About this season
Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.
Episodes (13)
1. S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Aired 4 January 1982 • 30 min
Guests include New Order and Bow Wow Wow
2. S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Aired 11 January 1982 • 30 min
Featuring music from Fad Gadget, dance from Dance Theatre Britannica. And Police star Stewart Copeland as film-maker
3. Episode #1.3
Aired 18 January 1982 • 30 min
Mari Wilson and the Imaginations
4. Episode #1.4
Aired 25 January 1982 • 30 min
Music from Rip, Rig and Panic and Pauline Black
5. Episode #1.5
Aired 1 February 1982 • 30 min
Music from King Sounds and the Israelites and video from Kraftwerk and Thomas Dolby
6. Episode #1.6
Aired 8 February 1982 • 30 min
Music from Bauhaus and Pete Shelley on video
7. Episode #1.7
Aired 15 February 1982 • 30 min
Music from The Diagram Brothers and Julian Temple talks about his latest film Comic Strip
8. Episode #1.8
Aired 22 February 1982 • 30 min
Music from Fire Engines and studio interview with Alice Cooper
9. Episode #1.9
Aired 1 March 1982 • 30 min
new video from Steve Strange and Visage
10. Episode #1.10
Aired 8 March 1982 • 30 min
Music from Killing Joke and a psychedelic night at the new London club, The Fridge
11. Episode #1.11
Aired 15 March 1982 • 30 min
Music from Birthday Party and studio interview with Steve Strange ; and Ian Birch of Smash Hits magazine meets Paul Weller of The Jam and Martin Fry of ABC during a behind, the-scenes look at Top of the Pops
12. Episode #1.12
Aired 22 March 1982 • 30 min
Music from The Fixx and eavesdrop on a studio session with Clare Grogan of Altered Images and her producer, Martin Rushent
13. Episode #1.13
Aired 29 March 1982 • 30 min
TV premiere of two bands voted for by the viewing audience including China Crisis