Re:covered
title: "Re:covered" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2002-british-television-series-debuts", "2003-british-television-series-endings", "2000s-british-music-television-series", "bbc-choice-original-programming", "british-english-language-television-shows"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:covered" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| developer | Dermot O'Leary |
| presenter | Dermot O'Leary |
| executive_producer | Conor McAnally |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
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| image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | developer = Dermot O'Leary | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = Dermot O'Leary | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = | country = | language = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Conor McAnally | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | budget = | channel = | released = | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Re:covered was a music television show broadcast in the UK on BBC Choice in 2002 and hosted by Dermot O'Leary. Each of the ten half-hour shows featured three bands or artists who, in turn, played two songs – a current track of their own, and a cover version of their choice.
A Re:covered Elvis special left this usual format with artists performing just Elvis tracks – including The Flaming Lips performing Suspicious Minds, Sugababes performing Hound Dog and McAlmont and Butler performing Burning Love.
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Ash, Idlewind and Al. |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Ash perform Burn Baby Burn and the Buzzcocks' I Don't Mind
- Idlewild play American English and their take on the Cure's Boys Don't Cry
- Al deliver their rendition of Bryan Adams 's Summer of 69 plus their own track Make It Good. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Travis, Gabrielle and Mercury Rev. |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Muse and Jamiroquai. |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Elvis Presley Special |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Ronan Keating performs In the Ghetto
- The Flaming Lips perform Suspicious Minds
- Liberty X performs Hound Dog
- McAlmont and Butler perform Burning Love
- Darren Hayes performs Can't Help Falling in Love.
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Suede and Puddle of Mudd |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |EpisodeNumber = |Title = The Cure, Elbow and Ms Dynamite. |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Ms Dynamite performs It Takes More and
- Barrington Levy joins her for his own Too Experienced
- The Cure play A Forest and Thin Lizzy 's Don't Believe a Word
- Elbow play Black Sabbath's The Wizzard, as well as their own Red. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Darren Hayes and the Flaming Lips |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Stereophonies, the Pet Shop Boys and Natalie Imbruglia. |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Ronan Keating, Garbage |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Ronan Keating performs If Tomorrow Never Comes and Van Morrison 's Brown Eyed Girl
- Garbage play Shut Your Mouth and the Rolling Stones' Wild Horses and Blue give their rendition of Boyz II Men's Waters Run Dry plus their own Long Time. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Doves, Liberty X, and The Vines |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Doves perform Pounding and the Smiths' Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
- Liberty X give Just a Little and Radiohead's High and Dry
- The Vines play Get Free and Outkast's Ms Jackson. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Bluetones, Mis-teeq and Starbucks |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Bluetones perform TLC's Waterfalls
- Mis-teeq offer Roll On, HeyMrDJ plus Montell Jordan 's This Is How We Do It
- Starbucks play David Lee Roth 's Just like Paradise. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Gabrielle, Mercury Rev, and Travis |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Gabrielle performs her own Out of Reach and Carole King 's It's Too Late
- Mercury Rev play their Little Rhymes and Black Sabbath 's Planet Caravan
- Travis offer their Flowers in the Window and Queen's Killer Queen |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Morcheeba and Wyclef Jean |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club cover a song by Johnny Cash
- Morcheeba cover a song by Billie Holiday
- Wyclef Jean cover a song by Bob Dylan |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Suede, Beverley Knight, Puddle of Mudd |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Suede perform Beautiful Loser and Blondie's Union City Blue
- Beverley Knight sings Gold and Chaka Khan 's I Feel for You
- Puddle of Mudd play Alice in Chains' Brother plus their own Blurry. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Darren Hayes, The Flaming Lips, McAlmont and Butler |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Darren Hayes performs Strange Relationship and Marvin Gaye 's Sexual Healing
- The Flaming Lips play Do You Realise? and Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head
- McAlmont & Butler sing Fat Larry's Band's Zoom plus their own Falling. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Jamiroquai, Atomic Kitten and Muse |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Jamiroquai covers Roxy Music
- Atomic Kitten cover Martha and the Vandellas
- Muse cover's Andy Williams. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Sugababes, the Cardigans and Feeder |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Sugababes: Freak like Me, Adamski's Killer
- The Cardigans: For What It's Worth, a Black Sabbath song
- Feeder: Forget about Tomorrow, a Frankie Goes to Hollywood song |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Robert Plant, Jamelia, Mull Historical Society |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Robert Plant performs Love's "Seven and Seven Is" and Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren.
- Jamelia cover a Stereophonics song
- Mull Historical Society cover a Ms. Dynamite.song |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Ian McCullocks, Appleton, Ok Go |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Ian McCulloch performs his song Sliding and the Velvet Underground's I'm Waiting for the Man.
- Appleton choose Crowded House's Weather with You, their own Don't Worry
- OK Go cover Oliver's Army by Elvis Costello and the Attractions alongside their own "Get over It". |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Reef, Harry, and Athlete |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Reef take on Black Sabbath's War Pigs and their own Naked;
- Harry covers Blondie's One Way or Another and Belouis Some's Imagination
- Athlete run through their track Westside and Kiss by Prince. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Placebo, The Thrills, Big Brovaz |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Placebo perform The Bitter End and the Pixies song Where is My Mind?
- The Thrills take on Michael Jackson's Billie Jean
- Big Brovaz offer their rendition of Favourite Things from the musical The Sound of Music. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Dirty Vegas, Atomic Kitten, Good Charlotte |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Dirty Vegas perform the Rolling Stones track You Can't Always Get What You Want
- Atomic Kitten do the Beatles's "Ticket to Ride"
- Good Charlotte offer their rendition of Acquiesce by Oasis. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Hell is for Heroes, Mis-Teeq, Evan Dando |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Hell is for Heroes perform the Cure's Boys Don't Cry
- Mis-Teeq offer their rendition of Alanis Morissette's Ironic
- Evan Dando does Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction".
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Skin, Jonny Marr, Busted |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Skin performs Elbow's Red
- Johnny Marr and the Healers do Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, it's Alright
- Busted offer their rendition of the Simon and Garfunkel track Mrs Robinson.
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Craig David, Turin Brakes, InMe |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Craig David performs the Beatles's track "Come Together"
- Turin Brakes do AC/DC's "What's Next to the Moon"
- InMe offer their version of "Creep" by Radiohead. With Dermot O'Leary. (W)
|EpisodeNumber = |Title = Macy Gray, Abs, Ed Harcourt |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
- Macy Gray covers a Cole Porter song Abs covers a Kool and the Gang song Ed Harcourt covers a David Bowie. |EpisodeNumber = |Title = Melanie C, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Daniel Bedingfield |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary =
Melanie C, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and Daniel Bedingfield perform tracks by Stevie Wonder and T Rex. Last in the series. (W)
References
References
- (27 February 2002). "Dermot's Double Deal for BBC Choice". BBC.
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