16 October 2009 Factual, Music, TV Movie 88 mins
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.
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Vince Clarke as Self
Martin Gore as Self
Bernard Sumner as Self
Gary Numan as Self
Neil Tennant as Self
Phil Oakey as Self
John Foxx as Self
Daniel Miller as Self
Chris Lowe as Self
Marc Almond as Self
David Ball as Self
Martyn Ware as Self
Joanne Catherall as Self
Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher as Self
Wolfgang Flür as Self
Paul Humphreys as Self
Benjamin Whalley Director
United States 16 October 2009
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Synth Britannia:
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late ...
Transmission Date: BBC FOUR FRIDAY 16th OCTOBER AT 9PM In the late Seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The Human League Cabaret ...
Synth Britannia (2009) Director: Ben Whalley Contributors include Philip Oakey Vince Clarke Martin Gore Bernard Sumner Gary Numan and Neil Tennant.
Gary Numan was featured on this program about synthesiser music in october 2009.
The Throbbing Gristle section from BBC Four's Synth Britannia documentary featuring Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti being interviewed.
JG Ballard on Synth Britannia - Gary Numan's Cars featuring clips of Harley Cokliss' Crash! (1971) with JG Ballard and Gabrielle Drake.
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02 June 2009
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom.
21 January 2009
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
20 March 2009
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man.
11 October 2009
Life in Wilmington, North Carolina is pretty slow for David until he starts having a fling with a mysterious older woman.
05 February 2009
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life.
15 July 2009
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
17 September 2009
TV film, nominated for Best Experimental Series in 2010, in Streamy Awards.
18 November 2009
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf.
17 July 2009
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him.
23 December 2009
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26 June 2009
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16 April 2009
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