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The British Beat

portrait: Petula Clark

8pm Monday Aug. 12 on WKAR-TV | Watch and call or Give Now to WKAR-TV

This MY MUSIC special travels to London and around the UK to the places where the British Beat was born. The program features a mix of rare archival full-length performance films mixed with live performances from the Zombies, Wayne Fontana, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers and many more — including sets from Chad and Jeremy, and Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone. Petula Clark hosts.

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