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Episode 19 June 2026
A look at Elvis Presley's first million-selling release, Heartbreak Hotel. This film tracks down the song's writers, schoolteacher Mae Axton and country musician Tommy Durden, and discovers that Heartbreak Hotel was inspired by a real-life suicide in Miami in 1955.
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Episode 19-06-2026
A look at Elvis Presley's first million-selling release, Heartbreak Hotel. This film tracks down the song's writers, schoolteacher Mae Axton and country musician Tommy Durden, a ...
19-06-2026
BBC 2
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Tales Of Rock'n'roll: Heartbreak Hotel
Episode 19-06-2026
A look at Elvis Presley's first million-selling release, Heartbreak Hotel. This film tracks down the song's writers, schoolteacher Mae Axton and country musician Tommy Durden, a ...
19-06-2026
BBC 2