I of course am more focused on Countdown Episode requests and my list is all done and ready to be emailed to rage by October for the Countdown Episodes.

But as rage also play Rock Arena I may request these episodes, no date on the first one but I will try my luck as it's a KILLER episode!


ROCK ARENA - 1983
11. ID: 555143 - ROCK ARENA - PROGRAM - RUPERT HINES HINESIGHT Email Sales about this item
Duration: 61.08
Location: ADELAIDE,SA,AUSTRALIA
Summary: ABC MUSIC PROGRAM, ROCK ARENA, RUPERT HINES SPECIAL
Personalities: ANDREW PETERS,ABC PRESENTER;ROBERT PALMER,SINGER;RUPERT HINE, SINGER;THE FIXX,MUSIC GROUP;CHRIS DE BURGH,SINGER;THE EXPRESSION,MUSIC GROUP;JONA LEWIE,SINGER
Shotlist: RUBERT HINE FILM CLIP, MISPLACED LOVE;ROBERT PALMER FILM CLIP, YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM;ROBERT PALMER FILM CLIP, PRIDE;JONA LEWIE FILM CLIP, I THINK I'LL GET MY HAIR CUT;CHRIS DE BURGH FILM CLIP,DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN;CHRIS DE BURGH FILM CLIP, SHIP TO SHORE;LITTLE HEROES FILM CLIP, WATCH THE WORLD;THE FIXX FILM CLIP, SOME PEOPLE;THE FIXX FILM CLIP, STAND OR FALL;THE FIXX FILM CLIP, RED SKIES;THE FIXX FILM CLIP, SAVED BY ZERO;GRAB CARTOON KENNY EVERETT SHOW, CAPTAIN KREMMEN;QUANTUM JUMP FILM CLIP, LONE RANGER;RUPERT HINE FILM CLIP, SURFACE TENSION;RUPERT HINE FILM CLIP, THE SET UP;THE EXPRESSION FILM CLIP, DECISION;THE EXPRESSION FILM CLIP, WITH CLOSED EYES


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ROCK ARENA
July 10 1984
A ONE HOUR MUSIC SHOW HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING, WHO GIVES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EACH ARTIST. THIS WEEKS PROGRAM FEATURES NEW ORDER, PRINCE, PETER BAUMANN AND WINGS.;0.00 PROMO FOR ROCK ARENA;0.36 PROMO FOR ROCK ARENA;1.49 PETER BAUMANN 'STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT';5.48 NEW ORDER 'BLUE MONDAY';9.25 NEW ORDER 'THIEVES LIKE US';13.09 PRINCE '1999';16.43 PRINCE 'LITTLE RED CORVETTE';19.45 PRINCE 'WHEN DOVES CRY';24.16 DUGITES 'TAKEN BY SURPRISE';28.42 DUGITES 'ALL I WANT';33.10 DUGITES 'GAY GUYS';41.50 DUGITES 'CUT THE TALKING';46.51 DUGITES 'IT AIN'T LIKE THAT';50.19 DUGITES 'DECIDE';53.26 DUGITES 'NO MONEY';56.56 DUGITES 'SOUL LIMBO';61.37 DUGITES 'YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER';

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ROCK ARENA
February 26 1985
SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THIS WEEKS ACTS AND COMMENTS THAT THERE ARE SOME AUSTRALIAN BANDS WHO FIND SUCCESS OVERSEAS BEFORE HERE IN AUSTRALIA(31.22) FOR EXAMPLE THE TRIFFIDS AND GO BETWEENS.;ARTISTS:;FLOTSAM JETSAM 'FLOTSAM JETSAM'(0.18);CHAKA KHAN 'THIS IS MY NIGHT'(4.50);POINTER SISTER 'NEUTRON DANCE'(9.33);KANE GANG 'RESPECT YOURSELF'(14.25);SPANDAU BALLET 'ROUND AND ROUND'(18.20);NEIL YOUNG 'WONDERIN'(23.06);NEIL YOUNG 'HEY HEY MY MY'(26.07);TRIFFIDS 'RAINING PLEASURE'(32.20);SPK 'JUNK FUNK'(34.48);GO BETWEENS 'BACHELOR KISSES'(38.23);HEAVEN 17 'SUNSET NOW'(42.08);HEAVEN 17 'THIS IS MINE'(45.48);THE WHO 'MY GENERATION'(49.57);THE WHO 'CAN'T EXPLAIN'(52.36);THE WHO 'TWIST AND SHOUT'(54.53);TOM ROBINSON 'WAR BABY'(58.55)

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ROCK ARENA
May 24 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS 30 MINUTE SPECIAL ON THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE 'ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS' WITH DAVID BOWIE SINGING THE TITLE SONG. OTHER VIDEO CLIPS ARE STYLE COUNCIL WITH 'HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE',I'M TALKING WITH 'TRUST ME','LEAD THE WAY','LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE' AND 'DO YOU WANNA BE', AND ALBERT COLLINS WITH 'THE THINGS I USED TO DO'

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ROCK ARENA

November 22 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING INTERVIEWS DAVID SYLVIAN & TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER WITH 'JAPAN' AND AS A SOLO ARTIST SHOWING CLIPS 'SWING','NIGHTPORTER','VISIONS OF CHINA','RED GUITAR' & 'SILVER MOON'. OTHER VIDEO CLIPS SHOWN ARE HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT','I BELIEVE','EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE' AND 'IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE' AND SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 'SINCE I FOUND YOU'

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ROCK ARENA
February 21 1987
0.01.10 VS ROCK ARENA PROMO;
0.01.40 BLACK;
0.02.00 OPENING TITLES;
0.02.17 FF#1 THE WRECKERY 'NO SHOES FOR THIS ROAD';
0.06.21 MS ZI MCU DOWLING INTRO;
0.06.55 FF#2 MEN AT WORK 'IT'S A MISTAKE';
0.11.23 FF#2 MEN AT WORK 'OVERKILL';
0.15.11 FF#2 COLIN JAMES HAY 'HOLD ME';
0.19.08 MS ZI MCU DOWLING LINK;
0.19.40 FF#3 THE ODOLITES 'CHIMES';
0.23.48 FF#4 THE SLAUGHTERMEN 'STIL LOVING YOU';
0.26.33 MS ZI MCU DOWLING LINK;
0.27.07 FF#1 MACHINATIONS 'PRESSURE SWAY', LIVE VERSION FROM OZ FOR AFRICA CONCERT;
0.33.00 FF#1 MACHINATIONS 'MY HEART'S ON FIRE';
0.37.15 FF#1 MACHINATIONS 'NO SAY IN IT', LIVE VERSION FROM OZ FOR AFRICA CONCERT;
0.41.17 MS ZI MCU DOWLING LINK;
0.41.48 FF#5 WIDOWED ISIS '(I WANT TO BE) JIM MORRISON';
0.45.35 FF#5 WIDOWED ISIS 'YOU CAN'T MAKE ME BURN';
0.49.22 MS ZI MCU DOWLING LINK;
0.49.51 FF#6 THE RADIATORS 'LIFE'S A GAMBLE';
0.53.30 FF#6 THE RADIATORS 'A BIT OF PAIN NEVER HURTS';
57.02 FF#6 THE RADIATORS 'BRING ON THE CRAZY';
1.00.30 CLOSING CREDITS OVER FF#6 'BRING ON THE CRAZY'

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ROCK ARENA **********
March 28 1987
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES THE ROCKBAND SHRIEKBACK IN CONCERT IN LONDON(13.52). SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES VIDEOS FROM PEKING MAN AND JACKIE WILSON.;ARTISTS:;JACKIE WILSON 'REET PETITE'(2.17);PEKING MAN 'ROOM THAT ECHOES'(4.54);PEKING MAN 'GOOD LUCK TO YOU'(8.42);SHRIEKBACK 'NEMESIS'(13.52);SHRIEKBACK 'BLACK LIGHT TRAP'(19.28);SHRIEKBACK 'GUNNING FOR THE BUDDHA'(24.29);SHRIEKBACK 'THE REPTILES AND I'(29.20);SHRIEKBACK 'FEEL A WAY AROUND IT'(33.54);SHRIEKBACK 'HAMMERHEADS'(40.50);SHRIEKBACK 'LINED UP'(46.37);SHRIEKBACK 'MY SPINE (IS THE BASS LINE)'(51.08)

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ROCK ARENA
May 2 1987
1.58 OPENING TITLES;
2.18 FF#1 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, MADNESS, 'BAGGY TROUSERS';
4.44 DOWLING;
5.21 FF#2 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS, 'LIFEBOAT PARTY';
7.50 FF#3 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS, 'I'M A WONDERFUL THING';
14.56 FF#4 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS, 'STOOL PIGEON';
18.37 DOWLING;
19.30 FF#5 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, NEW-D-VICE, 'GOOD TIMES';
22.53 FF#6 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, THE ONES, 'HEART';
25.57 DOWLING;
26.45 FF#7 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, 'HEARTACHE';
30.42 FF#7 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, 'DESIRE';
34.50 DOWLING;
35.39 FF#8 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, HARRY NILSSON, 'WITHOUT HER';
37.42 FF#9 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, HARRY NILSSON, 'GOTTA GET UP';
40.30 FF#10 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, HARRY NILSSON, 'MEDLEY, WALK RIGHT BACK, CATHY'S CLOWN, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL';
44.32 DOWLING;
45.26 FF#4 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, MADNESS, 'NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO';
48.47 FF#1 MUSIC VIDEO CLIP, MADNESS, 'HOUSE OF FUN'

I like it, I like it a lot.

I would like the one they scheduled for this year but didn't play, featuring Westworld "Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo".

Here's my Rock Arena requests for Rage 2018 Retro season, Jason and there were:
November 16 1982
BRIAN CADD FILM CLIP, GINGER MAN;
BRIAN CADD FILM CLIP, LET GO;
BRIAN CADD FILM CLIP, SILVER CITY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION DAY;
VS IV CADD RE PREVIOUS BANDS, RELATIONSHIP BREAK UPS, WINNING BATTLE OF BANDS AND GOING TO ENGLAND, LIKE BEING THROWN INTO OCEAN, SUICIDE MISSION, RADIO STATIONS ONLY PLAYING LOCAL CONTENT;
BRIAN CADD FILM CLIP, WHITE ON WHITE;
VS CADD IV RE FILM CLIP, LEAVING AUSTRALIA IN 1974, AMERICIANS REACTION TO AUSTRALIAN BANDS, DIFFERENT MUSIC PRODUCED FOR USA,TOURING AUSTRALIA;
BRIAN CADD FILM CLIP, MY BABY LOVES TO HURT ME;
THE GREAT BLOKES FILM CLIP, PERPETUAL MOTION;
BILLY MILLER & THE FERRETS FILM CLIP, ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME;
BILLY MILLER & THE FERRETS FILM CLIP, TRIPSVILLE;
BILLY MILLER & THE FERRETS FILM CLIP, LIES;
BILLY MILLER & THE FERRETS FILM CLIP, JANIE MAY;
BILLY MILLER & THE FERRETS FILM CLIP, DON'T FALL IN LOVE;
RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE;
LIB FTG RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE AT MARRYATVILLE HOTEL 21 SEPTEMBER 1977, WOT GIVES;
RADIO BIRDMAN IV RE PERFORMING, BEING ASSERTIVE RATHER THEN AGRESSIVE;
LIB FTG RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE AT MARRYATVILLE HOTEL 21 SEPTEMBER 1977;
RADIO BIRDMAN IV RE THE BAND, NOT COMMERCIAL;
LIB FTG RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE AT MARRYATVILLE HOTEL 21 SEPTEMBER 1977, BURNED MY EYE;
RADIO BIRDMAN IV RE BAND, TYPE OF MUSIC ETC;
LIB FTG RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE AT MARRYATVILLE HOTEL 21 SEPTEMBER 1977, SEARCH AND DESTROY;
RADIO BIRDMAN LIVE, ALOHA STEVE & DANNO
May 10 1983
RENEE GEYER FILM CLIP,I CAN FEEL THE FIRE;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP, BABOOSHKA;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP, THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP,BREATHING;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP,ARMY DREAMERS;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP, WOW;
KATE BUSH FILM CLIP, SAT IN YOUR LAP;
SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES FILM CLIP, HONG KONG GARDEN;
SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES FILM CLIP, CHRISTINE;
SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES FILM CLIP, SPELLBOUND;
SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES FILM CLIP, FIREWORKS;
SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES FILM CLIP, SLOW DIVE;
RENEE GEYER LIVE IN CONCERT
July 19 1983 (Genesis and Sky)
GENESIS FILM CLIP, FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME;
VS GENESIS ALBUM COVERS;
GENESIS LIVE, THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, A TRICK OF THE TAIL;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, ROBBERY, ASSAULT AND BATTERY;
GENESIS LIVE, YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, MANY TOO MANY;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, TURN IT ON AGAIN;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, DUCHESS;
LIB FTG GENESIS LIVE IN STUDIO, ABACAB;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, NO REPLY AT ALL;
GENESIS FILM CLIP, KEEP IT DARK;
GENESIS LIVE, MAN ON THE CORNER;
LIB FTG GENESIS LIVE IN STUDIO,PAPER LATE;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY 24/2/1981 FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNIVERSARY, THE SARABANDE BY HANDEL;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINISTER ABBEY, SAHARA;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, WATCHING THE AEROPLANES;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, HELLO;
SKY LIVE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, HOTTA
Only two more episodes to go.

I usually only request 3-4 episodes of CD or RA and have had quite good success that way. If you send rage a list of 10 to 20 episodes they'll either ignore it as it is too overwhelming or just pick one of the first two on your list. I think they only show 5-6 Rock Arenas per retro month anyway.

I usually send them about 10 Countdown's and on some years I get about 5 or 6 episodes played so whatever they chose from my list I am grateful to get a couple of them with Countdown and Rock Arena.

This year I got 1 or 2 Countdown's played from my list and that was all and my list was smaller than usual. So when I send bigger lists I usually get more

^ Yes, with rage I think it's pretty much luck of the draw.

But I think they do keep lists of requests... for years. I know there were quite a few videos I'd suggested years earlier that got aired on the 2016 Vault special.

I've sent in my requests for 4 Rock Arenas... none of the ones listed above.

We'll see how many get up.

One of them is not listed in TARA so don't know exactly when it aired but was around Sep-Oct 1988 and had a few Do Re Mi clips in it. Who knows how faulty my memory is and whether they could find it.

i wouldn't mind seeing the "Rock Arena" 2 Part Metal Special that Aired years ago + some "BeatBox" episodes also.

Really hope we get a couple of Rock Arenas in the remaining weeks

Would love to see The Smiths episode again that was aired in 2007 - taped it but lost the tape :slightly_frowning_face:

I hope rage don't play The Smiths ROCK ARENA again as it'
s already been played and The Smiths always get played.

I have a copy somewhere, I will try and find it for you and do you a copy

Thanks Jason...never got around to watching it. Was looking forward to the Johnny Marr interview

After January I will look for The Smiths episode for you

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Does anyone know how many Rock Arena episodes remain?

It seems that there will be 4 Countdowns this week, maybe that means they've found room for 1 Rock Arena. If it's one of the ones I requested I will be in Heaven!