Tomorrow · Friday, 16 October 1 airing
22:45
BBC Four
S1 E1 · Rock the Boat
The story of the global music phenomenon, beginning with its roots in the gay and black communities in the loft apartments and basement bars of 1970s New York when a new generation of DJs pioneered a distinct sound and a new way of spinning records. As the city - and the country - was mired in political and economic misery, these underground clubs represented a form of escapism, with pulsating, hedonistic dancefloors defined by a sense of sexual liberation