The Tube (TV series)
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The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987. It was filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne and produced for Channel 4 by Tyne Tees Television, which had previously produced the similar music show Alright Now and the music-oriented youth show Check it Out for ITV; production of the latter ended in favour of The Tube.
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Genre | Music |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 121 |
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Running time | 90 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production company | Tyne Tees Television |
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Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 5 November 1982 (1982-11-05) – 24 April 1987 (1987-04-24) |
The Tube was presented live by hosts including Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash, Muriel Gray, Gary James, Mark Miwurdz (Mark Hurst), Michel Cremona, Felix Howard, Tony Fletcher, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt. The show was directed by Gavin Taylor; Geoff Wonfor directed some of the insert videos along with other staff programme director of Tyne Tees Television Martin Cairns. Many other specials were made, including one for the eve of the millennium.
The brand name was relaunched by Channel 4 as an online radio station in November 2006.