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Shang-a-Lang was a children's pop music TV series starring the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers. It was produced in Manchester by Granada Television for the ITV network and ran for one 20-week series in 1975. It featured the band in a number of comedy sketches and performing their songs to a live studio audience made up of their teenage fans. This resulted in chaotic scenes at times as some members of the audience attempted to run onto the studio floor to meet their heroes, resulting in security officers having to forcibly restain or even eject them from the studio. The show's theme song "Shang-a-Lang", was a hit single for the group, peaking at number 2 in 1974 in the UK.
In 1975, The Bay City Rollers were on the brink of global superstardom. The most successful chart act in the UK with a unique look and sound were about to become the biggest thing since the Beatles. Featuring interviews with Les McKeown and other members of the classic Bay City Roller line-up, and using previously unseen footage shot by members of the band and its entourage, this is the tale of five lads from Edinburgh who became the world's first international teen idols and turned the whole world tartan.
The story of Henry Carsten (Alan Longmuir from Bay City Rollers), his life as a race car driver and his relationship with Maxe (Olivia Pascal). Also features Rollers members Stuart Wood and Duncan Faure in the supporting cast. The Rollers provide the soundtrack to the film with 10 new songs.
Between 1974 and 1978 the Bay City Rollers were one of the most successful pop groups on the planet scoring 11 Top Ten hits in the UKand reaching number one in America. They sold in the region of 120-million records worldwide and their tartan image was copied by a generation of teenagers. But all the pressures of international touring took their toll and amid business rows over missing money the band split in 1979. The band members talk about their memories and how they have been recordingonce more. Also featuring interviews with celebrity fans including Jonathan King and Lowri Turner. Director Neil Dougan
In September 2015 the Bay City Rollers - Les McKeown, Alan Longmuir and Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood - announced to the world and ecstatic Bay City Roller fans that they were back! A UK tour was announced and the first of these shows after so many years away had to be at the iconic home of Scottish Rock’n’Roll... the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. One show was released…it sold out in 3 minutes. A further 3 shows announced...all sold out in 9 minutes…a Barrowland record! The stage was set for a momentous Tartan Rollermania Reunion. We captured the magic on film... the excitement, the atmosphere and the sheer joy of the thousands of fans who had waited so many years to finally see their idols
The Remarkable Life Story of Bay City Roller Suart 'Woody' Wood. From his childhood in Edinburgh to the the rise of Rollermania and one of the biggest selling bands of all time for whom he wrote a large percentage of their songs along with bandmate Eric Faulkner to the lows of where did all the royalties disappear to and the rise again of his career with traditional Scottish music and the resurgence of The Rollers.
