To be broadcast on Wednesday night 10:00pm GMT.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08m09gh

Might be ok...

[Edited 4/14/17 1:58am]

[Edited 4/14/17 1:59am]

Thanks.

This is a great alternative to the Reelz produced biography about Prince with that Prince impersonator that incorrectly mentioned Prince died on April 23rd. At this point, with the connections that former Prince associates have, there is no excuse for these people to not vet vultures wanting to exploit his death for their entertainment. I will definitely check out!

SomeSoldier said:

I'm usually a big fan of the BBC, but they've been appalling about Prince. Not a single tribute on TV and very little on the radio. Even on the day he died it wasn't the main news story of the day (the queen's birthday was).

I agree. The BBC News website coverage has also been poor.

Not been a fan of the BBC over the last few years anyway with all the scandals. But i agree nothing much said about Prince.

Ferret said:

SomeSoldier said:

I'm usually a big fan of the BBC, but they've been appalling about Prince. Not a single tribute on TV and very little on the radio. Even on the day he died it wasn't the main news story of the day (the queen's birthday was).

I agree. The BBC News website coverage has also been poor.

I wouldn't know about that - I know that Craig Charles did a programme about Prince on the day he died, or just after, on 6 Music and they did have that tales from the Vault show a little while back. I was alerted to this show being broadcast by a friend of mine in the UK. I just thought I'd share the news.

SimonCharles said:

Ferret said:

I agree. The BBC News website coverage has also been poor.

I wouldn't know about that - I know that Craig Charles did a programme about Prince on the day he died, or just after, on 6 Music and they did have that tales from the Vault show a little while back. I was alerted to this show being broadcast by a friend of mine in the UK. I just thought I'd share the news.

Thanks, it is appreciated.

I will be listening, maybe the beeb redeem themselves.

Victoria Wood got a six-part documentary on BBC1...

I shall be listening...

In defence of the BBC (I work for them!) it depends which programmes you listen to or watch. Certainly, where I am - BBC World Service radio - there are many Prince fans and there's been quite a lot of coverage. It was very much top story on the day he died - we spoke to Bobby Z, Susan Rogers and many others associated with Prince that day, and have done other stories since.

Heads up - on Friday - we're hoping to speak to Steve Parke on his Prince photo book. If so, it will go out at 2000UK/1500 Eastern (during the Newshour programme), and I'll post a link on this forum afterwards.

calciumpaul said:

Victoria Wood got a six-part documentary on BBC1...

I don't get it.

Interesting story from Susan Rodgers about a stuffed penguin...Made me think of that girl on Twitter who reckons she had a relationship with him before he passed - she calls him 'Penguin'...

Gosh...That was moving...I feel quite teary-eyed.

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They played a jolly eclectic selection of his tunes too - no 'Purple Rain' for a change!

rogifan said:

Wow so he rescheduled a Dubai performance that was slated to happen on 4/21 for...10/7. He was officially pronounced deceased at 10:07 on 4/21.

Anyone would think it was all planned...

jgff said:

That was quite nice, actually. Two things:

1. I made it until "Glam Slam" before I blubbed like a baby.

2. It make it impossible to decide what Prince's greatest song was.

Oh, and thank you BBC radio for the debuts of so many of Prince's songs on radio in the UK. A shame the latter part of his career didn't feature quite so much.

A nice upbeat trubute. Nice selection of songs as well but again focused on his 80's & 90's output

Still, much better than that insult of a documentary!

It was so nice to hear "under the cherry moon" on mainstream national radio. I must admit I shed a tear there.

Trying to stay upbeat but tomorrow will be tough

shakespeare said:

A nice upbeat trubute. Nice selection of songs as well but again focused on his 80's & 90's output

Still, much better than that insult of a documentary!

It was so nice to hear "under the cherry moon" on mainstream national radio. I must admit I shed a tear there.

Trying to stay upbeat but tomorrow will be tough

for those that missed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08m09gh

Britain redeemed! A quality audio doc that entirely offsets that dreadful Channel 5 trainwreck. In direct contradiction of that piece of garbage's viewpoint: "Prince was generally a very happy person."

I found this to be quite beautifully done.

jcurley said: