MARC.

Marc was a short lived ITV series.
It ran for six weekly episodes in the autumn of 1977, before Marc died in a car crash on 16 September that year.
The format was a group/artist played a set of their current and older songs in a 25 minute set
The show featured bands such as Generation X, the Jam, Radio Stars and Eddie and the Hot Rods & T. Rex. It also featured a duet with David Bowie which decended into chaos at the end of the final show.


Transmission

Marc Bolan.

There were 6 editions all of which survive in the ITV archives.
Granada Televsion
24th August 1977 to 28th September 1977.

 

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Episode Guide

24 August 1977 - (The Jam)

Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Sing Me a Song"
The Jam "All Around the World"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex "I Love to Boogie"  
Stephanie de Sykes - "Cool Wind from the North"
Radio Stars - "No Russians In Russia"  
Heart Throb's Dance - You Made Me Believe In Magic (BCR)
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Celebrate Summer"
Showaddywaddy - "You Got What It Takes"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Jeepster"
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - Nicholas Ferguson

Running Time - Minutes: 25:34
 
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31 August 1977 - (Bay City Rollers)
 
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Celebrate Summer"  
Hearts Throb Dance - Roots Rock (Desmond Dekker)
Alfalpha - "If I Can Just Through Tonight"
Bay City Rollers - "You Made Me Believe In Magic"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "New York City"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Ride a White Swan"
Mud - "Just a Little Tenderness"
10cc - "People In Love"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Endless Sleep"  
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - Nicholas Ferguson

Running Time - Minutes: 26:15
 
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07 September 1977 (Boomtown Rats)
 
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Sing Me a Song"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Groove a Little"
The Boomtown Rats - "Looking After Number One"
Jamie Wild - "You're My Baby"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Let's Dance"  
Hearts Throb’s Dance - Celebrate Summer (Marc Bolan with T. Rex)
Alan David - "Get Your Love Right"
Hawkwind - "Quark Strangeness and Charm"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Hot Love"  
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - David Warwick
 
Running Time - Minutes: 25:05

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14 September 1977 (Steve Gibbons Band)

Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "New York City"
Denis Conly - "Idolizer"  
Steve Gibbons Band - "Tulane"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "I Love to Boogie"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Endless Sleep"
Robin Askwith - "Confessing"
Roger Taylor (Queen) - "I Wanna Testify"  
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Dandy In the Underworld"  
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - Dave Warwick

Running Time - Minutes: 25:19
 
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21 September 1977 (Rosetta Stone)
 
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Sing Me a Song"
Rosetta Stone - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Heart Throbs Dance - Get On
Blue - "Bring Back the Love"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Celebrate Summer"
Radio Stars - "No Russians In Russia"
Thin Lizzy - "Dancing In the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Get It On"  
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - Nicholas Ferguson

Running Time - Minutes: 22:54
 
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 28 September 1977 (David Bowie)
 
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Deborah"
Generation X - "Your Generation"
Lip Service - "I'm a Fighter"
Heart Throb's Dance - Ain't it Strange
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Groove A Little"
Marc Bolan with T. Rex - "Ride A White Swan"  
Heart Throb's Dance - I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet (Gonzalez)
Eddie and the Hot Rods - "Do Anything You Want to Do"
David Bowie - "Heroes" 
Instrumental Jam with David Bowie and Marc Bolan & T. Rex.
 
Producer - Muriel Young
Director - Nicholas Ferguson

Running Time - Minutes: 25:05
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 Thanks to ITN Source for the majority of this information.