They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop
A selection of performances by Manchester-based acts culled from the BBC archives.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Actors: 10CC, 808 State, Buzzcocks, Freddie & The Dreamers, George Best, Gerald Simpson, Happy Mondays, Herman's Hermits, Ian Brown, James
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Two Daughters
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Sanctuary
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Two Trains Runnin’
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Kid Candidate
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