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The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978 (1986 TV Special)
Full Cast & Crew
Cast (in credits order)
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Tony Wilson | ... | Self (archive footage) |
Sex Pistols | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Iggy Pop | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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John Cooper Clarke | ... | Self (archive footage) |
Joy Division | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Tom Robinson Band | ... | Themselves (archive footage) (as The Tom Robinson Band) |
Blondie | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Buzzcocks | ... | Themselves (archive footage) (as The Buzzcocks) | |
The Clash | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Elvis Costello | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Devo | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Ian Dury | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
The Fall | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
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Eric Goulden | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Wreckless Eric) |
Debbie Harry | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
The Jam | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Jordan | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Nick Lowe | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Magazine | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
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Penetration | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
Jonathan Richman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Sham 69 | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Siouxsie Sioux | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Siouxsie and the Banshees | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Poly Styrene | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Polystyrene) | |
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Cherry Vanilla | ... | Self (archive footage) |
XTC | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
Produced by
John Hamp | ... | executive producer |
Trish Kinane | ... | producer |
Tony Wilson | ... | producer |
Art Department
Peter Terry | ... | graphics |
Editorial Department
Colin Heron | ... | vtr editor |
Additional Crew
Peter Carr | ... | director: archive footage |
Joanne Hallows | ... | production assistant |
Becky Manasseh | ... | researcher |
Patricia Pearson | ... | director: archive footage |
Chris Pye | ... | producer: archive footage |
Colin Richards | ... | director: archive footage |
John Slater | ... | producer: archive footage |
Peter Walker | ... | director: archive footage |