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Country at the BBC

Compilation of BBC archive performances by country artists, including Tammy Wynette, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson.

Grab your partner by the hand - the BBC have raided their archive and brought to light glittering performances by country artists over the last four decades.

Star appearances include Tammy Wynette, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and, of course, Dolly Parton. All the greats have performed for the BBC at some point - on entertainment shows, in concert and at the BBC studios. Some of the rhinestones revealed are Charley Pride's Crystal Chandeliers from the Lulu Show, Emmylou Harris singing Together Again on the Old Grey Whistle Test and Billie Jo Spears's Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad from the Val Doonican Music Show.

We're brought up to date with modern country hits by kd lang, Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss and Taylor Swift, plus a special unbroadcasted performance from Later...with Jools Holland by Willie Nelson.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Sep 2023 21:00
BBC Four

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Bobbie Gentry

    Papa Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You?

  • Tammy Wynette

    Stand By Your Man

  • Charley Pride

    Crystal Chandeliers

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

  • Emmylou Harris

    Together Again

  • Charlie Rich

    The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

  • Chet Atkins

    Cascade

  • Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

    Me And Bobby McGee

  • Don Williams

    Amanda

  • Billie Jo Spears, George Hamilton IV & Lloyd Green

    Wabash Cannonball

  • Dolly Parton

    Coat of Many Colours

  • Kenny Rogers

    Lucille

  • Crystal Gayle

    Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

  • Glen Campbell

    Rhinestone Cowboy

  • Billie Jo Spears

    Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

  • Willie Nelson

    Always On My Mind

  • Dolly Parton

    I Will Always Love You

  • Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson

    The Highwayman

  • k.d. lang

    Western Stars

  • Junior Brown

    Highway Patrol

  • George Strait

    All My Ex's Live In Texas

  • Alan Jackson

    Dog River Blues

  • Johnny Cash

    Folsom Prison Blues

  • Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Little Liza Jane

  • Taylor Swift

    Love Story

  • Willie Nelson

    Me and Paul

  • Garth Brooks

    Standing Outside The Fire

  • Shania Twain

    That Don't Impress Me Much

  • The Chicks

    The Long Way Around

Credits

Producer Eleanor Thomas
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

Broadcasts

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