The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Russian Theatre | Assignment

Acting Around Words

Frantic Assembly and Cardboard Citizens are among the theatre companies revealing how actors and directors transform performances with movement, gesture,...

DV8 Physical Theatre's: Strange Fish

A reworking of the stage production by choreographer Lloyd Newson and filmmaker David Hinton. In a style that challenges-and perhaps sho...

Performing Arts | Bitesize Secondary

In this programme, the performing arts are explored through behind the scene looks at Phantom of the Opera, Strictly Come Dancing, and a...

1: Give My Regards to Broadway | Broadway: The American Musical

History of the Broadway musical, presented by Julie Andrews. Includes the story of the Ziegfeld Follies, Irvi...

1: Life is a Cabaret | Fosse/Verdon

Exploring the partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, beginning in 1966 with Fosse directing the film Sweet Charity, starring Shirley M...

1: Stupid but Saveable | Billy and Us

Billy Connolly opens up on his ideas about childhood and discusses some of his early, groundbreaking stand-up material.

2: Shipyards and Leotards | Billy and Us

In this episode, Billy shares his ideas on masculinity, talking frankly about how his time in the shipyards shaped him both as a man...

2: Syncopated City | Broadway: The American Musical

This program explores the Roaring Twenties, featuring the Marx Brothers, Al Jolson, the Gershwins, and Rodgers & Hart. Ho...

2: Who's Got the Pain? | Fosse/Verdon

Gwen is in Majorca with Joan to reflect on her relationship with Bob, who she has caught being unfaithful. She reflects on how she met ...

3: Dirty Bits | Billy and Us

In this episode, Billy reflects on his groundbreaking stand-up routines on sex, and how the awkward embarassments of love and romance are such g...

3: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | Broadway: The American Musical

Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Broadway musical regained popularity as audiences sought escapism in...

3: Me and My Baby | Fosse/Verdon

As Fosse struggles with the editing of the film Cabaret, he has also taken on the direction of a new musical Pippin. Gwen is thrilled to be ...

4: Glory | Fosse/Verdon

Fosse is too nervous to attend the premiere of Cabaret and is woken the next morning by his friend Paddy with the reviews. Gwen is struggling with he...

4: He's at It Again, God | Billy and Us

This episode takes a look at Billy Connolly's relationship with organised religion. Featuring classic routines which established him ...

4: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' | Broadway: The American Musical

Hits of the 1940s and 1950s, including Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, and The...

5: I Know You | Billy and Us

In this programme, Billy Connolly examines class, politics and Scottishness, deconstructing the untrustworthiness of politicians and the ridicul...

5: Tradition | Broadway: The American Musical

Includes how rock 'n' roll, the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement revolutionized the musical, as well as how Times Squ...

5: Where Am I Going? | Fosse/Verdon

Three months after checking himself out of a psychiatric clinic, Bob hires a weekend house in the country to help comfort the recently be...

6: All I Care About is Love | Fosse/Verdon

The stress is beginning to get to Bob as the editing of Lenny overlaps with the preparations for the start of Chicago. He reflects...

6: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical

How Les Misérables and Miss Saigon traveled the world, the success of Disney's The Lion King, the 2003 hit Wicked, an...