I found the time and date for the Smiths documentary on BBC2 on their website:

Friday, January 22 - BBC2

11:15pm Young Guns Go For It - The Smiths

Documentary series examining the musical icons of the 80s. This programme tells the story of Manchester's the Smiths, formed around the formidable songwriting talents of guitarist Johnny Marr and lyricist and singer Morrissey, who nurtured an often obsessive fanbase with their sensitive and introspective reaction to Thatcher's Britain. Featuring contributions from Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke

Last in series. Nicam Digital Stereo

A rag, The Stranger, from Seattle has recently published a cute little article titled "Diary of a Teenage Smiths-Worshipper" by David Schmader, age 15.

Foreword from the article:

When it comes to Cozy Sensitive Boys, few bands can compare with The Smiths. Upon whimpering their way onto the music scene in 1984, the Smiths instantly became the favorite band of bookish, sexually confused dweebs everywhere, thanks in no small part to the band's lead singer Morrissey, who combined literary wit with adolescent self-absorption in a voice that made Leonard Cohen sound like Alvin the Chipmunk. On both sides of the Atlantic, thousands of depressed teens took refuge and found a Reason to Go On in the maudlin poetry of Morrissey and the Smiths-including one budding misery hound/closet case in El Paso, Texas, who here dredges up his Smiths-worshipping high school journal entries for your enlightenment, entertainment, and mocking derision. But remember: Please be gentle. He is human and he needs to be loved, just like everybody else.

Just a note to record that The Smiths are accorded some of the reverence they deserve by being placed at No.25 (This Charming Man) and No.37 (How Soon Is Now?) in the Q mag's readers' poll February 1999 (published Jan 1st 1999)

No.1 = Smells Like Teen Spirit
No.2 = Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields

That's us Brits for you !

The 1999 Morrissey/The Smiths Convention
April 24-25, 1998 at the Hollywood Palace (the same place of last yr's Moz con)

....one day will be for The Smiths (most likely the 24th)
....the other for Morrissey (most likely the 25th)

tickets (not on sale yet) are $20 for one day and $30 for a 2-day pass

....for more information about it contact:

Hot Rocks Records
121 N. Citrus Avenue
Covina, California
91723

...ask for Ray (the owner of Hot Rocks) because he and (not sure but) Elliot organized last year's convention.