Live Aid at 40

A look at events during and after the staged concerts of July 1985

A look at events during and after staging the concerts of July 1985, when Bob Geldof engaged with governments and aid agencies - and found himself at the heart of a controversy over Ethiopia's Marxist government's resettlement policy and how aid was being used. Featuring archival footage from both concerts, including BBC, ABC and MTV coverage, with interviews with figures including Sting, Bono, Nile Rodgers, Mike Mitchell and Birhan Woldu, the Ethiopian girl whose image was immortalised by David Bowie during the Wembley concert