a cultural resurgence and ‘Cool Cymru’ was born. This was the era of Britpop, but Wales had its very own music scene going on. Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers and Catatonia were proudly wearing the red dragon of Wales on their sleeve and were making waves across the globe. Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Feeder and Duffy also made a huge impact on the scene and we celebrate them all as we delve into the BBC archives for this compilation of great Cool Cymru performances. With big hits such as A Design For Life, Buck Rogers and Mulder and Scully, we remember this golden age of music blasting out of Wales and onto the world stage.
As we romp through the TV archives, we reclaim artists for the nation in this playful compilation of performances featuring artists and musicians you might never know were Welsh, or had links to Wales, including Coldplay, U2, and Oasis.
A whistlestop journey through Welsh number one hits, featuring many of Wales’s best-loved artists. With music spanning seven decades, kicking off in 1959 with Dame Shirley Bassey’s first time at the top of the hit parade and brought up to date with DJ Fresh’s dubstep smash, featuring the vocals of Caerphilly’s Sian Evans. Along the way, there’s also music from Tom Jones, Duffy, Bonnie Tyler, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics and a classic from the biggest-selling UK singles artist of the 80s!
In this special programme, we delve into the BBC archives to bring you some of the best dance music from Wales. From the early days of the 1990s, Welsh musicians were at the forefront of this new movement, producing floor fillers that are now considered classics. Try and find a dance compilation album that doesn’t include Underworld’s Born Slippy. From house to techno to drum 'n' bass, we’ve got you covered with performances from the past four decades. Artists featured include K-Klass, High Contrast, Nomad and Kosheen.
Rhyl-formed rockers The Alarm celebrate over 40 years in the music industry. This show brings together some of their biggest hits and best performances, along with solo appearances from their legendary frontman Mike Peters - and exclusive footage from the band’s personal archives.
A trawl through the archives finds some Welsh musical Christmas crackers. Among the festive favourites are performances from child stars Aled Jones and Charlotte Church, Tom Jones on a horse-drawn sleigh, the Flying Pickets dressed as snowmen and a perennial hit from Shakin’ Stevens. Helping to keep the Christmas spirit flowing is Neath’s own starlet Katherine Jenkins, with a Christmas classic first made famous by Eartha Kitt.
A festive frolic through the archives with a Welsh Christmas playlist. All the tuneful trimmings from the likes of Bonnie Tyler, Shakin’ Stevens, Dame Shirley Bassey and, of course, Sir Tom Jones.
