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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~59 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World (2025)
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Synopsis
A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping global charity and politics. Featuring interviews with Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting, and African and western leaders of the time.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
3 Episodes E1 Episode 1
After watching a BBC report on Ethiopia's 'biblical famine,' Bob Geldof puts a band of rock stars together and records a song that sparks a global response, inspiring millions.
E2 Episode 2
Live Aid becomes the biggest global benefit concert, drawing Geldof into charity politics in Africa as he navigates fundraising, controversy and celebrity.
E3 Episode 3
In 2005, Geldof and Bono team up to stage Live 8, a global concert to pressure the world's richest leaders to confront the root causes of poverty in Africa.