The Great Songwriters

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Nov 2016
  • Episodes: 24
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  • Running
  • Channel 4
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Chuck D
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 2016
Rapper Chuck D, creative leader of the seminal and often controversial Public Enemy, talks through his early influences, charts the band's development, and reveals his individual songwriting process
1x2
Norah Jones
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Air date
Nov 17, 2016
Singer and songwriter Norah Jones discusses her musical influences, collaborations and songwriting process in this candid profile, and gives new performances of four tracks
1x3
Bill Withers
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Air date
Nov 24, 2016
Songwriter Bill Withers, who recorded his breakthrough single, Ain't No Sunshine, in 1971, gives a candid and fascinating interview on the pain of creation and why he gave up recording and performing
1x5 Season finale
Barry Gibb
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 08, 2016
Hugely successful songwriter Barry Gibb, who sold over 200 million records with the Bee Gees, gives a compelling insight into his songwriting process, performing two classic tracks and two new songs
1x6
Jimmy Webb
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Air date
Dec 15, 2016
Master songwriter Jimmy Webb takes viewers though his remarkable career, including his songs for Glen Campbell, and his forthright views about country music and the future of songwriting
1x7 Season finale
Ryan Adams
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Air date
Dec 15, 2016
Peerlessly prolific, multi-Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ryan Adams deconstructs his songwriting process, creating a new song on camera, and plays a selection of classic and exclusive new tracks

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