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 (18)
1. Episode #2.1
Aired 1 November 1982 • 60 min
The Synthesizer, People and Performance - a Riverside special. 1982 has seen an unprecedented number of synthesizer bands reaching high in the pop charts. Presenter Mike Andrews talks to Phil Oakey of Human League and his producer Martin Rushent, Billy Currie of Ultravox, George Martin , legendary Beatles producer currently working with Ultravox, and Brian Eno, original synthesizer player with Roxy Music, and acknowledged influence behind many of today's bands. With video performance from Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Human League and Depeche Mode.
2. Episode #2.2
Aired 8 November 1982 • 30 min
'Clothespeak' fashion special
3. Episode #2.3
Aired 15 November 1982 • 30 min
Series 1 Revisited: Music from Bauhaus, New Order, Fire Engines
4. Episode #2.4
Aired 22 November 1982 • 30 min
Music from Shriekback, Attila the Stockbroker and a studio interview with Psychic TV
5. Episode #2.5
Aired 29 November 1982 • 30 min
Music from David Sylvian, Orchestre Jazira and on location with Heaven 17
6. Episode #2.6
Aired 6 December 1982 • 30 min
Music from The Higsons and Boy George and Cabaret Voltaire discuss their videos,
7. Episode #2.7
Aired 13 December 1982 • 30 min
Music from Rock Goddess, "Heavy Metal Special" featuring Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
8. Episode #2.8
Aired 20 December 1982 • 30 min
Music from Danny and the Nogoodniks and Marc Almond of Soft Cell chats to Victoria Studd while cooking his mince pies
9. Episode #2.8
Aired 27 December 1982 • 30 min
Model Making - A Riverside Special
10. Episode #2.10
Aired 3 January 1983 • 30 min
Music from David Sylvian, Big Country and a visit to the Hacienda Club in Manchester and talk to designer Ben Kelly
11. Episode #2.11
Aired 10 January 1983 • 30 min
Music from The Danse Society and an interview and performance from actor, playwright, director Steven Berkoff
12. Episode #2.12
Aired 17 January 1983 • 30 min
Music from Animal Nightlife and Mick Karn 's collaboration with Ballet Rambert choreographer Michael Ho
13. Episode #2.13
Aired 24 January 1983 • 30 min
Music from The Decorators and The Cure join Nicholas Dixon of the Royal Ballet in a dance experiment.
14. Episode #2.14
Aired 14 February 1983 • 30 min
St Valentine's Day special is TV Fetish The fastest video your set will ever see
15. Episode #2.15
Aired 21 February 1983 • 30 min
Seagulls on the Cable - A Flock of Seagulls in New York. Riverside presents a complete guide to New York's 27 channels, and takes a closer look at one of them, Music Television (MTV), the world's first 24-hour pop television channel. We catch some of the New Year celebrations on MTV when A Flock of Seagulls shared the top billing with Duran Duran.
16. Episode #2.16
Aired 28 February 1983 • 30 min
Music from Sex Gang Children
17. Episode #2.17
Aired 7 March 1983 • 30 min
Music from It's Immaterial and Boys from the Blackstuff author Alan Bleasdale
18. Episode #2.18
Aired 14 March 1983 • 30 min
Music from Mantis Dance Company with guests 23 Skidoo programme of experimental modern dance, performed to music ranging from live performance by 23 SKIDOO, to a NEIL ARTHUR and STEPHEN LUSCOMBE (Blancmange) composition, to a concerto by BACH.