We Who Wait TV Smith the Adverts BBC4

We Who Wait tells the story of punk band the Adverts and the continuing music career of their former frontman TV Smith, one of the most talented, literate and passionate yet curiously overlooked songwriters to emerge from London s vibrant 77 new wave scene. Smith formed the Adverts in late 76 with his girlfriend Gaye and press criticism of the band s alleged musical ineptitude was answered by a defiant and iconic debut single, One Chord Wonders. A couple of months later, they secured their first char br, br,