SummaryThe history and impact of Bob Geldof and the Live Aid concerts are the focus of the four-part (three-part in the UK) documentary co-produced with the BBC featuring new interviews Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bono, Former President George W. Bush, Phil Collins, Patti LaBelle, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Condoleezza Rice, and Lionel Richie, a... Read More
Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World
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Jul 13, 2025
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Jul 7, 2025
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I feared three hours, covering Band Aid, Live Aid and its 2005 successor, Live 8, would be too long but it is fresh, multifaceted and zesty, serving up a nostalgic slice of British politics through the lens of pop with a high calibre of talking heads, not least Birhan Woldu, the little girl we saw dying before our eyes on news footage back then but who survived and, now aged 44, appeared in the film with her father.
Jul 7, 2025
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Live Aid is a great pop story, but it was also a response to a terrible human tragedy. The BBC’s excellent film never loses sight of that fact.
Jul 7, 2025
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It’s a fascinating portrait of a complex man’s imperfect attempt to solve an impossible problem.
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