The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
Magenta Devine narrates a programme focusing on the music of the New Romantics, a movement born from the London club scene at the beginning of the 80s.
Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Marilyn, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, ABC... At the dawn of the 80s, a whole host of strangely dressed men in make-up burst forth onto the music scene brandishing synthesisers and kicking against the visual ugliness of punk.
They came mainly from the London club scene, led by gender-bending host Steve Strange and pioneering electronic DJ Rusty Egan, and conquered the charts with classic tracks such as Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, To Cut a Long Story Short, Kings of the Wild Frontier, Planet Earth, Fade to Grey, Calling Your Name and Poison Arrow.
Magenta Devine narrates this gay and colourful behind-the-scene documentary of sex and drugs and frocks and hair-rollers, which includes interviews with Boy George, Gary Kemp, Adam Ant, Nick Rhodes, Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Marilyn, Jonathan Ross, Caryn Franklin, Fiona Bruce and Robert Elms.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Lena Horne
A Fine Romance
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00:00Adam and the Ants
Prince Charming
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00:01David Bowie
Boys Keep Swinging
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00:02David Bowie
Starman
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00:03Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
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00:03Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
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00:03Adam and the Ants
Prince Charming
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00:03The Specials
Ghost Town
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00:04David Bowie
'Heroes'
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00:06The Human League
Mirror Man
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00:06The Specials
Ghost Town
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00:07David Bowie
'Heroes'
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00:07Kraftwerk
The Model
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00:08Spandau Ballet
The Freeze
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00:08Adam Ant
Ant Rap
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00:08Duran Duran
Careless Memories
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00:08The Human League
Mirror Man
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00:10Japan
Quiet Life
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00:11Adam and the Ants
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
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00:12Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
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00:13David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes
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00:13Japan
Quiet Life (7" Version)
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00:14Depeche Mode
Just Can't Get Enough
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00:15Visage
Fade To Grey
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00:17Depeche Mode
Everything Counts
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00:18Visage
Fade To Grey
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00:18Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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00:21Ultravox
Vienna
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00:23Culture Club
It's A Miracle
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00:23Ultravox
Vienna
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00:24Adam and the Ants
Goody Two Shoes
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00:24Adam Ant
Goody Two Shoes
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00:25Culture Club
It's A Miracle
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00:25ABC
The Look Of Love
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00:27Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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00:28ABC
The Look Of Love
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00:29Adam and the Ants
Ant Music
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00:29Adam and the Ants
Antmusic
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00:29Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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00:31Duran Duran
Planet Earth
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00:33Depeche Mode
New Life
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00:33Duran Duran
Planet Earth
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00:34Soft Cell
Tainted Love
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00:35ABC
Poison Arrow
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00:35Depeche Mode
New Life
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00:36Classix Nouveaux
Is It A Dream
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00:36A Flock of Seagulls
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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00:37Culture Club
Time (Clock of the Heart)
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00:37Culture Club
Time
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00:37ABC
Poison Arrow
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00:38Culture Club
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
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00:39A Flock of Seagulls
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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00:42Soft Cell
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
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00:39Marilyn
Calling Your Name
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00:43Spandau Ballet
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
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00:45Gary Numan
Please Push No More
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00:43Culture Club
Victims
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00:48Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
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00:48Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Magenta Devine |
| Producer | Sharon Walker |
| Director | Sharon Walker |
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