One of EMI’s biggest band’s, Radiohead, are now out of contract. Record executive Tony Wadsworth is hoping to get them to re-sign with the label they have been with for years. But the band’s famously anti-capitalist ethos soon collides with hard-nosed financier Guy Hands. 

 

Sparks fly in the boardroom and we hear the untold story of the battle between the achingly cool musicians and the achingly uncool city suits. The band makes a shock announcement online about their new album. Guy retaliates with an unexpected bombshell. 

 

Host: Chris Atkins
Producer; Max Bower

Assistant Producer: Mohamed Ahmed

Editor: Jo Wheeler 

Researcher: Zeyana Yussuf

Additional production and story development: Sonny Marr

Sound design and Mix by Daniel Kempson. 

Original music by Vincent Watts

Production Managers: Cheree Houston, Charlotte Wolf, Sarah Tobin

Executive Producers: Ian Neil, Max O’Brien & Craig Strachan

Produced by Novel in Association with Cart Before Horse & BBC Studios


CNN News, NPR News, BBC News 2007

One of EMI&rsquo;s biggest band&rsquo;s, Radiohead, are now out of contract. Record executive Tony Wadsworth is hoping to get them to re-sign with the label they have been with for years. But the band&rsquo;s famously anti-capitalist ethos soon collides with hard-nosed financier Guy Hands.&nbsp;
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Sparks fly in the boardroom and we hear the untold story of the battle between the achingly cool musicians and the achingly uncool city suits. The band makes a shock announcement online about their new album. Guy retaliates with an unexpected bombshell.&nbsp;
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Host: Chris Atkins Producer; Max Bower
Assistant Producer: Mohamed Ahmed
Editor: Jo Wheeler&nbsp;
Researcher: Zeyana Yussuf
Additional production and story development: Sonny Marr
Sound design and Mix by Daniel Kempson.&nbsp;
Original music by Vincent Watts
Production Managers: Cheree Houston, Charlotte Wolf, Sarah Tobin
Executive Producers: Ian Neil, Max O&rsquo;Brien &amp; Craig Strachan
Produced by Novel in Association with Cart Before Horse &amp; BBC Studios
 CNN News, NPR News, BBC News 2007

EMI was once home to some of the biggest names in pop, the crown jewels of British music from the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen, to Coldplay, Kate Bush and Radiohead, and surfing the wave of Brit Pop in the 1990s.

As a new millennium dawns, internet piracy and file sharing capsize the entire record industry. EMI is sold to a city Mogul named Guy Hands. Better known for turning around German motorway toilets than running a record label, his arrival triggers an all out war between the forces of money and art, as the one of London’s feistiest financiers struggles to save Britain’s coolest company.

Music, Money and Mayhem is a Novel production for BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial subsidiary

EMI was once home to some of the biggest names in pop, the crown jewels of British music from the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen, to Coldplay, Kate Bush and Radiohead, and surfing the wave of Brit Pop in the 1990s.
As a new millennium dawns, internet piracy and file sharing capsize the entire record industry. EMI is sold to a city Mogul named Guy Hands. Better known for turning around German motorway toilets than running a record label, his arrival triggers an all out war between the forces of money and art, as the one of London&rsquo;s feistiest financiers struggles to save Britain&rsquo;s coolest company.
Music, Money and Mayhem is a Novel production for BBC Studios, the BBC&rsquo;s commercial subsidiary

Music, Money & Mayhem

One of EMI’s biggest band’s, Radiohead, are now out of contract. Record executive Tony Wadsworth is hoping to get them to re-sign with the label they have been with for years. But the band’s famously anti-capitalist ethos soon collides with hard-nosed financier Guy Hands.      Sparks fly in the boardroom and we hear the untold story of the battle between the achingly cool musicians and the achingly uncool city suits. The band makes a shock announcement online about their new album. Guy retaliates with an unexpected bombshell. 