Eras

Feb 02 2025 25 ep. 28 mins 114
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The stories of the biggest artists in the world. We delve deep into the BBC archive and speak to the people who were there, as we look back on their most iconic eras.

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Kylie Minogue: 1. She Should Be So Lucky

Aug 28 2023 22 mins  
Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK’s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17 September.When a teenage Kylie lit up Aussie screens in Neighbours, the die was cast for her meteoric rise to fame. Before long, she’d launched a parallel career as a singer - and left Ramsay Street in the rear-view mirror.After that? No prizes

Kylie Minogue: 2. She Don’t Need Anyone

Aug 28 2023 23 mins  
Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK’s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17 September.The 90s are well underway, and Kylie Minogue is in uncharted territory. After splitting with powerhouse production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman, she’s joined forces with indie label Deconstruction Records, spurning the advances of

Kylie Minogue: 3. She Can’t Get You Out of Her Head

Aug 28 2023 25 mins  
Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK’s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17 September.Australia rings in the New Year first. But as a new millennium dawns, one of her favorite daughters is relaxing in LA. She won’t be standing still for long.In the summer of 2000, the world entered Kylie Minogue’s third and most icon

Kylie Minogue: 4. She Hears It and She Knows

Aug 28 2023 26 mins  
Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK’s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17 September.All good things come to an end - unless you’re Kylie Minogue, apparently.In 2012, Kylie marked 25 years in the music industry. The Abbey Road Sessions, an album of radical reworkings of some of her biggest hits, could easily have book

Kylie Minogue: 5. The Interview

Sep 08 2023 39 mins  
Ahead of Kylie's headline set at Radio 2 in the Park 2023, Scott Mills chats to the Princess of Pop as they discuss the highlights of her 35-year career.

The Beatles: 1. Rock n’ Roll

Oct 26 2023 28 mins  
In Eras: The Beatles, Martin Freeman tells the story of the Fab Four’s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way. In the space of just 8 years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented global fame. And when their time together came to an end, each Beatle began anew - creating a body of work

The Beatles: 2. Riots

Oct 26 2023 28 mins  
It’s 1964. British Beatlemania is in full swing. But this summer, the Fab Four are about to go global - and nothing can stand in their way. In Part 2 of Eras: The Beatles the band scales new heights as they enter the pop stratosphere on both sides of the Atlantic.From silver-screen adventures to the invention of Stadium Rock, the BBC Archive team have scoured their collection for

The Beatles: 3. Rebellion

Oct 26 2023 28 mins  
No high lasts forever. And in 1966, the pressures of fame begin to weigh on the globetrotting lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo. From a close-call with military police in the Philippines, to an all-out religious backlash in the United States, the band starts to question whether being a Beatle is quite so fab after all. Maybe it’s time for something new. To become a different

The Beatles: 4. Revolution

Oct 26 2023 28 mins  
When tragedy strikes at the end of 1967, the Beatles are faced with an uncertain future. In the months and years to come, cracks begin to show in the foundations of the world’s most powerful musical unit. As each member matured and developed as artists, the end became inevitable.In Part 4 of Eras: The Beatles, Martin Freeman explores the pressures that broke the biggest band on t

The Beatles: 5. Reincarnation

Oct 26 2023 28 mins  
If you’re in the biggest band there ever was, how do you cope when it all comes crashing down? That’s the question John, Paul, George and Ringo were asking themselves in the spring of 1970, when it was announced that The Beatles were breaking up for good.In part five, Martin Freeman arrives at the end of an era - and the start of four more. In the aftermath of the split, bitter