1. Eurythmics at The BBC Air Date 12/21/24: BBC 2 is dusting off its vaults for a 90-minute special which is a compilation of performances, spanning the years of the Eurythmics entire career. Detailed listing of every single performance is listed below. Also include included our interesting facts are shown as text at the bottom of the screen during the performances that relate to both the performance as well as facts about the band at that particular time. Eurythmics were one of Britain’s biggest and best bands of the 1980s, comprising two of the music scene’s most creative double acts of the decade – Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox. Bold, innovative, stylish and always highly unpredictable, the pair first tasted chart success with The Tourists before breaking away and achieving international stardom with songs like Love Is a Stranger and Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves. Over the following years, Dave and Annie always stayed ahead of changing tastes and fashions, and their evolving looks and sounds are captured here in a collection of their best moments from the BBC’s music archives.
1. Top of The Pops February 1983: “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This”
2. Top of The Pops December 1979: The Tourists “I Only Want To Be with You”
3. The Old Grey Whistle Test October 1985: “Sisters are doing it for Themselves” (music video)
4. The Terry Wogan Show August 1989: “Revival” (Part 1 of 2)
5. The Montreux Rock Festival, August 1986: “The Last Time”
6. The Old Grey Whistle Test April 1985: interview with Annie Lennox (Part 1 of 2)
7. Top of The Pops May 1985: “Would I Lie To You?”
8. Top of The Pops May 1990:”Angel” (music video)
9. The Tim Rice Show March 1983: “Love Is a Stranger”
10. The Old Grey Whistle Test 1981: Eurythmics debut“Never Gonna Cry Again”
11. The Montreux Rock Festival, August 1986: “Thorn In My Side”
12. The Old Grey Whistle Test April 1985: interview with Annie
continues (Part 2 of 2) along with dave this time and a acoustic
performance of “I Love You Like A Ball and Chain”
13. The Old Grey Whistle Test May 1983: “The Walk”
14. The Terry Wogan Show August 1989: “When The Day Goes Down” Acoustic Performance (Part 2 of 2)
15. Top of The Pops June 1983: “Who’s That Girl”
16. The Terry Wogan Show December 1986: “The Miracle of Love”
17. Top of The Pops June 1988: “You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart” acoustic Performance
18. The Late Show September 1989: “Don’t Ask Me Why” acoustic performance
19. Top of The Pops January 1986: “It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)” (music video)
20. The Montreux Rock Festival, August 1986: “When Tomorrow Comes”
21. The Late Show September 1989: interview with Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox
22. Top of The Pops November 2005: “I’ve Got A Life”
23. Top of The Pops November 1983: “Right By Your Side“
24. Music On The Line January 2000 “Here Comes The Rain Again”
25. Top of The Pops July 1985: t”There Must Ba AN Angel Playing With My Heart”
Duration 1 Hour 31 Minutes
2. Annie Lennox at The BBC Air Date 12/21/24: Annie Lennox has been described as the most successful female artist in British music history, and this collection is a celebration of the stunning solo side of her accomplishments – which started in earnest with the release of her hugely acclaimed debut solo album, Diva, in 1992. Since then, Annie has shown time and time again exactly why she remains one of Britain’s most popular and critically praised artists, and the evidence is shared here once again with a selection of her finest performances plucked from the BBC archives. This compilation of performances, spanning the years of the Annie’s entire solo career. Detailed listing of every single performance is listed below. Also include included our interesting facts are shown as text at the bottom of the screen during the performances that relate to both the performance as well as facts about here solo career at that particular time.
1. Top of The Pops August 1992: “Walking On Broken Glass”
2. The Terry Wogan Show May 1992: “Precious”
3. Top of The Pops June 1995: “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
4. The Terry Wogan Show January 1986: Interview with Annie Lennox
5. The Parkinson Show September 2003: “Wonderful”
6. Later with Jools Holland, May 2009: “Little Bird”
7. Later with Jools Holland, November 2009: “Full Steam” David Gray featuring Annie Lennox
8. Top of The Pops February 1993: “Love Song For A Vampire”
9. EX-S: Annie Lennox Diva April 1992: interview with Annie Lennox
10. EX-S: Annie Lennox Diva April 1992: “Keep Young and Beautiful” music video
11. Strictly Come Dancing November 2010: “Universal Child”
12. The Graham Norton Show November 2014: “God Bless The Child”
13. Later with Jools Holland, June 2012: “Pavement Cracks”
14. Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, March 2009: “Shining Light”
15. BBC One Sessions March 2009: “A Thousand Beautiful Things”
16. EX-S: Annie Lennox Diva April 1992: “Cold” music video
17. EX-S: Annie Lennox Diva April 1992: interview with Annie Lennox
18. Top of The Pops March 1992: “Why”
19. Top of The Pops December 1995: “No More I Love You’s”
Duration 59 Minutes 17 Seconds
BONUS Material
3. Eurythmics: We Too Are One on The Late Show (September 1989) 12/21/24: Tracey MacLeod reports for The Late Show as Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart – better known as Eurythmics – prepare to launch their album We Two Are One. First broadcast 1989.
Duration 19 Minutes
Total Running Time: 2 Hours and 50 Minutes