Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

10.0 1988 74 min
Documentary

A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter summed up by a scene in which he takes a phone call and listens for a…

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Ken Russell
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Ken Russell

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Ken Russell Himself
Benjamin Britten Self (archive)
John Lennon Self (archive)
Thomas Dolby Self
Edward Elgar Self (archive)
Elton John Self (archive)
Kate Bush Self (archive)
Janet Baker Self (archive)
Noël Coward Self (archive)
Vernon Handley Self (archive)

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