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King Rocker
2021 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
King Rocker features Frank Skinner,[5] Kevin Eldon,[6] Marc Riley,[7] Robin Askwith,[8] and Paul Morley,[9] with archive footage included of John Peel, Ted Chippington and We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It.[10] 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.[11]
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).[12] The film also features a statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro.[6]
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