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10 essential music documentaries to watch on iPlayer now
There's always a wealth of music-related films available - here are a few top picks
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How to create the perfect Bond theme
Tips and tricks from those who know a thing or two about writing for cinema
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The best of Glastonbury 2015's special guest appearances
Kanye went it (mostly) alone, but plenty of other acts didn't...
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‘Don’t wish! Do something!’: Annie Nightingale on 50 years of broadcasting
The DJ explains how a Radio 2 documentary on her career is really just the story of music
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10 most explosive performances in recent Later... with Jools Holland history
Appearances from the last three years that have already became career-defining moments
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10 most shocking moments in recent chart history
The anomalies and controversies that have defined Top 40 in the last 10 years
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5 astonishing moments from Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015
A shortlist of eyecatching highlights from a very memorable weekend
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5 essential ±«Óãtv broadcasts to mark John Lennon at 75
Celebrating and debating the Beatle 75 years after his birth
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5 modern acts that owe a debt to classic rock 'n' roll
How the musicians of today are taking their cues from the 1950s
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6 things to see at the Proms (if you think you don't like classical music)
You don't have to know your Schubert from your Schumann to have a ball at the Albert Hall
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7 fascinating electronic music documentaries to listen to right now
From before Kraftwerk all the way to dubstep, explore the history of bleeps and beats
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7 reasons why Skepta is on the brink of a major breakthrough
Post-Later... and the Big Weekend, the grime MC looks set to blow up. Here's why
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8 fantastic Glastonbury 2015 performances you might have missed
Some musical gems from the ±«Óãtv's coverage of Glastonbury 2015
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8 really quite well-known acts that have never played Glastonbury - until now
Amazingly, this list of legends are all playing the festival for the first time in 2015
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A short history of hip hop at Glastonbury
Ahead of Kanye headlining, we look back at the festival's long relationship with rap
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Are these the most indie indie bands ever?
Mark Radcliffe picks five acts that embody the true spirit of independence
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Are these the most unexpected collaborations in recent music history?
From Damon and Noel to Slaves and Skepta, a look at pairings no one could have imagined
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±«Óãtv Introducing at Glastonbury 2015
Introducing some of the acts playing the ±«Óãtv Introducing stage at Worthy Farm
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Disclosure's Guide to Wild Life
Guy Lawrence from the dance duo picks 6 acts to see at their festival with Rudimental
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Doctor Who: An adventure in space and time... and sound
An in-depth look at the creation and legacy of its classic theme tune
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Download 10 short but powerful ±«Óãtv World Service music podcasts
Catch up with the best of the Witness programme's music documentary month
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Dr Dre: Straight Back To Compton
A guide to the special guests and background to Dr Dre's album Compton
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Express Yourself: The stories behind N.W.A’s biopic, Straight Outta Compton
The film tackles much more than just the music of 'the world's most dangerous group'
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From soca to sofa: how to recreate the Carnival experience at home
Can't make it to Notting Hill or Nottingham? We've got everything you need
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Guitar abuse at the ±«Óãtv
How to improve your guitar playing without learning any new techniques
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Heaven sent: CHVRCHES are a perfect pop band for our times
From exporting electropop to battling trolls, CHVRCHES are doing everything right
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How indie are you?
Think you're quite the indie trainspotter? Take our fiendishly hard quiz and find out
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How New Order invented the 1980s
From post punk to proto rave, New Order set the template for an entire decade
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How old school country is becoming the hottest sound of the year
New country artists are making waves with a fresh take on traditional songs
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How Top 10 are you?
Take our chart quiz and find out if you can make it all the way to the top
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Last chance to see: iPlayer's musical treats that won't last forever
A wealth of extraordinary music from the ±«Óãtv iPlayer, while stocks last
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Longing for The Weeknd? Step this way
The enigmatic soul man resurfaces and takes over the ±«Óãtv
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Newsworthy Farm: ±«Óãtv News at Glastonbury
Floods, mud, drugs and gentrification - the ±«Óãtv reports literally from the field
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Quiz: Foos or Muse?
Foos Line Is It Anyway? Can you tell a Foo Fighters lyric from a Muse lyric?
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Quiz: How Glastonbury are You?
How well do you know the history of the world's most iconic festival?
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Snoop Dogg's funniest and most memorable moments at the ±«Óãtv
Great things happen when the gangsta rapper comes to the ±«Óãtv!
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So young: impossibly youthful first appearances on Later… with Jools Holland
Bad hair, nerves and awkwardness from Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and more
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Spoken Word at the ±«Óãtv
The irresistible rise of spoken word poetry, featuring Kate Tempest and George the Poet
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Stormzy: "If you don't rate me, shame on you"
How one grime MC is determined to take freestyle into the charts
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The 10 most-covered artists in the Live Lounge
It's Live Lounge Month, so we crunched the numbers to see who's been covered the most
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The 5 best ±«Óãtv hip hop documentaries online now
From Tupac to Pharrell and all the way back to Africa, explore to world of rap
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The best of Blur at the ±«Óãtv
To celebrate Blur's first album since 2003, we present a look back at Blur at the ±«Óãtv
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The best of Glastonbury 2015's secret sets
How many of these surprise performances did you predict would happen?
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The best quotes from Brian Eno's John Peel Lecture
As expected, the former Roxy Music man's talk was full of pearls of wisdom
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The many times that One Direction broke the ±«Óãtv
Whether they're taking a break or breaking up, here's a look back at 1D's ±«Óãtv best bits
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The ultimate round-up: What we learned at Reading + Leeds 2015
It was a huge weekend on both sites. Here's a look back at all the madness
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The unique legacy of Amy Winehouse at the ±«Óãtv
See Amy Winehouse's ±«Óãtv interviews and performances, including rarely seen archive
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Things we've learned from July's music interviews
What we picked up listening to musicians being grilled by Auntie last month
