| Play At Home | |
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 Channel 4 Television Program | |
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Album |
Included in the Nocturne DVD |
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Track Number |
Extras Features |
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Length |
45 minutes |
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Release |
September 1984 |
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Voice |
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Bass |
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Guitars, Keyboards |
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Drums, perscussion |
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Producer: |
Mike Hedges |
Play At Home was a 45 minute Channel 4 television special featuring several bands, such as New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Virginia Astley and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Each program was devoted to one individual band as a way to gather publicity, and they were allowed to perform in somewhat spontaneous creative ways.
Siouxsie and the Banshees Programme[]
Siouxsie and the Banshees were invited to film it in 1983 and it was aired on September 1984. Their session featured work from the Banshees, The Creatures and The Glove. All four members of the band were present at the time, including their producer Mike Hedges as Queen of Hearts. (see Programme's Cast to the right)
Background and Idea[]
Robert Smith had been fascinated by the group and had previously suggested:
| “ | the Banshees shouldn't be doing tours, they should be doing something really ambitious like The Wizard of Oz on stage | ” |
Which gave Severin the idea to adapt that to the "Play At Home" episode, substituting The Wizard of Oz concept with Alice in Wonderland, which worked well with the theme of the Banshees' Wonderland recording label.
Program's Content[]
The program contains a series of monologues by each band member, music from all three bands: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures and The Glove; then concludes with live footage of Siouxsie and the Banshees playing live at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Tweedle Dum |
Don Ash |
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Tweedle Dee |
Billy Houlston |
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Doormouse |
Annie Hogan |
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Queen of Hearts |
Mike Hedges |
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March Hare |
Tim Collins |
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Mad Hater |
Jos Grain |
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White Rabbit |
Dave Woods |
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Alice |
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Program Intro" | |
| 2. | "Interlude 1: There's Plenty of Room!" | |
| 3. | "Robert Smith's Story: Nothing's so perfect!" | |
| 4. | "Interlude 2: I Don't See Any Wine!" | |
| 5. | "The Creature's "Weathercade"" | |
| 6. | "Interlude 3: It's the Zoo! It must be for you!" | |
| 7. | "Budgie's Story: The famous Prince Albert" | |
| 8. | "Interlude 4: You've got a glove missing..." | |
| 9. | "The Glove's "A Blues In Drag"" | |
| 10. | "Interlude 5: Sleepy Doormouse tells a story" | |
| 11. | "Siouxsie's story: Night Adventurer returns home" | |
| 12. | "Interlude 6: I want a fresh cup" | |
| 13. | "Steven Severin's story: The Assassin's Script" | |
| 14. | "Interlude 7: Twinkle, twinkle, little bat" | |
| 15. | "Siouxsie and the Banshees's "Circle"" | |
| 16. | "Live at the Royal Albert Hall: Eve Black/Eve White" | |
| 17. | "Live at the Royal Albert Hall: Voodoo Dolly" | |
| 18. | "Live at the Royal Albert Hall: Helter Skelter" | |
| 19. | "Closing credits" | |
Total length: |
45min | |