Music Month

Throughout January

BBC Knowledge will knock the socks off music fans this January with Music Month - a celebration of some of the most influential rock bands and music festivals in the world!

Featured Programmes

  1. Music Month

    Throughout January

    BBC Knowledge will knock the socks off music fans this January with Music Month - a celebration of some of the most influential rock bands and music festivals in the world!

  2. Radiohead: King of Limbs Live

    Monday January 2 at 9.40pm

    An intimate performance by rock band Radiohead of their album The King of Limbs, featuring exclusive new tracks performed live for the very first time.

  3. Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 8

    Tuesdays at 7.30pm, from January 3

    Embark on a personal journey into the past in this inspiring and informative reality series. In each episode, a well-known personality travels back in time and around the globe to discover their relatives and find out how their ancestors' lives have shaped the world they live in today.

  4. Making Tracks

    Wednesdays at 9.30pm, from January 4

    Making Tracks follows musically obsessed Nick Dwyer on an entertaining, globe-trotting journey of musical discovery as he exchanges the sounds of New Zealand for the sounds of the world!

  5. India on Four Wheels

    Wednesdays at 7.30pm, from January 25

    Two intrepid journalists, Justin Rowlatt and Anita Rani, set off on a chaotic and gruelling road trip around India to discover how the country’s booming economy is affecting its people.

  6. Polar Bear – Spy on the Ice

    Fridays at 7.30pm, from January 27

    The same brand of spycam photography that took us up close and personal with lions, elephants, bears and tigers now focuses its revolutionary techniques on the largest bear of all – the polar bear.

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