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2021 film

King Rocker
Film poster
Directed byMichael Cumming
Written byStewart Lee
Produced byJames Nicholls
Release dates
  • June 2020 (2020-06) (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
  • 6 February 2021 (2021-02-06)
Running time90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

King Rocker is a 2020 British documentary film directed by Michael Cumming and written by Stewart Lee about the singer Robert Lloyd and his bands, The Prefects and The Nightingales. It premiered at the 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before being shown on Sky Arts, with its premiere on the network being on 6 February 2021.

King Rocker features Frank Skinner, Kevin Eldon, Marc Riley, Robin Askwith, and Paul Morley, with archive footage included of John Peel, Ted Chippington and We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It. The latter two appeared with Lloyd/The Nightingales on the British Children's pop programme Razzmatazz, performing the single credited to The Vindaloo Summer Special in 1986.

The film was produced by James Nicholls, who was one of the people behind music documentary The Ballad of Shirley Collins (which also featured Lee). The film also features a statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro.

References

  1. "No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd". The Quietus. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. "Sky Arts to show Stewart Lee's King Rocker". The Quietus. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. "King Rocker". Sheffield Doc/Fest. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. "Stewart Lee film 'King Rocker' lands February premiere date". NME. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Vindaloo Records Birmingham Music Archive". Birmingham Music Archive.
  6. ^ "TV tonight: the story of Brummie punk Robert Lloyd". the Guardian. 6 February 2021.
  7. "This week's home entertainment: from King Rocker to Deliver Us". the Guardian. 5 February 2021.
  8. "Stewart Lee and Michael Cumming". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. "King Rocker". Radio Times.
  10. "VINDALOO SUMMER SPECIAL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  11. "Record Review: The Vindaloo Summer Special". 4 August 2011.
  12. "The Ballad of Shirley Collins review – brilliant story of lost folk singer". the Guardian. 12 October 2017.

External links

The Nightingales
Studio albums
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