Elbow are to feature on a South Bank Show special next month looking back on the band's two-decade long career.

The brooding Manchester band will be interviewed by Melvin Bragg about their 18 years in the industry and their explosion to the mainstream with 'The Seldom Seen Kid'.

Featuring exclusive never-seen-before footage and interviews, the show will be aired on ITV on November 15.

Elbow join a whole host of music acts who have been the subjects of The South Bank Show, including The Smiths, Blur, Jarvis Cocker, Paul McCartney, Bjork, Coldplay and bizarrely The Darkness.

(by Scott Colothan)