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Programme Title: Jam
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1997
Length: 9 Minutes
Notes: This is part of a 45 minute special on Foo Fighters. It features Dave talking about being in the band and interviews with other bands and Nirvana's producer Butch Vig. Drain You and My Best Friend's Girl are from 03/01/94, Terminal 1, Munich, Germany.

Content: Drain You* / Chris Cornell Interview / Metallica Interview / Interview / Butch Vig Interview / My Best Friends Girl

Programme Title: Kurt & Courtney
Broadcast Date/s: 10/31/98
Length: 90 Minutes
Notes: This is the infamous documentary into the death of Kurt. It contains interviews with some people connected with Nirvana and an incredibly brief clip one of, Kurt's early demo tapes. It courted much controversy at the time but is actually rather mild if admittedly a bit sleazy. This has also been released on an official video, so should be pretty easy to track down. Matt Seward has also written a scene by scene guide to this video which you can find here.

Content: Documentary Film

Programme Title: Rock Babylon
Broadcast Date/s: 12/98
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: The interview is the same interview featured on the Metal Express and Fax O programs and was recorded on the Seattle waterfront in August 1993.

Content: Courtney Interview / Courtney Throwing Water Over A Fan / Youri Lenquette Interview / Interview

Programme Title: Barewitness
Broadcast Date/s: 10/99, 04/10/01
Length: 21 Minutes
Notes: This is a special focusing on Nirvana's unplugged concert recorded in MTV Studios, New York, NY on 11/18/93. It features clips from the show and also some brief clips from the sound check (no songs are shown) which is for the most part the band standing about and talking. The interviews featured in the special are interviews with the team behind the Unplugged and a couple of the fans that were present and make up the majority of the special. There is also an interview with Krist recorded backstage at the venue that pops up briefly a couple of times during the special. All songs shown are only clips.

Content: Interviews w/ Fans and back stage people / Interview w/Krist / All Apologies* / Rehearsal Clips* / Pennyroyal Tea* / Come As You Are* / The Man Who Sold The World* / Lake Of Fire* / Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam* / Where Did You Sleep Last Night* / Something In The Way*

Programme Title: Egos and Icons
Broadcast Date/s: 02/24/00
Length: 50 Minutes
Notes: Most of the interviews shown here are the same as on Kurt Cobain Remembered shown 04/94 all in shorter form. Most of the interviews are shown in short form except the August 1993 interview, which is repeated throughout the special acting as a narrative. The Hole interview is also shown in the Kurt Cobain Remembered special but appears here in slightly longer form. The biography section appears throughout the special and is subtitles over musical interludes for the most part of the promo's. All footage including the live footage is shown in part. This appears to be a recycled programme from a tribute shown in 1994.

Interview used: Interviews (1) was recorded in 09/20/91 in Toronto, Canada with the band sat on chairs in what appears to be a backstage area of The Opera House. Interview (2) was recorded in August 1993 to the backdrop of Seattle harbour and also includes the Krist and Dave interviews not shown in that special. Interview (3) was recorded in 09/21/91 Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, Canada and is the band out on the rooftop of the venue. Interview (4) is Krist and Dave recorded 11/25/91, Amsterdam, Holland, in what appears to be the backstage area of the Paradiso.

Live footage used: 08/23/91, Reading Festival, Reading, UK. Songs featured: School 09/20/91, The Opera House, Toronto, Canada. Songs featured: Endless Nameless, Destruction 09/21/91, Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, Canada. Songs featured: Drain You 11/25/91, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland. Songs featured: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Polly 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. Songs featured: All Apologies

Content: Interview (1) / Biography / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo)* / Interview (2) / Endless Nameless* / Jonathan Poneman Interview / Destruction* / Interview (3) / Mudhoney Interview / Paw Interview / Smells Like Teen Spirit* / Lithium (Promo) / Interview (4) / School* / Come As You Are (Promo)* / In Bloom (1990 Promo)* / Hole Interview / Polly* / Drain You* / Sliver (Promo)* / In Bloom (Promo)* / Heart Shaped Box (Promo)* / Smells Like Nirvana (Weird Al Promo)* / Memorial Footage / Greg Kot Interview / Gary Lee Connor Interview / Joe Perry Interview

Programme Title: Supernova
Broadcast Date/s: Unknown
Length: 2 Hours
Notes: This is a Brazilian special on the band, by far the main object of interest is a 1:10 clip of Drain You from 01/16/93, Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil. The special also includes excepts of MTV's Past Present and Future programme shown 02/07/94. The footage shown of this is exactly the same as the material featured in that special only split into several segments.

About A Girl and Endless Nameless are from 10/31/91, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA. Polly and Territorial Pissings are taken from 01/10/92, MTV Studios, New York, NY. Lithium is from 09/09/92, MTV Video Music Awards, Los Angeles, CA. Serve The Servants, Rape Me, Heart Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea and Drain You are taken from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle WA. Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam, Dumb The Man Who Sold The World and All Apologies are from 11/18/93, MTV Studios, New York, NY.

Content: In Bloom (Promo 1990 Version) / About A Girl / Endless Nameless* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Come As You Are (Promo) / Lithium (Promo) / Polly / In Bloom (Promo) / Lithium / Sliver (Promo) / Drain You (1)* / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Serve The Servants / Rape Me / Heart Shaped Box / Pennyroyal Tea / Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam / Dumb / The Man Who Sold The World / News Report / All Apologies / Aneurysm (Promo)

Programme Title: A Kurt Cobain Tribute (MTV2)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/10/01
Length: 58 Minutes
Notes: This is an interesting tribute as it focuses on the music rather than Kurt's death. It is mainly promotional videos with a few live songs. Videos are introduced by band members that are fans of the band: JJ72, Slash (yes I am not kidding this is the ex Guns N' Roses guitarist), Feeder and Death In Vegas. It also includes the following videos from bands related to Nirvana: Mudhoney's This Gift, Beat Happening's Pinebox Derby, Jesus Lizard's Puss (other side of Nirvana/Jesus Lizard split single) and the Melvins' Hooch. Of the live songs, The Man Who Sold The World, All Apologies and About A Girl are taken from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. Lithium is taken from 06/26/92, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark and is for me the highlight of the tribute and Territorial Pissings is taken from 01/10/92, MTV Studios, New York, NY. All footage is shown in its entirety.

Content: Sliver (Promo) / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Come As You Are (Promo) / In Bloom (Promo) / Aneurysm (Promo) / The Man Who Sold The World / Lithium / All Apologies

Programme Title: I Love 1991
Broadcast Date/s: 09/01/01
Length: 10 Minutes
Notes: This was shown as a part of BBC2's look back at 1991. Unsurprisingly Nirvana appear as the musical highlight of the year. The special features celebrities giving rather uninspiring anecdotes about Grunge fashion and how 'great' Smells Like Teen Spirit was. Ignoring this however and the special doe prove worthy of note mainly for the interviews and some brief unseen footage of the band introducing themselves. Smells Like Teen Spirit (1) is taken from 11/08/91, Channel 4 Studios, London, UK. Smells Like Teen Spirit (2) is taken from 11/27/91, BBC Studios, London, UK. Destruction footage is taken from 11/23/91, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium.

Content: Michael Azerrad Interview / Band Introducing Themselves / Smells Like Teen Spirit (1)* / Destruction* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (2)* / Jonathan Poneman Interview / Robert Fisher Interview / Spencer Elden Interview