Rock & Roll (TV series)

Rock & Roll
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Liev Schreiber
Opening theme	"Purple Haze" performed by Jimi Hendrix
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Elizabeth Deane
Producer	Hugh Thomson
Production companies	WGBH Educational Foundation BBC
Budget	US$8 million
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	September 24 (1995-09-24) – September 28, 1995 (1995-09-28)

Rock & Roll
File:Dancing in the Street title card.jpg
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Sean Barrett
Opening theme	"Dancing in the Street" performed by Martha and the Vandellas
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Elizabeth Deane
Producer	Hugh Thomson
Production companies	BBC WGBH Educational Foundation
Budget	US$8 million
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	June 15 (1996-06-15) – August 17, 1996 (1996-08-17)

Rock & Roll (U.S. title)/Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History (U.K. title) is a 1995 American-British documentary miniseries about the history of rock and roll music produced by the BBC and WGBH.

Music critic Robert Palmer served as chief consultant on the series.

The series received a Peabody Award.

On PBS, funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS viewers, Experience Music Project (5 years prior to opening), the National Endowment for the Arts, RadioShack (promoting its then-sponsorship of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum) and Boston Beer Company.

See also

• The History of Rock 'n' Roll, 1995 miniseries

External links

• Rock & Roll at IMDb
• Dancing in the Street at IMDb
• PBS Rock & Roll' site (archived)
• WGBH Special Collections