Life Story
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| First episode date | October 23, 2014 |
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| Final episode date | November 27, 2014 |
| Narrated by | David Attenborough |
| Cast | David Attenborough |
| Nov 20, 2014 | |
| Reviews | www.imdb.com |
| Composers | Murray Gold |
| Product compani | BBC Natural History Unit; The Open University; Discovery Channel; France Télévisions |
| Networks | BBC One |
| Genres | Nature Documentary |
| Episodes | EpisodesE06 · ParenthoodNov 27, 2014 E05 · CourtshipNov 20, 2014 E04 · PowerNov 13, 2014 View 3+ more |
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| ID | 1110713 |
About Life Story
This nature programme, a collaboration between BBC and The Open University, shows how animals try to overcome the challenges they face throughout their lives to eventually continue their bloodlines by having offspring. The show, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, aims to give viewers an idea of what it is like for animals who face difficult choices in nature. Episodes chronicle animals from surviving the hazards of being young through learning how to survive as an adult, climbing the social ladder, getting a mate and becoming a parent. The featured animals include octopi, cheetahs and chimps. … MORE
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Tina Turner: Music legend dies at 83
By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter
Singer Tina Turner , whose Soul Classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the Age Of 83.
Turner had suffered A Number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure.
She rose to fame alongside husband Ike in the 1960s with songs including Proud Mary and River Deep , Mountain High.
She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s.
Dubbed The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner was famed for her raunchy and energetic stage performances and husky, powerful vocals.
She won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 as a solo artist, having first been inducted alongside Ike in 1991.
Upon her solo induction, the Hall of Fame noted how she had " expanded the once-limited idea of how a Black woman could conquer a stage and be both a powerhouse and a multidimensional being".
Younger stars who have felt her influence include Beyonce, Janet Jackson , Janelle Monae and Rihanna.
Born in Tennessee into a sharecropping family, she first found prominence As One of the backing singers for her husband's band The Kings of Rhythm.
She soon went to to front The Band , and the couple tasted commercial success with Fool in Love and It's Gonna Work Out Fine, which made the US charts in the early 60s.
Their other hits included 1973's Nutbush City Limits , about the Small Town where Tina was born. But Ike's physical and emotional abuse was taking its toll.
It was he who changed her name from Her Birth name, Anna Mae Bullock, to Tina Turner - a decision he took without her knowledge, one example of his controlling behaviour.
She recalled the trauma she suffered throughout their relationship in her 2018 memoir, My Love Story , in which she compared sex with the late musician to " a kind of rape".
" He used my nose as a punching bag so many times that I could taste blood running down my throat when I sang, " she wrote.
After escaping her abuser, she went on to rebuild her career and become one of the biggest pop and Rock Stars of the 80s and 90s, with hits including Let's Stay Together, Steamy Windows, Private Dancer , James Bond theme GoldenEye, I Don't Wanna Fight and It Takes Two, a duet with Rod Stewart .
She also starred in 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - which featured another of her smashes, We Don't Need Another Hero - and The Who 's 1975 Rock Opera Tommy as the Acid Queen .
She found happiness with her second husband, German music executive Erwin Bac. They began dating in the mid-80s, and got married in 2013.
The pair lived in Switzerland, with Turner taking Swiss citizenship. He donated one of his kidneys to her in 2017 after it was discovered she was suffering from kidney failure.
She also suffered tragedy with The Loss of her eldest son Craig to suicide in 2018. His father was Turner's former bandmate, Raymond Hill .
Another son, Ronnie, whose father was Ike Turner , died in 2022. She also had two adopted sons, Ike Jr and Michael, Ike's children from a previous relationship.
Tina's Life Story spawned a 1993 biopic titled What's Love Got To Do With It, which earned Angela Bassett an Oscar nomination for playing The Star ; and a hit stage Musical - aptly titled Tina: The Musical . She was also the subject of HBO documentary Tina in 2021.
In an interview with Marie Claire South Africa in 2018, Turner said: " People think My Life has been tough, but I think it's been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not What Happened , it's how you deal with it. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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