David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Micky Dolenz, Ken Russell, Richard Lester, John Landis, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Malcolm McLaren, Mel Brooks, Madness, Julien Temple, Rocky Morton, Annabelle Jankel, Toni Basil, Paul Weller, Siouxie Sioux, Steve Barron, Bob Giraldi, Thomas Dolby, Paul Morley, Midge Ure, Tim Pope and David Byrne tell the story of rock video in this Omnibus history presented by John Peel and John Walters. The roots of rock video are traced through the musicals and promotional shorts of the 30s, the jazz soundies of the 40s, the rock 'n' roll films and scorpitones of the 50s and the television pop programmes of the 60s to the first true videos in the 70s and the cable TV channels of rock videos in the 80s. Including the following and more: THE BEATLES: 'Penny Lane', 'Strawberry Fields', and 'Come together', THE ROLLING STONES: 'Have you seen your mother baby?', BOB DYLAN: 'Subterranean homesick blues', ROD STEWART: 'Sailing', QUEEN: 'Bohemian rhapsody', MIKE NESMITH: 'Rio', DAVID BOWIE: 'Ashes to ashes', BOOMTOWN RATS: 'I don't like Mondays', ULTRAVOX: 'Vienna', DURAN DURAN : 'Wild boys', HUMAN LEAGUE: 'Don't you want me', STRANGLERS: 'Golden brown', ABC: 'Poison arrow'. MADNESS: 'Our house'. THE BUGGLES: 'Video killed the radio star'. POLICE: 'Every breath you take'. ELVIS COSTELLO: 'Accidents will happen'. TOM TOM CLUB: 'Pleasure of love'. DONALD FAGAN : 'New frontier'. MILES DAVIS: 'Decoy'. EURYTHMICS: 'I want you'. DIRE STRAITS: 'Money for nothing'. THE ART OF NOISE: 'Close to the edit'. A-HA: 'Take on me'. GRACE JONES: 'Slave to the rhythm'. ELTON JOHN : 'I'm still standing'. MADONNA: 'The gambler'. THE CARS: 'You might think'. THOMAS DOLBY: 'Hyperactive'. TONI BASIL: 'Mickey'. MICHAEL JACKSON: 'Thriller'. GODLEY AND CREME: 'Cry'. TALKING HEADS: 'The road to nowhere'. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: 'Relax'. HERBIE HANCOCK : 'Rockit'. LIONEL RICHIE : 'Hello'. DAVID LEE ROTH : 'Just a gigolo'. THE CURE: 'Boys don't cry'.