As Now That’s What I Call Music prepares to release its 100th album, Radio 2 will ask what the future holds for compilation albums in the age of streaming.
A documentary, hosted by Gary Davies and produced by Wise Buddah, will look at the past, present and future of Now That’s What I Call Music.
The first album was released in 1983 and was backed up by a national TV ad campaign voiced by Tracey Ullman. More recently they have been promoted by Wise Buddah’s Mark Goodier, also a presenter on Radio 2.
The programme has contributions from Westlife’s Mark Feehily, Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud, Ali Campbell from UB40, Kylie, Heaven 17, Limahl, The Thompson Twins, Anne-Marie and Calum Scott, as well as compilation creators and compilers, music managers and journalists.
Now That’s What I Call Music – 4th July 9pm till 10pm on BBC Radio 2. See more programme highlights here.
What an incestuous concoction of a programme !
While half the Radio 2 ‘presenters;’ are off working on tv or making money (BECAUSE they are on Radio 2….)
.. the over-paid Radio 2 producers, desperate to think of something new to justify their existence (rather than let one of the few DJs they have just choose the music from the albums ) commission an outside company (well, an ‘around the corner’ company) to make a show any good DJ could do live..
.. and all for ONE hour – when most people are watching their tv !
What a WASTE of the licence-fee! But then again the do this EVERY day……
Sorry this is not completely ‘nice’ – criticism does not have to be!!
Something better suited for BBC Four. It would be at lease 90 minutes and narrated by Mark Goodybags.
I notice that they are re-reissuing volume 1 on CD again, but for completists like me, how about issuing the ones that has still never been on CD. That’s pretty much volumes 2 through 10 (yes there were a couple of single CD releases at the time, but never the full double albums.
And how can they fit even a snippet about all 100 volumes into 57 minutes.