Video Killed The Radio Star

David Bowie, David Mallett and Robert Elms, to name a few, give a rare glimpse into the thinking behind many of Bowie's most influential videos such as Ashes to Ashes, Dancing in the Street, and Let's Dance. Directors David Mallett and Tim Pope are among those discussing the challenges, expense, and visions behind David Bowie's music videos.

In Video Killed The Radio Star, The Cure's Robert Smith and video director Tim Pope reflect on the band's most iconic videos, including Boys Don't Cry, Why Can't I Be You? and Close to Me. Tim explains how the stars of Boys Don't Cry came in the form of three young lads who recreated the movements of the band members who were cast in the shadows.

Simple Minds singer-songwriter Jim Kerr discusses his iconic hit records, as well as his creative relationships with video directors Steve Barron and Andy Morahan. Speaking about Promised You a Miracle and Don't You (Forget About Me), Kerr discusses the impact of Simple Minds' videos. Here he talks about how after relative success in the States, their luck was about to change when their record company approached them to sing the lead song on the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club.

A look at Elton John's most iconic videos, including the on-set shenanigans and setbacks that surrounded filming for his cheery 80s hit I'm Still Standing.

Director Nigel Dick discusses the iconic music videos he has made with Oasis and reflects on his fractious relationship with the Gallagher brothers. He reveals his inspiration behind the video for Wonderwall, but with strict instructions from the record company to keep the band amused, he had a cunning plan to make it visually arresting without causing a scene...

The Pogues' Shane MacGowan and former manager Frank Murray discuss the period following Joe Strummer's exit from The Clash, his part in The Pogues and his spaghetti western Straight to Hell. We hear how despite the chaotic image of the punk scene, Joe strived hard to create perfectly crafted songs...

The people behind Michael Jackson's seminal pop videos discuss their collaborations with the star, as well as how Jackson helped to change the face of music videos for ever. The broadcaster Robert Elms talks about how Jacko's Thriller video was more like a movie and less like a pop video.

There's nothing like a diva as this episode of Video Killed The Radio Star proves. Video directors Brian Grant, Andy Morahan and Jay Dubin discuss their collaborations with Aretha Franklin, including the mishaps and traumas behind the video for her duet with George Michael. I Knew You Were Waiting video director Brian Grant remembers how the unchallenged Queen of Soul "liked to snack all day and smoke all day. He also recalls how difficult it was to get her to engage with George Michael, how hard she found it to sync her lip movements to the music and the huge entourage she brought with her on set.

Directors behind the music videos to Uptown Girl, The Downeaster "Alexa" and Allentown discuss their famous collaborations with Billy Joel. Despite all the singing and dancing in the video, Billy reveals how he never saw himself as a 'visual-orientated artist' and preferred to be one of the side people in his videos.

In Video Killed The Radio Star, '80s band Frankie Goes To Hollywood are profiled. Director Kevin Godley and former ZTT Records promoter Paul Morley take a look back at the controversial, yet hugely-successful, trilogy of videos for Frankie Goes To Hollywood's hits Relax, Two Tribes and The Power of Love. Frontman Holly Johnson says it was never their intention to shock the 'hell out of people,' they just wanted to enjoy what they were doing and voice their opinions through music.

In Video Killed The Radio Star, Human League singer Phil Oakey and film director Steve Barron discuss the iconic videos of the electronic new wave band. Steve talks about the difficulties in dealing with Phil's temperament and how Joanne and Susan always came up with the goods on set.

Blur are under the spotlight in Video Killed The Radio Star. They also look back at the video for Country House which starred Keith Allen and was directed by Damien Hirst, a friend of James' and Graham Coxon's from Goldsmiths College. Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree and Alex James reflect on their video for Parklife, which featured actor Phil Daniels as a double glazing salesman and Albarn as his assistant.

Video Killed The Radio Star heads back to the '80s as leading recording artists and video directors of the post-punk electronic music scene talk about how they gave birth to the music video boom. Released in 1981, Ultravox's Vienna became a seminal track of the era. As its director Russell Mulcahy says: "A lot of my videos tried to tell a little story and Vienna is the perfect example of a video that was created as a story that had a climax". He created the effect of a feature film by putting black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, and his pioneering approach caught the attention of Duran Duran. Gary Kemp talks about the impact that video had on an emerging new romantic scene.