BBC Four Television will broadcast an evening of prgrammes celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of Fairport Convention, Britain's best-known folk rock band. The screening is scheduled for Friday 14 September with the first programme going out at 9
Highlight of the evening will be a 60-minute documentary titled "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" It will chart the band's career from their earliest days in north London to their current status as the most enduring and popular act on the UK folk scene. Formed in 1967 and championed by John Peel, Fairport Convention not only pioneered the genre of British folkrock but became the musical cradle for such major talents as Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny.
The documentary will include rare archive film and stills and in-depth interviews with the current line-up as well as past band members (including Richard Thompson). There is also contemporary footage shot during the past year at Fairport concerts and at the band's very own music festival at Cropredy. The programme will be narrated by Frank Skinner, a personal friend of the band and an enthusiastic fan of their music.
The second of the evening's programmes goes out at 10pm and features the current line-up of Fairport Convention live in concert. The show was recorded at the Union Chapel, Islington, on Saturday 10 March this year in front of a packed house. The concert was filmed by BBC TV and the 60-minute programme presents Fairport at the top of its game. The concert repertoire (chosen by a poll of the band's fans) includes such Fairport classics as Walk Awhile, Fotheringay and Matty Grooves.
Published on 03 September 2012 by Ben Robinson
