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  Channel Highlights (W/C 25th May)

  Saturday 25th May, 7pm - Neil McCormick's Needle Time Ron Sexsmith has collaborated with many renowned artists, including Chris Martin and Leonard Cohen and a version of his ‘Whatever It Takes’ was featured on Michael Bublé’s 2009 album ‘Crazy Love’. He counts Elvis Costello, Sir Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow and ...

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  Ron Sexsmith on Needle Time

  Critically acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is the latest guest on Neil McCormick’s Needle Time, where he performs a beautiful acoustic version of Trains. Only the second song Sexmith ever composed, it convinced the shy performer that he had a future in music. “I always wanted to sing,” he admits, ...

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  Andy McCluskey: Kerry Katona had Marilyn Monroe syndrome

  Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is Neil McCormick’s guest for the second episode of Needle Time, which broadcasts tonight at 10pm on Vintage TV (on Sky channel 369, Virgin 343 and Freesat 515). One of pop’s most fascinating, articulate and entertaining theorists and raconteurs, McCluskey proves to ...

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  Needle Time has arrived!

  If you tune into Vintage TV at 10pm tonight you will be greeted by the sight of yours truly (Neil McCormick)  chatting across a piano with Jools Holland: British television's most popular music show presenter being interviewed by its newest.It is the first episode of Needle Time, my new music ...

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  Join Jools. Yes, Jools!

  It’s sharp, it’s to the point and it’s definitely in the groove. Neil McCormick’s hotly-anticipated new talk show Needle Time crackles into life with a damn fine opener in legendary composer, pianist, broadcaster, undisputed master of the Boogie Woogie and all-round top geezer Jools Holland (Tuesday May 7, 10pm). Neil ...