Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World

Season 1

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Interviews with major musicians and political figures.

Where to Watch Season 1

4 Episodes

  • A Band Aid
    E1
    A Band AidAfter seeing a BBC report on Ethiopia's "biblical famine," rock star Bob Geldof brings together a group of fellow popstars to record a song that ignites a global movement and raises millions for relief efforts.
  • The Global Jukebox
    E2
    The Global JukeboxWith sales from the 1984 Band Aid Christmas single dwindling, Bob Geldof decides in the new year that there needs to be a new fundraising push, leading him to organize two huge concerts in Britain and the United States.
  • The Greatest Show on Earth
    E3
    The Greatest Show on EarthThrusting Bob Geldof into Africa's politics as he navigates fundraising, controversy and celebrity.
  • Live 8 - 2005
    E4
    Live 8 - 2005Bob Geldof and Bono join forces to stage Live 8, a global concert aimed at pressuring the world's richest leaders to tackle the root causes of poverty in Africa.

Cast of Season 1

  • Bob GeldofNarrator
  • Phil CollinsMusician
  • BonoMusician
  • Patti LaBelleMusician

 

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