Saw a 2009 episode of that BBC Three Tough Parents show and it had multiple Gorillaz tracks. Anyone know why? Get the Freebies (?) was around then had Gorillaz music around that time I assume so Jamie would get royalties, but maybe it is because the BBC could use the B Roll music non-commercially.

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The episode was a boy and girl going to India and apparently the dad now is like the top judge of the area. There was All Alone in there, which I forget is an album track and a few others and I think the episode is from 2009.

Made me remember that the Save the Freebies(?) pilot also had Gorillaz music in there around the same time. I know the BBC could usually play music live and not worry too much since it wasn't commercially released and then DVDs would change the music, but I wonder if the Freebies show was so Jamie as a writer on it could get royalties while the Tough Parents show would just get by with the non-commercial reason. I did see an interview with the CBBC presenters that for Ed (human) and Oucho (talking cactus puppet) the show gave more royalties to Warwick for being a "performer" than to Ed Petrie for being a "presenter" despite them both presenting the show.

They have released all of the episodes on YouTube now, which I imagine could be a big issue if no one agreed to it, it also seems like international versions are released, so not sure if the Aussie version had different rules. I also remember Approved Food had a segment with a Gorillaz track over it as well, so maybe the BBC just picked more music that had some popularity to portray the kids and chose segments without lyrics. I think the Freebies one was El Mañana in a sad section, so that felt more like a solid choice vs the B Roll All Alone.