Make a note to tune in this evening

Even though his fans will tell you (possibly at some length) that Born in the USA isn't the flag-waving anthem you might think if you'd only listened to the chorus, few artists seem as quintessentially American as Bruce Springsteen.

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Tonight though, BBC2 is reminding us that ‘the Boss’ also has a special relationship with Britain stretching back 50 years. The evening begins with Bruce Springsteen at the BBC, which rounds up some of his most memorable performances from the archives.

That's followed by the main event, the documentary When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain, BBC2, 9.35pm, which tells the story of how a 26-year-old Springsteen and the E Street Band first arrived in the UK in November 1975 for a sold-out performance at the Hammersmith Odeon (now the Eventim Apollo).