Brian Tatler on Heavy Metal Brittania, BBC4 A new documentary on BBC 4 featurs Brian Tatler alongside the lieks of Tony Iommi, Glenn Tipton, Ian Gillan, Lemmy and more. The program airs on Friday 5th March at 21:00 on BBC4 BBC Four Heavy Metal Britannia Heavy Metal Britannia traces the emergence of the genre in Britain in the late Sixties and Seventies. Metal began life in the mid-Sixties underground rock scene – a fledging style spearheaded by the likes of Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. This early Metal was dominated by paranoia and darkness, albeit often tongue-in-cheek. The players were male, mostly working-class - a uniquely seventies British style – spawning their own long-haired, head-banging audience with their own dress codes and world view. While this generation still defines classic British metal, it was nearly overtaken by British punk in the late Seventies. Then back came a new generation such as Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon, dubbed ‘The New Wave of British Metal’ by the press. As the Eighties dawned, the best of these two metal generations were ready for the long haul, to make their genre the key force in music it remains today. Voiced by Nigel Planer and directed by Chris Rodley, the documentary includes contributions from, Ian Gillan, Tony Iommi, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Jon Lord, Bruce Dickinson, Edgar Broughton,Brian Tatler, Lemmy and many more.