The legendary Manchester club and music venue, which unleashed the acid house and rave scene, is to be the subject of a new one-off BBC Documentary. The Hacienda: The Club That Changed Britain, will be screened on BBC Two this year and will chart the club’s cultural legacy and feature some of the ‘key players’ in its history.
Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Manchester clubbing institution, the documentary will combine rare and unseen archive footage, as well as first-hand testimony from those who were involved during the Hacienda’s heyday. The star-filled programme will be produced by Wise Owl Films, a production studio based in Leeds, and has been co-commissioned with BBC Popular Music Television.
Other commissioned programmes announced by the BBC this week include Brickies, which returns for a second series and follows the tradespeople who are laying out a future for themselves, and Villages by The Sea. The three commissions are part of the broadcaster’s plans to increase portrayal of all audiences across the UK.
