BBC to commemorate 30th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's passing

BBC have produced a range of content that celebrates and remembers Cobain's life and musical legacy. BBC Two and iPlayer will dedicate a Saturday night of programmes to Kurt and Nirvana in April, with the centrepiece being Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain. Told exclusively through rare archive footage – some of which has never been seen on British TV before – the documentary is a visceral account of the days that surrounded that tragic moment in 1994 when Cobain took his own life.

Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV says: “Kurt Cobain’s life and death has turned into myth and legend since his passing. This documentary tries to demystify that moment in time by telling the story direct from the scene, via fly on the wall footage filmed by those that were there.”

📢 BBC will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passing of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana with a range of content that celebrates and remembers his life and musical legacy

Including a brand new documentary, Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain

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A collection of programmes dedicated to Kurt Cobain will also be available on BBC Sounds from Friday 5 April, including: the Kurt Cobain Forever Playlist; Nirvana Live, featuring recorded live tracks performed in Seattle, Reading and New York (first broadcast in 2023); The First Time With…Dave Grohl, in which the former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman shares his musical milestones with 6 Music’s Matt Everitt (first broadcast in 2015); Nirvana at the BBC, featuring Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Butch Vig in conversation from the BBC archives (first broadcast in 2023); and Deep Dive into Nevermind, in which Butch Vig, Bat For Lashes, Teenage Fanclub, Breeders, Wu Lu and many more share their memories and passion for Nirvana’s seminal LP, with the album played in full (first broadcast in 2021).