Dir: Hannah Berryman BBC
Queen are among the big names who recorded at Rockfield.
Just what is it about dairy farmers and music? From Woodstock’s Max Yasgur to Glastonbury’s Michael Eavis, the lure of rock’n’roll has proved strong. But brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward went that one step further. Having been bitten by the rock’n’roll bug in the 1950s, the pair left behind the agricultural life and their own attempts at making music and converted their family farm into Rockfield Studios, the world’s first residential recording studio, located in the glorious surrounds of rural Monmouthshire.