Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK?s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17th September.

When a teenage Kylie lit up Aussie screens in Neighbours, the die was cast for her meteoric rise to fame. Before long, she?d launched a parallel career as a singer - and left Ramsay Street in the rear-view mirror.

After that? No prizes for guessing. Sold-out stadiums. Hollywood. Heartbreak. A music career spanning five decades - with hits in every single one of them.

No artist works at Kylie?s level for that long without a gift for reinvention. In Eras: Kylie Minogue, Scott follows Kylie as she deftly navigates a changing music industry, personal crises, and harsh critics - and never stops winning. Along the way, you?ll hear the tracks that left deep grooves on the face of pop culture - and are still making them today.

In Episode One, new interviews and BBC Archive reveal a star who?s finding her feet - but always knows where she stands. Smart, self-assured, and in the studio with synthpop svengalis Stock, Aitken and Waterman, Kylie discovers the value of great collaborators - and the power of her own image.

But Britpop is on the horizon. New relationships - both professional and personal - are making their mark. A new era beckons - time for a change.

Contributors include fellow performer at Radio 2 in the Park Beverley Knight, Jack Savoretti, David Tennant (who Kylie starred with in a special Christmas episode of Doctor Who in 2007, watched by over 13 million viewers), Tia Kofi, Jaime Winstone, and Radio 2 presenters Fearne Cotton, Owain Wyn Evans and Michelle Visage.

Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK?s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17 September.

The 90s are well underway, and Kylie Minogue is in uncharted territory. After splitting with powerhouse production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman, she?s joined forces with indie label Deconstruction Records, spurning the advances of a slew of record industry suits.

For Kylie, it?s an era defined by experimentation. A new look, a new ethos and a host of unexpected collaborations: M People, Pet Shop Boys, Manic Street Preachers, Nick Cave and more.

It?s not always an easy ride. As an artist, she?s maturing in the public eye. Caught between the worlds of pop and ?credible? indie, Kylie fiercely resists pigeonholing from the press and fans alike.

Through revealing interviews, both brand new and from the BBC Archive, you?ll witness one of pop?s great metamorphoses. A process that takes the girl who was Charlene, and molds her into one of pop?s savviest operators, following her own road to megastardom.

On the cusp of a new millennium, Kylie?s ready to dominate the charts. However will she pull it off?

Contributors include Keith Blackhurst, David Tennant, Beverley Knight, Jessie Ware (who collaborated with Kylie on the single Kiss of Life released in October 2021), Jack Savoretti (who duetted with Kylie for their 2018 song Music?s Too Sad Without You), Jake Shears (who collaborated with Kylie for her 2004 single I Believe in You, as well as her 2010 album Aphrodite and their 2018 song Voices), and Radio 2 presenters Rylan Clark and Dermot O?Leary.

Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK?s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17th September.

Australia rings in the New Year first. But as a new millennium dawns, one of her favourite daughters is relaxing in LA. She won?t be standing still for long.

In the summer of 2000, the world entered Kylie Minogue?s third and most iconic era so far. Newly signed to a major label, she?s about to unleash a wave of shimmering dance-pop - an imperial phase.

Spinning Around introduces audiences to a yet another incarnation of Kylie - one whose sophisticated sound, sex appeal and knowing sense of fun rockets her to her rightful place at the top of the charts. It?s a feat she?ll repeat with a run of hits that dominates radio playlists. Can?t Get You Out of My Head, with its? La La La earworm, makes waves across the Atlantic. The future looks Golden.

But in 2005, a shock diagnosis with breast cancer cuts the music short. Her illness and recovery plays out in public.

Through BBC Archive and new interviews with those who knew her at the time, you?ll track the dizzy highs and crushing lows of a turbulent era for the Queen of Noughties Pop. An era that leaves her stronger, wiser - and more determined than ever to perform.

Contributors include British singer and actor Olly Alexander, Tia Kofi, Jessie Ware, Beverley Knight, Jack Savoretti, Jake Shears and Cathy Dennis (who co-wrote Kylie?s 2001 hit, Can?t Get You Out Of My Head), as well as Radio 2 presenters Fearne Cotton and Michelle Visage.

Join Scott Mills for the ultimate celebration of the UK?s best-loved pop star, who this year headlines Radio 2 in the Park on Sunday 17th September.

All good things come to an end - unless you?re Kylie Minogue, apparently.

In 2012, Kylie marked 25 years in the music industry. The Abbey Road Sessions, an album of radical reworkings of some of her biggest hits, could easily have bookended a career few others could match. As it turned out, it was more of a bookmark - an acknowledgement of what had gone before, with the promise of more to come.

In the last decade, Kylie embraced possibility, turning her time-tested talents to new musical challenges. From country music to Covid home-studios and star-studded floorfillers, this was the era where Kylie most obviously did what she?s always done - whatever she likes.

And then? Padam Padam. The undeniable sound of Summer ?23, and the hook that caught a whole new generation.

Ahead of Kylie's headline set at Radio 2 in the Park 2023, Scott Mills chats to the Princess of Pop, as they discuss the highlights of her 35 year career.

Martin Freeman tells the story of the Fab Four?s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way.

In the space of just 8 years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented global fame. And when their time together came to an end, each Beatle began anew - creating a body of work that?s still growing today.

As the world welcomes Now and Then - the first new music from the Beatles since 1995 - hear a fresh retelling of a story with no real end in sight.

In Episode 1, we meet the Beatles as they work their way to the brink of global superstardom - shaping their sound, honing their iconic look, and making the tough decisions that take them all the way to the top.

Featuring rare interviews from the BBC?s treasure trove of Beatles material, sourced with a little help from our friends on the Archive team, Eras: The Beatles is an immersive celebration of the biggest band in history.

It?s 1964. British Beatlemania is in full swing but, this summer, the Fab Four are about to go global - and nothing can stand in their way.

In Part 2 of Eras: The Beatles the band scales new heights as they enter the pop stratosphere on both sides of the Atlantic.

From silver-screen adventures to the invention of Stadium Rock, the BBC Archive team have scoured their collection for the interviews that put you right at the heart of those manic months on the road - including an exclusive find that hasn?t been heard since it was first broadcast 60 years ago. Hear the story of the Fab Four?s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way, as narrated by Martin Freeman.

No high lasts forever. And in 1966, the pressures of fame begin to weigh on the globetrotting lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo. From a close-call with military police in the Philippines, to an all-out religious backlash in the United States, the band starts to question whether being a Beatle is quite so fab after all. Maybe it?s time for something new. To become a different band entirely.

In Part 3 of Eras: The Beatles, Martin Freeman finds the band at a critical juncture in their story - the extraordinary decision to abandon the live shows that made their name, and embrace the potential of the recording studio with the groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Featuring illuminating archive from the band and their contemporaries, we?ll follow the Beatles as they shape popular music for decades to come with the birth of the concept album.

When tragedy strikes at the end of 1967, the Beatles are faced with an uncertain future. In the months and years to come, cracks begin to show in the foundations of the world?s most powerful musical unit. As each member matured and developed as artists, the end became inevitable.

In Part 4 of Eras: The Beatles, Martin Freeman explores the pressures that broke the biggest band on the planet, and the incredible music that this turbulent era produced.

From the high-minded psychedelia of Magical Mystery Tour to the drama of Let It Be, to the masterpiece that was Abbey Road, the BBC Archive team have scoured their collections to bring you the interviews that shine a light on a dark period for the Beatles.

If you?re in the biggest band there ever was, how do you cope when it all comes crashing down?

That?s the question John, Paul, George and Ringo were asking themselves in the spring of 1970, when it was announced that the Beatles were breaking up for good.

In Part 5, Martin Freeman arrives at the end of an era - and the start of four more.

In the aftermath of the split, recriminations give way to new beginnings - and each individual Beatle embarks on a successful solo career. Rumours of a reunion swirl - before a senseless act of violence seems to draw a line under their story as a unit.

But a band like the Beatles never goes away. It lives forever in the people who love it.

And this is a story that never really ends..

In the final episode of Eras: The Beatles we hear the story behind The Beatles final single ?Now and Then?, including new interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

Narrated by Martin Freeman, the episode also features insight on the new track from Sean Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison and Peter Jackson. In 1994, Yoko Ono gave Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr a selection of unfinished demo tapes, recorded by John Lennon in the 1970s. Two of those songs, Free as a Bird and Real Love, were arranged and released on 1995?s Beatles: Anthology project. A third demo was never completed. At the time, the tape was deemed too muddy to work with. But decades later, a new machine assisted learning programme, pioneered by Get Back director Peter Jackson and his team made ?Now and Then?, the final Beatles single, possible ? with each Beatle performing on the track. Listen to the story of how it came about as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and more reflect on the decades and discuss the making of the band?s last song.

They?re famous for their marriages, divorces, and impossibly perfect pop songs.

But how much do you really know about ABBA?

In this series, Sara Cox is your guide to Sweden?s biggest musical export.

When Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, their lives changed forever. But that win didn?t come easy.

Because the road to Waterloo is a long one. It took years of hard work, and the combination of four world-class talents - each of them already successful in their own right - to pull it off.

Through the BBC?s archive and new interviews with experts and insiders - as well as the group?s timeless back catalogue - you?ll get to know ABBA like never before.

With Waterloo, ABBA became an international act. But in the aftermath, they were almost written off as one-hit wonders.

In Episode 2 of ABBA: Eras, Sara Cox tells the story of how the group pulled themselves back from the brink of obscurity - and found legions of new fans a very long way from Sweden.

Featuring rare BBC archive, expert interviews and lashings of ABBA?s indelible pop, this is your window into the musical genius and sheer perseverance that brought ABBA to their rightful place at the top.

It?s 1979, and ABBA are one of the world?s most famous bands. But beneath their successful surface, things are changing.

In Episode 3, Sara Cox follows the band to the peak of their career. As ABBA release some of their most iconic and sophisticated music, their personal relationships come under incredible strain. The band play on - but how long can they really last?

Through the BBC Archive and brand new interviews, we chronicle the beginning of the end for the masters of the scene.

After a wildly successful but grueling decade, ABBA were no more. Their ?indefinite hiatus? allowed each member of the group to follow their own path. But nothing lasts forever - not even endings.

In Episode 4, Sara Cox tells the story of a comeback like no other.

From pop history?s greatest Greatest Hits, to theatrical smashes, Hollywood acclaim and futuristic entertainment experiences, ABBA have achieved a truly timeless legacy.

Through the BBC Archive and brand new interviews, you?ll understand exactly why.

After establishing themselves as one of music?s pop giants, the ABBA legacy continues in an exciting new chapter - ABBA Voyage. The futuristic and visually groundbreaking show ignites a new love for ABBA, once again.

In Episode 5, Sara Cox sits down with the producers of ABBA Voyage - Svana Gisla and Ludvig Andersson (who is also Benny from the band?s son) to discuss how the concept came about, and what really went into creating one of the most talked about shows of the last decade.

As Svana and Ludvig give us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at ABBA in the studio and Sara Cox also digs into what might be on the cards for ABBA in the future.

Storyteller. Activist. Superstar. This is the story of Sting.

Vernon Kay is your guide to one of British music?s most individual artists.

In Episode One, you?ll hear the stories, and the music, that shaped Sting?s early life. From the terraces of Wallsend to Punk-era London, where a single phone call changed his destiny forever.

Told in Sting?s own words through the BBC archive, and featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, you?ll get to know the man behind the name.

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When Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers formed the Police, none of them could have predicted the phenomenon that they would become.

In Episode Two, we follow the band from the start of that journey to their world-dominating peak. In 5 years, they?ll go from grubby bars to the home of arena rock - Shea Stadium.

Along the way, they?ll produce some of the defining hits of a generation. But as Sting asserts himself as a songwriter, tensions brew? and something has to give.

Featuring rare BBC archive, expert interviews and iconic tunes, this is your window into the blend of genius and hard work that propelled Sting and the Police to the top of the charts around the globe.

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The Police are no more. But Sting never rests on his laurels.

In Episode Three, Vernon Kay follows the first stages in a solo career spanning four decades. Embracing his origins in Jazz, and his magpie instinct for melody, Sting joins the ranks of the great British soloists. At the same time, he?ll help to forge the bond between pop music and philanthropy that still exists today.

Through the BBC archive and brand new interviews, you?ll hear how Sting embraced the new, honed his craft, and fought for a better world.

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When you?ve been in the game for as long as Sting has, it?s tempting to just keep giving the people what they want. But that?s just not him, is it?

In Episode Four, Vernon Kay finds Sting in a place in which inspiration is everything. Whether it?s a lute album, a turn on Broadway, traditional folk or Reggae, Sting refuses to be pinned down.

That?s the attitude that?s won him millions of fans, the respect of his peers, and a musical legacy that only a handful of stars can match. And in his eighth decade, he?s showing no signs of slowing down.

Through the BBC Archive and brand new interviews, you?ll understand what makes Sting truly unique.

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Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker.

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae?s first and greatest superstar, Bob Marley.

In the years since his death in 1981, Bob Marley has become an icon unlike any other.

In Episode One of Eras: Bob Marley, you?ll discover where his story began.

From the rural village of Nine Mile to the yards of Kingston, follow Bob?s first steps into the music industry, and his earliest encounters with the band that would make him famous - The Wailers.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive, you?ll get to know the man behind the music.

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Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae?s first and greatest superstar.

In the second episode of Eras: Bob Marley, it?s 1972, and The Wailers find themselves in London. When a strange twist of fate puts them in front of Island Records? Chris Blackwell, a new chapter begins for Bob, Peter and Bunny.

But under the pressure of life on the road, tensions grow between the old friends - and something has to give.

As the eyes of the world turn to Bob Marley, a golden age of Reggae begins.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive.

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Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae?s first and greatest superstar.

In Episode 3 of Eras: Bob Marley, it?s an election year - and Jamaica is rocked by political turmoil. Bob is living peacefully at his home in Kingston, but when violence comes to 56 Hope Road, his days in the city are numbered.

The next chapter of his story will cement his legacy as the King of Reggae - an icon whose impact goes far beyond music alone.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive.

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Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae?s first and greatest superstar.

In the final chapter of Eras: Bob Marley, Bob?s incredible life comes to end. But his Legend is immortal.

Friends, fans and collaborators celebrate his legacy of activism, his potent spirituality and his undeniable musical accomplishments, which left the world so much richer than he found it.

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Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker.

He?s sold tens of millions of records - but his influence goes far beyond music. He?s one of the most recognisable faces on Earth - but how much do you know the man behind the smile?

As the world celebrates 80 years of Bob Marley, Trevor Nelson sits down with Cedella and Skip Marley to hear their personal takes on the enduring legend of Reggae?s first and greatest superstar.

Bill Bailey tells the story of rock's most flamboyant and iconic band.

In the first episode of Eras: Queen, it's the late 60s, and four outsiders with academic brains collide in London. We find out how Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John were drawn together through college friendships and a shared creative vision.

In the first half of the 70s, they played college gigs and support tours, started to refine their live show and build an audience proving they could command the attention of their growing fans. From recording demos, we go with them as they recorded their first three albums, Queen, Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack.

Through rare BBC archive and new interviews from Brian May and Roger Taylor plus contributors including record executive Paul Watts, journalist Rosie Horide who followed the band in their early days and Bob Harris, an early supporter, we find out how their ascension was met with financial struggles but as a band they had a shared creative vision to take on the World.

Bill Bailey tells the story of Queen and in the second episode it's 1975, and Queen are on the brink of failure. With financial issues they are exhausted and overlooked, but take a huge gamble on something long, weird, and radio-unfriendly: Bohemian Rhapsody.

As the world turns to Queen we explore their evolution into stadium-shaking titans throughout the late 1970s. Through archive and new interviews, including journalist David Quantick and singer Adam Lambert, we see how Queen were on a roll with releasing albums and were performing internationally to cement their global fame.

In the early 80s, we find them embracing synths, disco, and sci-fi scores with albums The Game and the Flash Gordon soundtrack. Through their groundbreaking tour of South America, and the release of Greatest Hits we explore Queen at their height before they face burnout and are unsure of what comes next.

This episode of Eras: Queen, Bill Bailey explores the emotional and creative toll of fame on the band. After a breakneck pace in the previous decade, Queen quietly disappear from the spotlight in the early 80s, each member pursuing solo projects.

They return sharper with renewed clarity for their next album, The Works, culminating in their iconic Live Aid performance in 1985. A year later, Queen continue their role as global icons, performing behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest.

Now fully back in the spotlight, Queen face the quiet shadow of Freddie?s illness. Through new interviews and gems from the BBC archive, we hear from Queen in their own words as they navigated the weight of being global superstars.

In this episode of Eras: Queen, Bill Bailey tells the story of the band's most poignant and powerful chapter.

By the start of the 90s, Queen knew time was running short as Freddie Mercury was gravely ill. Instead of slowing down, they pushed forward, making another album, Innuendo, and creating the video for "These Are The Days Of Our Lives," Freddie?s final on-camera appearance. This episode explores the profound impact of Freddie's public announcement of his AIDS diagnosis, followed by his passing just 24 hours later.

The reign continues in 1992 as Brian, Roger, and John orgainse the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium. We explore the release of their album Made in Heaven in 1995 which was built around Freddie?s final vocal recordings.

Bill looks at Queen's continued legacy through the We Will Rock You musical and the Bohemian Rhapsody film. We celebrate Queen's new phase with Adam Lambert, who, alongside Brian May and Roger Taylor, continues to bring their music to life. With new interviews with Queen fans, Matt Lucas and Brittany Howard, we find out about Queen's unwavering dedication to their fans, old and new, and how their music continues to resonate across generations.

Hosted by comedian and lifelong Queen super fan Bill Bailey, this latest installment of the ERAS series dives deep into the story of the band told through the prism of their operatic masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. Bill sits down for brand-new conversations with Brian May and Roger Taylor, Queen?s legendary guitarist and drummer, who look back on their extraordinary journey, and the legacy of their most famous song.

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Who?s that cherubic lad, beaming out from the cover of a 9 penny knitting pattern?

Meet young Philip Collins ? a boy born with two distinct paths laid out before him. Follow his dad into the world of office work and suburban domesticity? Or listen to that voice that tells him to climb onto stage, any stage, and perform?

In episode one of Eras: Phil Collins ? Zoe follows Phil as he receives his first toy drum, age three, and discovers a lifelong obsession. One that will ultimately lead him to his destiny, as he stumbles into an audition with a little-known prog rock group called Genesis.

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It?s the dawn of the 1980s, and Phil?s life has been thrown into turmoil by the breakdown of his marriage ? but amidst the heartbreak, he finds a new drive to create.

Zoe Ball follows Phil Collins as he steps away from Genesis and makes his first, unforgettable statement as a solo artist. The album ? and a certain drum fill in its opening track ? propel Phil to the status of Britain?s most unassuming popstar. With it comes his first taste of both the highs and lows of so much exposure. Opportunities to work with his heroes, Eric Clapton and Robert Plant, come knocking ? but then so do the bad reviews?

Will the madness get to Mr. Everyman?s head?

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In 1985, after a couple of massive singles and an Oscar nomination, Phil Collins stands on the precipice of global megastardom. Then comes No Jacket Required, Live Aid, a red hot hit streak with Genesis ? and he?s hurled over the edge.

From time zone defying Concorde operatics to soundtracking ? and starring in ? Miami Vice, Zoe Ball charts Phil?s imperial era. The critics might be giving him a hard time, but in stadiums all over the world legions of fans sing every word to his constantly expanding stable of mega hits.

But as the demands on his time and attention multiply? it?s only a matter of time before there?s a personal cost to so much success.

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In the 1990s, Phil Collins? status as rock and roll?s resident nice guy is thrown into question after the collapse of his second marriage, the leak of a certain fax, and a subsequent tabloid frenzy. Bruised by the experience, Phil begins a gradual retreat from the industry ? moving to Switzerland, then quitting Genesis, and ultimately announcing his own ?Final Farewell Tour? in 2004.

But retirement is easier said than done. Zoe Ball follows Phil Collins through an epic and emotional final act, as struggles with ill health leave him unable to play the drums. But all the while that he?s away, Phil?s music is finding its way to a new generation, and soon the cries for one final farewell get too loud to ignore?

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