Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
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Documentary
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 3
avg.Runtime | 59 min
First EP | 2025-07-06
Last EP | 2025-07-13
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A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Featuring interviews with Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting, and African and western leaders of the time.
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Brook Lapping Productions
Ronachan Films
CNN
Zinc Television London
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 2025-07-06
A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping charity and politics.
1
Episode 1
2025-07-06
After watching a BBC report on Ethiopia's 'biblical famine,' Bob Geldof puts a band of rock stars together and records a song that sparks a global response, inspiring millions.
2
Episode 2
2025-07-06
Live Aid becomes the biggest global benefit concert, drawing Geldof into charity politics in Africa as he navigates fundraising, controversy and celebrity.
3
Episode 3
2025-07-13
In 2005, Geldof and Bono team up to stage Live 8, a global concert to pressure the world's richest leaders to confront the root causes of poverty in Africa.
CAST
charactor: Self
Original: Bob Geldof
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Midge Ure
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Bono
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Sting
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Nile Rodgers
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Phil Collins
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Gary Kemp
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Brian May
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Roger Taylor
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Pete Townshend
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Mike Mitchell
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Harvey Goldsmith
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Birhan Woldu
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Tony Blair
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: George W. Bush
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Olusegun Obasanjo
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Richard Curtis
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Michael Buerk
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Daily Star Photographer 1980-1988
Original: Ken Lennox
Total EP: 1
CREW
Ian Watt
Director of Photography
Camera
Thomas Pollard
Director
Directing
Matt Ashton
Editor
Editing
Amy Entelis
Executive Producer
Production
Norma Percy
Executive Producer
Production
Angus Macqueen
Producer
Production
Lyle Gamm
Executive Producer
Production
Tanya Shaw
Executive Producer
Production
Jamal Osman
Producer
Production
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