Oxford Road Show

*Oxford Road Show*
Oxford Road Show
Genre	Pop music television series
Directed by	Peter Hamilton
Presented by	Peter Powell; Jackie Spreckley; Janice Long; Timmy Mallett; Richard Witts; Rob Rohrer; Victoria Studd.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	63
Production
Production location	Manchester
Running time	45 Minutes
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	January 1981 –; March 1985

Oxford Road Show is a pop music magazine show broadcast on BBC2 from the BBC's New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester between 1981 and 1985. The show featured music, pop music news and competitions. Later it was known as ORS 84 and ORS 85. The show was presented as addressing issues for young adults by young adults.

Many bands and artists popular at the time performed on the show including The Cure, Queen, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, U2, Marillion, Depeche Mode and The Smiths.

The show had several presenters including Peter Powell, Jackie Spreckley, Janice Long, Timmy Mallett, Richard Witts, Rob Rohrer and Victoria Studd.

The show was later parodied as "Nozin' Aroun'" in the first episode of The Young Ones.^[1]

References

^ "BFI Screenonline: Elton, Ben (1958-) Biography". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

External links

Oxford Road Show at IMDb

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[1] "BFI Screenonline: Elton, Ben (1958-) Biography". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

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