Madness - Princes of Ska, Kings of Pop

Jun 3, 2025

0h 53m

★ 8.0

🗯 One Step Beyond 🎷 !!!

Overview

From the back rooms of Camden's pubs to the roof of Buckingham Palace at Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee: the London band Madness enriched British pop music history with their cheeky style and spectacular performances. In this documentary, we look back on their illustrious career with interviews with band members, friends, and music industry figures. Featuring brand new recorded interviews with Suggs and Bedders from ‘Madness’. Alongside interviews with Lynval Golding, Rhoda Dakar, Clive Langer and many more.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

ARTE

Morgane Production

CNC

PROCIREP

Angoa-Agicoa

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Cast

Chris Foreman

Lynval Golding

Rhoda Dakar

Clive Langer

Mark Bedford

Suggs

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