{"id":31865,"date":"2019-09-21T16:17:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T15:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=31865"},"modified":"2019-09-21T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T15:18:10","slug":"quadrophenia-40th-anniversary-newsy-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/quadrophenia-40th-anniversary-newsy-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadrophenia 40th Anniversary: Newsy Bits!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tonight sees Sky Arts celebrate the 40th Anniversary of, the mighty and forever enduring, Quadrophenia<\/em>, with documentaries and an airing of the movie itself. There’s already been a ton of news<\/strong><\/a> and comment in the last few weeks and, indeed, over the past year about this significant anniversary. Here’s some more…<\/p>\n

\u2022 What’s On TV<\/strong>: Happy 40th Quadrophenia! Phil Daniels on scooters, suits and the Sex Pistols\u2026: Forty years ago this month, first-time director Franc Roddam \u2013 who would go on to create TV shows Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and MasterChef \u2013 presented his eagerly anticipated 1960s-set film Quadrophenia, about an angry young mod, to the world – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 BBC Radio Cornwall<\/strong>: David White Show: Francis Rossi, Mark King, Toyah Willcox, Leslie Ash (20\/09\/2019) Francis talks Quo, Mark chats Level 42 while Leslie and Toyah talk about Quadrophenia – Listen at BBC Sounds for the next four weeks…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Radio Times<\/strong>: Quadrophenia Reunited: 40 Years On – Released in 1979 but set in 1964, Quadrophenia is a fascinating period piece within a period piece. And, thanks largely to the incredibly authentic performances of its young actors, it\u2019s aged really well over the past 40 years. Members of that cast \u2013 including Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox and, of course, Phil Daniels \u2013 reassemble at London\u2019s Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire tonight for a good-natured chinwag about the making of the film, including some readings from the script – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Belfast Telegraph<\/strong>: Stars reunite to celebrate 40 years of Quadrophenia: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of cult British film Quadrophenia, there’s a brand new documentary – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Financial Times<\/strong>: Quadrophenia: Our Generation \u2014 Phil Daniels and Sting reflect – Continue reading (registration required)…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 ATV Today<\/strong>: One to Watch: Quadrophenia: Our Generation and Quadrophenia Reunited: 40 Years On, Sky Arts: At 9pm the celebration kicks off with Quadrophenia: Our Generation. Sky Arts celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1979 cult classic Quadrophenia with a series of special films – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Pirate FM<\/strong>: Quadrophenia at 40: Stars reminisce about the film for ‘every generation’: Released in 1979 and loosely based on The Who’s album of the same name, Quadrophenia’s coming-of-age tale of a young mod is very much a cult classic – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Sunday Post<\/strong>: Quadrophenia, 40 years on: Roy\u2019s generation and his priceless scooter brought a bit extra to film: The year 1964 was a noisy one, especially if you were in the seaside towns of Brighton or Hastings caught up in fights that famously broke out between Mods and Rockers – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Gigwise<\/strong>: Quadrophenia 40 Years On: The cast on Blur, Oasis and representation in music: In celebration of the Sky Arts documentary being released to mark its 40th anniversary, we speak to the cast to investigate the legacy and impact Quadrophenia holds – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 BT<\/strong>: Johnny Rotten \u2018nearly brawled\u2019 with Phil Daniels after Quadrophenia snub: Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten came close to brawling with Quadrophenia star Phil Daniels after the actor beat him to the role of Jimmy in the cult film. However, the role went to Daniels, who earned plaudits for his depiction of a scooter-riding mod in the 1960s escaping his humdrum life through a heady mix of parties, amphetamines and fights – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Official Toyah<\/strong>: Qquadrophenia 40th Anniversary Evening: On 21 September, a special evening on Sky Arts celebrates the 40th anniversary of iconic Brit flick Quadrophenia. Several new programmes will be broadcast including the premiere of Quadrophenia Reunited \u2013 40 Years On and Quadrophenia \u2013 Our Generation – Continue reading…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tonight sees Sky Arts celebrate the 40th Anniversary of, the mighty and forever enduring, Quadrophenia, with documentaries and an airing of the movie itself. There’s already been a ton of news and comment in the last few weeks and, indeed, over the past year about this significant anniversary. Here’s some more… \u2022 What’s On TV: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,27,25],"tags":[216,2022,838],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31865"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31880,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31865\/revisions\/31880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}