When Harvey Met Bob

When Harvey Met Bob
GenreBiography
Drama
Comedy
Written byJoe Dunlop
Directed byNicholas Renton
StarringDomhnall Gleeson
Ian Hart
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Chris Dunlop
Theme music composerQueen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerCatherine Magee
CinematographyOwen McPollin
EditorTony Cranstoun
Running time90 minutes
Production companyBlast! Films
Original release
NetworkElement Pictures
Great Meadow Productions
Release
  • 26 December 2010 (2010-12-26)
    (United Kingdom)
  • 7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
    (Sweden)
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When Harvey Met Bob is a 2010 television film, written by Joe Dunlop, dramatising the relationship between musician Bob Geldof and concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith as they organize the massive fundraising concert Live Aid in 1985. Directed by Nicholas Renton, the film stars Domhnall Gleeson as Geldof and Ian Hart as Goldsmith.[1][2][3]

The film was first broadcast on 26 December 2010 on BBC Four and later in Sweden the following year.

Critics praised Gleeson's performance as Geldof, but wrote that Geldof's mixed motives and the true toughness of Goldsmith were insufficiently explored.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b Neil McCormick (22 December 2010). "Bob Geldof, Harvey Goldsmith – and the truth about Live Aid". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ^ Taylor, Charles (26 December 2010). "When Harvey Met Bob, BBC Two". the arts desk. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b Andrew Anthony (2 January 2011). "Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast". The Observer. Retrieved 20 May 2015.