Hugh Cornwell
Featuring twenty-two music videos from 1983 - 2012
BBC Choice documentary the story of The Stranglers, charting the band's rise to fame in the 1980s to present day. Despite the departure of lead singer and frontman Hugh Cornwell in 1990, the band continue to perform successfully to thousands of fans all over the world. Interviews with members of The Stranglers. Presented by jazz singer and art critic, George Melly.
Men in black, the Stranglers perform what turned out to be their final gig with founder vocalist Hugh Cornwell, live at Alexandra Palace on 11th August 1990. Tracks include 'No More Heroes', 'Something Better Change', 'Duchess' and Kinks cover 'All Day and All of the Night'.
Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?
An Englishman arrives in a remote French town near the coast to collect his broken-down car. What he sees there will change his life forever.
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
A compilation of promos from The Stranglers, chronicling the five year period in which their sleazy pub rock launched them to worldwide success, culminating in their biggest hit 'Golden Brown'.
A documentary made for BBC West in 1982, written & presented by Hugh Cornwell and Jet Black of The Stranglers. It focuses on the colour black and includes the Meninblack phenomenon and some Stranglers of course...
The Stranglers playing live in San Francisco 1978.
