Tom Jones: The Right Time

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Tom Jones: The Right Time
GenreMusic
Directed byDeclan Lowney
Presented byTom Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerRichard Holloway[1]
ProducerGraham K. Smith
Production locationITV Studios, Southbank[2]
Running time30 minutes
Production companyCentral Independent Television
Original release
NetworkITV
VH1[3]
Release6 June (1992-06-06) –
11 July 1992 (1992-07-11)
Related
Tom Jones (TV program)

Tom Jones: The Right Time is a six-episode television series hosted by Tom Jones.[4] The 30-minute episodes were first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom in 1992 and featured music and interviews in front of a live audience.[5] The show was also broadcast in the United States on VH1 in 1992–93. John Marchese of the New York Times News Service described it as a "whirlwind briefing on the history of pop music".[6] Guest stars included Bob Geldof, Cyndi Lauper, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder.[4][3]

Themes

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Across the six episodes, Jones traces the evolution of pop music, and how it has been influenced by gospel, soul, country and rhythm and blues music.[7][8][9][10][11][12] The final episode of the series, a special with Stevie Wonder, was nominated for a CableACE Award for best International Music Special or Series having been broadcast on VH1.[1] In addition to guest artists performing, Jones also performed alongside many of them. He described singing lead vocals on EMF's "Unbelievable" as "his favourite episode".[13]

Episode list

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No. Theme Guest stars Airdate
1"Pop music"ErasureEMFShakespear's Sister6 June 1992 (1992-06-06)
2"Gospel music"Al JarreauMica ParisDavid Gilmour[2]13 June 1992 (1992-06-13)
3"Soul music"Cyndi LauperSam MooreDaryl Hall20 June 1992 (1992-06-20)
4"Country and Celtic music"Bob GeldofLyle LovettThe Chieftains27 June 1992 (1992-06-27)
5"Rhythm and blues music"Joe CockerCurtis Stigers3 July 1992 (1992-07-03)
6"Special episode with Stevie Wonder"Stevie Wonder11 July 1992 (1992-07-11)

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