BBC Four Sessions Season 1 Episode 40 Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre 2007
As part of the Goodbye TV Centre celebrations, guitarist, singer and songwriter Richard Thompson plays a one-off concert filmed in TC8. Thompson has been performing in BBC TV studios since 1969, starting on Top of the Pops with Fairport Convention and then making frequent appearances on the Old Grey Whistle Test, The Late Show and Later with Jools Holland as a solo artist and bandleader. Filmed before the opening night of the tour celebrating the Top 20 placing of his album Electric, Thompson leads his current power trio through songs from that album, including Salford Sunday and Stony Ground, alongside classics from his songbook like I Want to See the Bright Lights and Tear Stained Letter. Thompson is joined on a couple of acoustic songs by former Fairport bandmate and master fiddler Dave Swarbrick, frequent collaborator Pete Zorn adds sax to Al Bowlly's In Heaven and his daughter Kami Thompson harmonises on Waltzing for Dreamers.
- Released: 2013-03-22
- Runtime: 59 minutes
- Genre: Reality
- Stars:
- Director:
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1. Nick Lowe 2007-07-20
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2. Ryan Adams 2007-08-03
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3. Ray LaMontagne 2007-06-15
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4. kd lang 2008-02-15
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5. Van Morrison 2008-04-25
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6. Rosanne Cash 2008-05-30
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8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2008-07-04
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9. Loudon Wainwright III 2008-07-10
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10. Tony Bennett in Concert 2008-08-05
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11. Bert Jansch 2008-08-07
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12. John Cale 2008-09-14
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13. James Brown 2008-08-22
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14. Radio Tarifa and Javier Ruibal 2008-09-29
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15. Antony and the Johnsons 2008-09-05
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16. Kronos String Quartet In Concert 2008-09-12
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17. Yusuf Islam 2007-05-04
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18. P J Harvey 2008-09-18
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19. Damien Rice 2008-09-19
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20. Martin Carthy and Friends 2008-09-25
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21. Eliza Carthy 2008-09-26
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22. June Tabor 2008-10-02
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23. Gillian Welch 2007-04-27
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25. David Byrne 2008-10-31
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27. Randy Newman 2008-11-07
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28. Youssou N'Dour 2008-11-14
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29. Paul Weller 2008-11-14
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30. Mariza 2008-11-21
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31. India Arie 2008-11-21
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32. Georgie Fame - The Birth of Cool 2008-11-27
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33. Salif Keita 2008-12-04
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34. Marianne Faithfull 2009-04-24
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35. Reggae Britannia 2011-02-11
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37. The Christmas Session 2009-12-17
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38. The Great American Songbook 2010-04-09
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39. Tom Jones 2012-09-21
