Televised interviews and specials

 

21 March 1988 - South (ITV, UK)
Morrissey makes his acting debut playing himself. His appearance of the program lasts less than a minute.

23 October 1988 - The Other Side Of Midnight (Granada, UK)
Brief Morrissey interview in which he talked about the conservative MP Norman Tebbitt's new book.

1990 - World In Action
Morrissey interview of 1 minute.

late April or early May 1991 - Fax (Muchmusic, Canada)
Interviews of Morrissey then-manager Jo Slee and fans, with concert footage of the Dublin gig on 27 April which marked the beginning of the Kill Uncle tour and Morrissey's return to live performance.

7 June 1991 - Request Video (KDOC tv, Anaheim, Orange County, USA)
Interview with band members, bits of soundchecks of "Sing Your Life" and "There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends" and shots of fans around the venue of the 1 June 1991 concert in Costa Mesa.

14 July 1992 - News programme (MTV Europe)
A feature on the Leysin Festival included two minutes of Morrissey playing "Everyday Is Like Sunday".

29 July 1992 - 13 Eyewitness News / Live At Five (KTRK, Houston, USA)
Newspiece about Morrissey's signing session at Houston's Record Rack includes footage of him signing items and meeting fans.

29 July 1992 - (news programme) (KHOU11, Houston, USA)
Newspiece about Morrissey's signing session at Houston's Record Rack includes footage of him signing items and meeting fans.

late July or early August 1992 - Eyewitness News (KABC-7, Los Angeles, USA)
Newspiece about Morrissey's signing session at Hollywood's Sam's Goody's includes footage of him signing items and meeting fans.

early August 1992 - The Day In Rock (MTV, USA)
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Morrissey answered a few questions about the instore signings he was doing around the time of the release of the "Your Arsenal" album. Fans queuing for the instore were also interviewed.

August 1992 - News programme (MTV Europe)
A feature on the Leysin Festival included an excerpt of Morrissey playing "You're The One For Me, Fatty".

August 1992 - News programme (MTV Europe)
A feature on the Finsbury Park concert included an interview with Morrissey backstage when he was announced that he has just sold out the Hollywood Bowl, his entrance on stage and an excerpt of him playing "You're The One For Me, Fatty" before walking off stage.

13 September 1992 - Press conference (JBTV, Chicago, USA)
Morrissey press conference with fans organized by 93XRT.

September 1992 - Fax (Muchmusic, Canada)
Interview with fans and concert excerpts from the 15th of September concert in Toronto.

14 October 1992 - Fox News (FOX Los Angeles, USA)
Morrissey interview conducted by Laurie Pike during soundcheck before one of the two Hollywood Bowl shows a few days earlier. This includes snippets of "Piccadilly Palare", "Interesting Drug" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday" from 2 June 1991.

9 December 1992 - The Week In Rock (MTV, USA)
Short Morrissey interview.

30 October 1993 - Big E
An apparently drunken Morrissey interviewed by the Kleavage Sisters at a release party for RPLA's "Absolute Queen Of Pop" single.

March 1994 - The Album Show (??, UK)
Footage of Morrissey meeting the fans at an HMV signing session for the launch of Vauxhall & I.

6 May 1994 - MTV News (MTV, USA)
Footage of fans at an instore session at Tower Records in New York interspersed with bits of a Morrissey interview.

November 1994 - Q Awards (UK, VH1)
Morrissey accepts his award and gives a short acceptance speech.

? 1994 - The Year In Rock (MTV, USA)
Footage of fans at an instore session at Tower Records in New York interspersed with bits of a Morrissey interview.

19 February 1995 - 120 Minutes (MTV, USA)
Brief Morrissey interview.

September 1995 - Rock Express (M6, France)
Five minutes of Morrissey meeting his fans at a signing session at FNAC record shop in Paris, August 95.

16 September 1997 - Marc Bolan Documentary (Channel 4, UK)
Morrissey pays credit to Marc Bolan in a few seconds snippet.

22 November 1997 - "Brit Girls" Documentary (Channel 4, UK)
Two snippets where Morrissey, from the open door of his car, talks about 60s singer Cilla Black. This show was re-run under the title Cilla Black on 11th April 1998.

7 December 1997 - "Brit Girls" Documentary (Channel 4, UK)
One snippet where Morrissey, from the open door of his car, talks about 60s singer Marianne Faithful.

13 December 1997 - "Brit Girls" Documentary (Channel 4, UK)
Many appearances from Morrissey and The Smiths as they have played a large role in the re-emergence of Sandie Shaw's career.
Read transcript at Morrissey-solo

21 December 1997 - "Brit Girls" Documentary (Channel 4, UK)
This last instalment covered various less famous female singer, such as Twinkle. Morrissey again answered a few questions about her.

9 April 1998 - Hot Press Rock Awards (Ireland)
Morrissey presented an award to U2 who won for best Irish group. Excerpts from the awards were presented in a coverage of the event on the O-zone on UK television.

12 December 1999 - Later On... The Smiths (UK ARENA)
This features most Top Of The Pops and other television program appearances by the Smiths, Morrissey and Electronic. Includes bits of interviews.

February 2000 - Rapid Fax, Muchmusic (Canada)
A 20 seconds clip of Morrissey singing "A Swallow On My Neck" from the Hamilton, Ontario concert was shown during their Rapid Fax news program.

March 2000 - Canal Fox (Latin America)
In anticipation of Morrissey's first tour of South America, many clips of an interview with the man and footage from a recent concert (probably Los Angeles or Irvine 2000) were shown between commercials throughout the month. Topics: living in Hollywood, his house, himself and his situation in the music business, fan webpages, his latino fanbase.

12 May 2000 - En Vivo San Pablo (Muchmusic Mexico)
Special programme mixing live tracks from the "Oye Esteban" tour ("Boy Racer", "Alma Matters", "November Spawned A Monster", "Hairdresser On Fire", "Ouija Board Ouija Board") with Smiths and Morrissey videos.

25 November 2002 - Liquid News (BBC, UK)
Morrissey interview from and about a PETA party for animal rights (thanksgiving). Topics also included the recently deceased Myra Hindley.

8 June 2003 - The Importance Of Being Morrissey (Channel 4, UK)
One hour documentary on Morrissey. Morrissey answers questions and is followed around the 2002 tour. Includes also many interviews with people of Morrissey's entourage.
Read transcript at Morrissey-solo

22 November 2003 - The Last Broadcast (Network 2, Ireland)
Morrissey interview given to Dave Fanning in 2002 while Morrissey was on tour. The interview had previously been broadcast on radio in November 2002 on Ireland's 2FM.
Read transcript of the original radio broadcast offsite on Morrissey-solo

9 May 2004 - CNN Headline News (CNN, USA)
3-minute interview of Morrissey by Denise Quan. Topics: America, his 'feud' with The Cure and happiness. Features some footage from the 23 April 2004 concert in Los Angeles.

1 October 2004 - Pop And Politics - Chrissie Hynde (BBC4, UK)
Morrissey made several comments in support of Chrissie's involvement in animal rights campaigns and gave his own opinions on the subject. This was repeated on BBC2 in April 2005.

11 December 2004 - 12 F U (BBC3, UK)
Documentary on the punk movement presented by Jonathan Ross. Includes bits of interview with Morrissey.

5 March 2005 - Music Express (Ovation/The Arts, USA)
Morrissey interview given to Dave Fanning in 2002 while Morrissey was on tour. The interview had previously been broadcast on radio in November 2002 on Ireland's 2FM, then on television in November 2003 on Ireland's Network2.
Read transcript of the original radio broadcast offsite on Morrissey-solo

4 April 2006 - lesinrocks.com
Featured a 5-minute excerpt of the Morrissey video interview given away on a DVD with the issue of French magazine Les Inrockuptibles on sale the following 14 April. View here.

1 July 2006 - MTV Nordic (Scandinavia)
Newspiece featuring 1-minute clip of Morrissey at the Roskilde festival the day before. The clip shows footage of "Panic", "You Have Killed Me" and "Irish Blood, English Heart".

(appr 25) August 2006 - MTV2 At Benicassim (MTV2, Europe)
Brief Morrissey interview by Zane Lowe conducted after Morrissey's appearance at the Benicassim festival. Topics include record shopping, the Arctic Monkeys and Morrissey's future plans.

20 September 2006 - Two Sounds: The Last Broadcast (Network 2, Ireland)
Clips of a Morrissey interview by Dave Fanning. The interview from which these clips were taken had been given away earlier in the year (April) on a freebie DVD with French magazine Les Inrockuptibles.

9 December 2006 - The Culture Show (BBC Two, UK)
This programme about the Greatest British Living Icon poll included bits of a Morrissey interview by Danny Robins (conducted backstage in Newcastle), a performance of "First Of The Gang To Die" from a recent gig in Newcastle and a soundcheck of "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy". The full unedited interview (including portions that were not shown in the programme) as well as the live performance and soundcheck were then made available for viewing on the Culture Show's webpage.

28 January 2007 - I'm From Rolling Stone (MTV, USA)
Footage of Morrissey performing "In The Future When All's Well" at the 2006 Roskilde festival was included in this reality show's episode.

1 October 2007 - 4 News (KNBC, USA)
Newspiece on Morrissey playing a 10-date residency at the Hollywood Palladium prior to the venue closing for renovation. Includes footage of "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" and "That's How People Grow Up" from a 5-song set done at the Palladium as part of a press conference in the afternoon of the first show of the residency on 1 October.

1 October 2007 - (Channel 5) (?, USA)
Newspiece on Morrissey playing a 10-date residency at the Hollywood Palladium prior to the venue closing for renovation. Includes footage from a 5-song set done at the Palladium as part of a press conference in the afternoon of the first show of the residency on 1 October.

1 October 2007 - Associated Press video webcast
Newspiece on Morrissey playing a 10-date residency at the Hollywood Palladium prior to the venue closing for renovation. Includes footage of "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before", "One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell" and "Let Me Kiss You" from a 5-song set done at the Palladium as part of a press conference in the afternoon of the first show of the residency on 1 October.

2 October 2007 - BBC News (bbc.co.uk) video webcast
Following a press conference given by Morrissey at the Hollywood Palladium prior to his 10-date residency, this newspiece mainly about Morrissey working on a new album with tentative release date in 2008 was put up on bbc.co.uk.

6 October 2007 - Extra! (?, USA)
This newspiece on Morrissey includes a very short interview about being a vegetarian and footage of "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" from a 5-song set done at the Palladium as part of a press conference in the afternoon of the first show of the residency on 1 October.

2 October 2007 - LATV Central (LATV, USA)
Morrissey interview by Beto Cuevas. Topics: the latino community's love of Morrissey, being a vegetarian, upcoming elections. Includes the complete performance of "You Have Killed Me" from Santa Barbara on 29 September 2007. A nine-song concert broadcast featuring parts of this interview was shown later in the year on the same channel's En Concierto programme. See televised concerts for details.

7 October 2007 - Noticiero Telemundo Fin De Semana (Telemundo, USA)
Feature on the California latin community's love of Morrissey. Includes interview of Morrissey and footage of him doing "Let Me Kiss You" from a 5-song set done at the Palladium as part of a press conference in the afternoon of the first show of the residency on 1 October.

April 2008 - Musika (ynet.co.il)
Webcast announcement by Morrissey of an upcoming live date to take place in Israel on 29 July 2008. This is different to the one listed below.

April 2008 - Bidur (bidur.nana10.co.il)
Webcast announcement by Morrissey of an upcoming live date to take place in Israel on 29 July 2008. This is different to the one listed above.

16 February 2009 - The One Show (BBC One, UK)
Morrissey interview. Topics: his mother, looking for work after becoming unemployed, having dedicated fans, the new album "Years Of Refusal" and its cover image, making videos, being a singer, the house in which he grew up, Manchester.

16 February 2009 - Zane Lowe (MTV2, UK)
Morrissey interview.

February 2009 - Morrissey's official Myspace page (www.myspace.com/morrissey)
Excerpts of a Morrissey interview conducted by Russell Brand were put up on Morrissey's Myspace page at the time of release of his album "Years Of Refusal". These excerpts featured portions that were left out of the "Wrestle With Russell" interview found on the bonus DVD included with the latter album's limited edition. This interview was also shown on Irish television later in the year.

8 April 2009 - Two Sounds: The Eleventh Hour (RTE2, Ireland)
Morrissey interview by Russell Brand. Parts of the interview had previously been webcast, and different parts were included on a DVD made available with the limited edition of the 2009 "Years Of Refusal" album.

10 April 2009 - Manchester Music Tours (Channel M, UK)
This feature follows Phill Gatenby (author of 'Morrissey's Manchester' and 'Panic On The Streets') on a tour of Manchester's music history, covering sites related to The Smiths and Morrissey (amongst others).

15 October 2009 - MTV Latin American Awards (MTV Tres, USA)
Morrissey presents Legend Award to mexican band Cafe Tacuba.

14 September 2010 - local news (NBC Los Angeles, USA)
This feature about Melrose Avenue attempting to recover from a steep downturn that's forced several stores to close features a snippet of Morrissey buying jeans at Chuck's Vintage Jeans.

20 February 2012 - local news (Chilevision CHV, Chile)
This is a 3-minute news report on Morrissey in Santiago ahead of the start of the 2012 tour.

22 July 2012 - Channel 2 News (Channel 2, Israel)
A 3-minute news report on Morrissey being granted the key to the city of Tel-Aviv the day before. View here (in hebrew).

11 April 2013 - Victoria Wood's Nice Cup Of Tea (BBC1, UK)
Morrissey was interviewed by Victoria Wood in this second installment of a 2-part series dedicated to the "British cuppa". View here.

1 July 2013 - Entretenimiento (Terra TV, Peru)
Footage of Morrissey arriving in Peru ahead of the upcoming South American tour. View here.

17 October 2013 - 4 News (Channel 4, UK)
4-minute news piece about the book signing in Gothenburg for Morrissey's autobiography. View here.

17 October 2013 - TV4.SE
Footage of the Gothenburg book signing for Morrissey's autobiography. View here.

18 October 2013 - Euronews
1-minute montage of footage of the Gothenburg book signing for Morrissey's autobiography. View here.