Reggae: The Story Of Jamaican Music was a three part BBC documentary series of the evolution of Reggae Music from Mento and Ska, all the way up to Roots, Dub, and Dancehall. The series narrated by Ranking Miss P was broadcast on BBC2 in 2002 as part of Jamaica's celebration of 40 years of independence.
Links To Peel[]
The first episode of the series featured John Peel talking about the BBC's initial reluctance of playing reggae music and the reggae artist Max Romeo controversial Wet Dreams song. Peel can be seen on the video below between 53:40 - 53:58 and 55:52 - 56:05.
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Reggae The Story Of Jamaican Music BBC Documentary