This is a listing of live Television videotapes known to exist. For each tape, the following information is provided:  date of performance; location of performance; length of perfomance; quality of video.


Blank Generation (54 mins)
A film by Ivan Kral and Amos Poe. Features Television, the Ramones, the Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, the Patti Smith Group, Blondie and several other acts of the time.
Also released on DVD with "Dancing Barefoot" (1:54).


00/00/74    Rehearsal in Ork Loft
60 minutes.  Black and white video of the band rehearsing in the Ork Loft.



00/00/74    Rehearsal in Ork Loft transfer to DVD

60 minutes.  Black and white video of the band rehearsing in the Ork Loft.


00/00/78    The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC TV)
5 minutes - Foxhole.


00/00/82    The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC TV)
Days On The Mountain parts 1 and 2.


13/02/87    The Tube (Channel 4, British TV)
Tom Verlaine performs A Town Called Walker and Bomb, backed by Love And Money.


06/26/92    Glastonbury Festival, U.K.
55 minutes     Good


12/03/92    Academy, New York
85 minutes     Poor


02/27/93    Georgetown University, Washington., DC
90 minutes     Very Good



02/27/93    "Evacuate The Area!"
Georgetown University, Washington., DC

1hr 42m NTSC DVD (audience amateur shot).      Very Good


02/02/93    Later With Jools Holland (BBC TV)
In World and 1880 Or So



02/02/93    Later With Jools transfer to DVD
Intro / In World / 1880 Or So / alternative OGWT, 1978 version of Foxhole


02/00/93    ABC’s In Concert
10 minutes - Call Mr. Lee promo film and short interview.


Trying To Television: Video Anthology Vol. 1: 1974-1984
Adventure Disc DVD, ADVD 001, 2005, 93 mins.

Video compilation of the following:
Ork Loft rehearsal 1974
LittleJohnny Jewel/O Mi Amore (from Blank Generation 1975)
Foxhole (OGWT UKTV 1978)
Words From The Front (Promo clip 1982)
Clear It Away (Promo clip 1982)
Days On The Mountain Parts 1 and 2 (OGWT UKTV 1978)
Five Miles Of You (Promo clip 1984)



Trying To Television: Video Anthology Vol. 2: 1985-2001
Adventure Disc DVD, ADVD 002, 2005, 96 mins

Video compilation of the following:
Verlaine, Spanish TV concert 1985
A Town Called Walker (Promo clip 1987)
Foxhole/A Town Called Walker/Bomb (The Tube, UKTV 1987)
Call Mr Lee (Promo clip 1991)
1880 or So/Call Mr Lee/Glory (Fuji Rock Festival 2001)



Television Live in Brazil 2005
Footstomp, FSVD-291, 2006, 85 mins

Television's appearance at the Tim Festival, October 23rd 2005:
Introduction / 1880 or So / Venus / Call Mr Lee / Prove It / Little Johnny Jewel / See No Evil / Knockin' on Heaven's Door / Marquee Moon


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