London Calling You Wear It Well (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary

London Calling

You Wear It Well (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

In the late 60s the album, formerly just a collection of singles, established itself as the ultimate musical statement, and an album sleeve art culture was born that forsook obvious band photos for graphical invention and far more ...See moreIn the late 60s the album, formerly just a collection of singles, established itself as the ultimate musical statement, and an album sleeve art culture was born that forsook obvious band photos for graphical invention and far more ambitious visual pastures. We open this episode with the story of the fashions that accompanied British pop and the people who had the look. No other country's musicians share even a fraction of the image-fixation that has always characterised the best British pop. From The Beatles' moptop hairdos to the punks' Mohicans, the grey shirts of Joy Division to the tunic and feathers of Adam Ant, the androgynous glitz of glam rock to the Jewish Rastafarian chic of Culture Club, the sharp lines of Mod to the dungarees of acid house, Anthony Price suits to the gypsy romance of Dexy's Midnight Runners and beyond, British music always comes packaged with an ingeniously constructed image. We follow this with the story of successive waves of pioneering British album art, from the sensual psychedelia of Nigel Waymouth and Hapshash in the 60s, to the domination of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis in the 70s, with their elaborate surrealist imagery and visual puns, to the situationist shock tactics of Jamie Reid and punk, the industrial minimalism and fresh fonts of Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett and the Manchester connection, and on to the appropriately anonymous, computer generated flyers of the rave age. This is the story of how British pop captured the world's heart through its eyes. Written by Simon Witter See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Adam and the Ants Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Ant-Man (2015)
David Bowie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Labyrinth (1986)
Boy George Self Self See fewer	The Crying Game (1992)
Graham Coxon Self - Blur Self - Blur See fewer	The End of the F***ing World (2017)
Fred Deakin Self - Designer Self - Designer See fewer	Leap Year (2010)
Jill Furmanovsky Self - Photographer Self - Photographer See fewer	Imagining Argentina (2003)
Paul Gorman Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	London Calling (2012)
The Human League Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Son of Rambow (2007)
Andrew Loog Oldham Self - Manager Self - Manager See fewer	Fallen (1998)
Tim Maddison Self - Movie Poster Art Gallery Self - Movie Poster Art Gallery See fewer	London Calling (2012)
Paul Morley Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Condemned (2007)
Steve Norman Self Self See fewer	Spandau Ballet: Highly Strung (1984)
Simon Reynolds Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	New York Noise (2004)
Jon Savage Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Teenage (I) (2013)
Graham Smith Self - Designer and Photographer Self - Designer and Photographer See fewer	London Calling (2012)
Chris Sullivan Self Self See fewer	London's Burning: Campino auf den Spuren des Punk (2016)
Storm Thorgerson Self - Designer Self - Designer See fewer	Pink Floyd: Learning to Fly (1987)
Martyn Ware Self - Heaven 17 Self - Heaven 17 See fewer	Trainspotting (1996)