Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

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This is Transmissions, the definitive story of New Order and Joy Division. Based on new and exclusive interviews with Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook, this series captures those vivid moments that tell their tale like never before. Listen to the music featured in Transmissions here: https://JoyDivision.lnk.to/Transmissions

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Episodes

Season 1
Blue Monday
New Order and Maxine Peake are joined by The Pet Shop Boys and Honey Dijon to tell the story of the best-selling, most groundbreaking and arguably greatest 12 inch single of all time. Series finale!
December 17, 2020
38 min
Power, Corruption And Lies
Maxine Peake tells the story of New Order’s first masterpiece, a record that seamlessly fuses punk, club culture and technology.
December 10, 2020
40 min
The Haçienda
A cathedral of music. A milestone in British culture. A financial catastrophe. Maxine Peake takes us to the Haçienda, the nightclub that nearly ruined Factory Records, and then changed the world.
December 3, 2020
37 min
New Order
Maxine Peake describes the emergence of a new band from the ashes of Joy Division. Besides choosing a singer and recruiting a new member, they also needed to find a name for this embryonic group. Enter: The Witch Doctors Of Zimbabwe.
November 26, 2020
43 min
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Maxine Peake, Bono, Anna Calvi, Thurston Moore and the surviving members of Joy Division describe the band's growing success, the creation of the timeless song 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', and the tragic death of their iconic singer, Ian Curtis.
November 19, 2020
40 min
An Ideal For Living
Maxine Peake narrates the story of the legendarily chaotic record label Factory, with memorable contributions from founder Tony Wilson ("We were clever enough at the very beginning to know that musicians know f**k-all about music”). Also: FAC numbers explained.
November 12, 2020
41 min
Unknown Pleasures
Maxine Peake describes the birth of one of the most adored albums of all time, including its iconic artwork. But the process of creating a classic is far from smooth, with producer Martin Hannett’s eccentric methods generating tension.
November 5, 2020
29 min
Band Meets Singer
This is Transmissions, the definitive story of New Order and Joy Division. Based on new and exclusive interviews with Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook, this series captures those vivid moments that tell their tale like never before.
October 29, 2020
24 min
Transmissions: The Definitive Story of New Order and Joy Division - Trailer
This is Transmissions, the definitive story of New Order and Joy Division.
October 5, 2020
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Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

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Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Episodes

Blue Monday

Power, Corruption And Lies

The Haçienda

New Order

Love Will Tear Us Apart

An Ideal For Living

Unknown Pleasures

Band Meets Singer

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of New Order and Joy Division - Trailer