'brian pern a life in rock' is a british comedy documentary following ageing rock star brian pern, former front man of the legendary 1970s progressive rock group thotch'. '.strtoupper('t')he three series the life of rock, a life in rock and 45 years of prog and roll follow brian as he develops as an artist through the ages'. '.strtoupper('b')rian claims to have invented world music, come up with the idea of live aid and to be the first musician to use plasticine in videos '. '.strtoupper('a')n affectionate parody of peter gabriel, brian pern features a whole host of recognisable faces from rock and pop'. '.strtoupper('t')he complete series includes the nine episodes from all three series including a whole host of extra footage'. '.strtoupper('i')f there's a funnier show than brian pern a life in rock, i'll be staggered the guardian a wealth of extras including deleted extended scenes from series 1 3 bonus episode brian pern at the bbc a collection of brian's videos and top of the pops performances original brian pern webisodes the original unseen pilot filmed in rhys' bedroom with simon running time 250 minutes region region 2 release date 04 04 2016