Series synopsis
Guy Garvey: From the Vaults is a British documentary television series that premiered on Sky Arts on September 18, 2020. It stars Guy Garvey.
Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold – with era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews that have remained on the shelves for decades. The series is centred around shows which were made by ITV companies around the country – from Tony Wilson and Granada TV’s So It Goes to Tyne Tees’ ground-breaking Channel 4 series The Tube and LWT’s The London Weekend Show - chronicling not just changing musical tastes but ...
Premise
Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold – with era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews that have remained on the shelves for decades. The series is centred around shows which were made by ITV companies around the country – from Tony Wilson and Granada TV’s So It Goes to Tyne Tees’ ground-breaking Channel 4 series The Tube and LWT’s The London Weekend Show - chronicling not just changing musical tastes but evolution in the UK’s social and cultural history too. The series travels from Punk and New Wave to the birth of ‘Madchester’.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Guy Garvey as Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | September 18, 2020 | October 23, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 5 | July 2, 2021 | July 30, 2021 |
| Season 3 | 5 | May 13, 2022 | June 10, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 4 | February 17, 2023 | March 10, 2023 |
| Season 5 | 5 | September 6, 2024 | October 4, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1979 The Elbow frontman introduces music from the TV archives, starting with 1979 and unseen footage from a Kate Bush concert, and early performances by Dire Straits, the Tourists, Pretenders and the Police. Plus, the TV debuts of the Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen, and Talking Heads' memorable appearance on the South Bank Show. |
September 18, 2020 |
| 2 |
1982 Guy presents the best of 1982 - including The Jam's final TV appearance, a performance from Simple Minds, early interviews with Depeche Mode and unseen footage of Yazoo. |
September 25, 2020 |
| 3 |
1977 Guy celebrates 1977 - a seminal year in British rock and pop, looking back at a long-lost Blondie performance, Marc Bolan's last TV appearance and the punk movement. |
October 2, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1980 The likes of The Selecter and The Beat lead the British Ska revival. Plus, early performances from U2 and Iron Maiden, and classic appearances from The Jam and more. |
July 2, 2021 |
| 2 |
1983 Tina Turner's career reaches new heights thanks to The Tube. American stars like Shalamar and ZZ Top also appear. Political affairs influence the sounds of U2 and more. |
July 9, 2021 |
| 3 |
1985 Chaka Khan and Tom Waits perform live on The Tube. Also, new series Bliss brings live sets from the likes of The Cult and Propaganda. |
July 16, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1989 The Elbow frontman returns to introduces more music performances from the TV archives, beginning with a selection from 1989 including the Stone Roses. Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays, Sonic Youth, the La's, Ice-T, Inner City and Neneh Cherry. Guy also takes a look at rarely seen footage of college rock favourites They Might Be Giants and 10,000 Maniacs and Black Francis performing an acoustic version of a Pixies classic. |
May 13, 2022 |
| 2 |
1976 The Elbow frontman introduces music from the TV archives from 1976, featuring Sex Pistols, the Clash, Kiss, Heart, Tom Waits, the Walker Brothers, Albert Hammond and Rod Stewart. Guy also looks back at classic performances from the likes of Procol Harum, the Kinks, Be-Bop Deluxe and David Essex, as well as interviews with Patti Smith and Diana Ross. |
May 20, 2022 |
| 3 |
1986 The Elbow frontman introduces music from the TV archives from 1986, featuring appearances by the Waterboys, Suzanne Vega, Kurtis Blow, Iggy Pop, Billy Bragg, the Cramps, the Damned and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Plus, Chaka Khan, Cameo, Trouble Funk, Erasure, Furniture and Talk Talk. |
May 27, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1978 Revisited Elbow frontman Guy Garvey returns for series four as he walks through more era-defining musical performances, long-lost studio appearances and interviews. Guy returns to 1978, where the punk revolution is still alive with bands like The Undertones and Sex Pistols. Features interviews with The Fall and Magazine. |
February 17, 2023 |
| 2 |
1982 Revisited Elbow frontman Guy Garvey walks through more era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and interviews. |
February 24, 2023 |
| 3 |
1984 Revisited The Elbow frontman introduces music from the TV archives from 1984, a year that saw Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Tom Robinson release war-themed songs and the Pogues make an early TV appearance. |
March 3, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protest Songs | September 6, 2024 |
| 2 | 1983 Revisited | September 13, 2024 |
| 3 | 1985 Revisited | September 20, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Sky Arts |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 18, 2020 |
| Last aired | March 10, 2023 |
| Status | continue |