It's the superclub that put Manchester on the world map - and now a new BBC film will take viewers on a trip back in time to when the Hacienda was the centre of the clubbing universe. The new documentary, to tie in with the 40th anniversary of the club first opening in Manchester, features rarely seen footage of some of the big stars who performed there, as well as the incredible story of how the Hacienda all came to exist.
Oasis icon Noel Gallagher will talk in the documentary of how he'd "never danced before going to the Hacienda ". While footage will show the extraordinary moment Madonna made her first live performance in the UK in the early 80s - to an unsuspecting Manchester crowd who couldn't really care less at the time.
And the film will explore the extraordinary way the club came to exist - from the legendary Factory Records founders who used money from their most successful band New Order to plough into the Manchester venue. New Order founding members Peter Hook and Stephen Morris are among the key figures who speak in the new Hacienda film, which airs on BBC2 on Saturday, November 5, at 10.15pm.
