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London Songs at the BBC

A collection of performances from the BBC archives celebrating London - from Petula Clark singing A Foggy Day in London Town in 1965 to Adele performing Hometown Glory in 2007.

A collection of performances from the BBC archives, celebrating the sights and sounds and the ups and downs of London through the words and songs through the years - from Petula Clark singing A Foggy Day in London Town in 1965 to Adele performing her love letter to the city in Hometown Glory, filmed in October 2007 on the roof of the BBC car park in Shepherd's Bush. Also featured are the likes of The Jam, Eddy Grant, Tom Paxton and Lily Allen plus many more.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 16 Aug 202002:00
BBC Four

Music Played

  • Edmundo Ros

    London Is the Place for Me

  • Lily Allen

    LDN

  • Chas & Dave

    End Of Me Old Cigar

  • The Jam

    Strange Town

  • Vera Lynn

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

  • Adele

    Hometown Glory

  • West End Girls

    Pet Shop Boys

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

  • Players Theatre

    Any Old Iron/ Boiled Beef and Carrots

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

  • Tom Paxton

    Leaving London

  • Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

    London Calling

  • Cleo Laine

    London Pride

  • Squeeze

    Up the Junction

  • Ralph McTell

    Streets of London

  • Jools Holland & Louise Marshall

    Waterloo Bridge

  • Blur

    For Tomorrow

  • Julie Royce

    Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner

  • Duffy

    Warwick Avenue

  • Petula Clark

    A Foggy Day in London Town

  • The Kinks

    Waterloo Sunset

  • Iyiola Babalola, Trevor Edwards

    Ldn

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

  • Blur

    For Tomorrow

Credits

ProducerAlison Howe
Executive ProducerMark Cooper

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