Pet Shop Boys [6 Music Artist Collection]

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Pet Shop Boys At The BBC2021062920210628 (6M)
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Snapshots of the Pet Shop Boys' career through three appearances on BBC Radio.

Including their 2002 Peel session, complete with John Peel's introductions and listener reaction, the time, in 1991, when they stood in for Simon Bates on Radio 1 and presented the Golden Hour, plus highlights of a 2016 interview with Jo Whiley on Radio 2.

Snapshots of Pet Shop Boys' career through a Peel session and other BBC Radio appearances.

Memorable Pet Shop Boys moments on BBC Radio, including their 2002 Peel session, standing in for Simon Bates in 1991 and an interview with Jo Whiley in 2016.

Celebrating the music and career of artists and exploring their influences.

Pet Shop Boys Live2021062920220621 (6M)
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Pet Shop Boys live in concert in 2006, 2007 and 2019.

Celebrating the music and career of artists and exploring their influences.

Pet Shop Boys Playlist2021062920220621 (6M)
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A playlist celebrating the music of Pet Shop Boys and its roots and branches.

Celebrating the music and career of artists and exploring their influences.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- Chart - Part 12021062920220621 (6M)
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Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking their 30th anniversary.

In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'. The Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.

This special season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.

In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.

And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.

But first, it's back to the beginning and their inventive and influential albums released on the iconic British label Parlophone.

In this programme, the Pet Shop Boys discuss 'Please', 'Actually', 'Introspective', 'Behaviour', 'Very' and 'Bilingual'. And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss their first six studio albums.

Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe look back at their career.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- Chart - Part 12021062920240604 (6M)Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking their 30th anniversary.

In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'. The Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.

This special season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.

In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.

And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.

But first, it's back to the beginning and their inventive and influential albums released on the iconic British label Parlophone.

In this programme, the Pet Shop Boys discuss 'Please', 'Actually', 'Introspective', 'Behaviour', 'Very' and 'Bilingual'. And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss their first six studio albums.

Celebrating the music and career of artists and exploring their influences.

Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe look back at their career.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- Chart - Part 22021062920220621 (6M)
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As part of 6 Music Artist Collection, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe talk to Miranda Sawyer.

In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'. Over the next thirty years, Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.

This season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.

In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.

And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.

But first, featuring a new and exclusive interview, Neil and Chris discuss their final five studio albums for Parlophone Records: 'Nightlife', 'Release', 'Fundamental', 'Yes', and 'Elysium'.

And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss their final five studio albums released by Parlophone.

Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe look back on their career.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- Chart - Part 22021062920240604 (6M)As part of 6 Music Artist Collection, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe talk to Miranda Sawyer.

In March 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut album 'please'. Over the next thirty years, Pet Shop Boys would go on to sell more than 50-million records, including forty Top 20 singles and four UK number ones.

This season of four documentaries charts the work of the most successful British music duo of all-time.

In later programmes, we'll be looking at how Neil and Chris have contrasted their success in mainstream music with acclaimed works for ballet, opera and musical theatre.

And, as the Pet Shop Boys release of a brand new album, we'll be asking how they've continued to walk a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.

But first, featuring a new and exclusive interview, Neil and Chris discuss their final five studio albums for Parlophone Records: 'Nightlife', 'Release', 'Fundamental', 'Yes', and 'Elysium'.

And Neil and Chris choose their personal favourite album tracks off each.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss their final five studio albums released by Parlophone.

Celebrating the music and career of artists and exploring their influences.

Another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe look back on their career.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- Collaborate, Part 32021063020220622 (6M)As part of 6 Music Artist Collection, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys.

With sales exceeding 50-million records and a catalogue of music that spans twelve top 10 studio albums, 40 top 20 singles, and four UK No. 1 records, pet shop boys are the most successful British music duo of all-time.

From pop divas and musical dramas, to Russian battleships and Danish fairy-tales, this is the story of Pet Shop Boys' creative partnerships and associations - on stage and on screen - as told by their collaborators.

The programme considers how and why Neil and Chris contrast their success in mainstream music with new works for ballet, opera and musical theatre. Highlights include the BBC Prom, A Man from the Future, the ballet, The Most Incredible Thing, the film, Battleship Potemkin, and the stage musical Closer To Heaven.

With contributors including record producer Trevor Horn, writer Jonathan Harvey, musician Johnny Marr, set designer Es Devlin, choreographer Javier De Frutos, designer Mark Farrow, record producer Stuart Price, artist Wolfgang Tillmans, filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, journalist Chris Heath and Alan Turing's biographer Andrew Hodges.

The story of the duo's partnerships and associations, as told by their collaborators.

Pet Shop Boys, Documentary:- The Pop Kids, Part 42021063020220622 (6M)As part of 6 Music Artist Collection, another chance to hear a series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Pet Shop Boys, in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe talk to Miranda Sawyer.

With sales exceeding 50-million records and a catalogue of music that spans twelve top 10 studio albums, 40 top 20 singles, and four UK number one records, pet shop boys are the most successful British music duo of all-time.

From Ambridge to Africa, this is the story of their latest reinvention as a successful global live electronic act. The programme examines how the duo has proved a 'certain strain of tuneful hedonism has no compulsory retirement age' and illustrates how they have often walked a tightrope between pop and art, silliness and profundity.

This final part also covers their move from Parlophone Records which resulted in the creation of a new bespoke label, and it discusses their latest album.

The programme also features a PSB collaboration with Jean Michel Jarre: Brick England.

With guests: music producers Stuart Price and Jean Michel Jarre, musician Johnny Marr, writer Jonathan Harvey, set designer Es Devlin, music programmer Pete Gleadall and PSB biographer Chris Heath.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe talk to Miranda Sawyer in 2017.