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Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World Series 1 Episodes Available now

Episode 2
2/3 Live Aid is the world’s biggest charity concert. Geldof enters African charity politics.

Episode 1
1/3 Bob Geldof organises a charity song for an Ethiopian famine, inspiring a global response.

Episode 3
3/3 Geldof and Bono stage Live 8, pressuring leaders to tackle the roots of African poverty.