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.
Riverside (Season 1)
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1982-01-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Guests include New Order and Bow Wow Wow
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 1982-01-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Featuring music from Fad Gadget, dance from Dance Theatre Britannica. And Police star Stewart Copeland as film-maker
Episode #1.3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1982-01-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mari Wilson and the Imaginations
Episode #1.4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1982-01-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from Rip, Rig and Panic and Pauline Black
Episode #1.5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1982-02-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from King Sounds and the Israelites and video from Kraftwerk and Thomas Dolby
Episode #1.6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1982-02-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from Bauhaus and Pete Shelley on video
Episode #1.7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1982-02-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from The Diagram Brothers and Julian Temple talks about his latest film Comic Strip
Episode #1.8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1982-02-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from Fire Engines and studio interview with Alice Cooper
Episode #1.9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1982-03-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: new video from Steve Strange and Visage
Episode #1.10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1982-03-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from Killing Joke and a psychedelic night at the new London club, The Fridge
Episode #1.11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1982-03-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from Birthday Party and studio interview with Steve Strange ; and Ian Birch of Smash Hits magazine meets Paul Weller of The Jam and Martin Fry of ABC during a behind, the-scenes look at Top of the Pops
Episode #1.12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1982-03-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Music from The Fixx and eavesdrop on a studio session with Clare Grogan of Altered Images and her producer, Martin Rushent
Episode #1.13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1982-03-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: TV premiere of two bands voted for by the viewing audience including China Crisis