Drama and Theatre

01: 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.

S01E02 | The Karen Dunbar Show

This episode features advice on body manipulation, sword swinging, scuba diving and how not to retrieve loose change from a deep-fat fryer.

S01E03 | Stevens & McCarthy

The girls in the roll van continue to tease Davie, a nightclub toilet encounter brings a surprise, and a karaoke night with a difference.

S01E01 | Stevens & McCarthy

Stevens & McCarthy are back with their collection of comic characters, spoofs and musical comedy. At the roll van, Davie is not happy with the ch...

Acting Around Words

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

S01E06 | The Karen Dunbar Show

Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.

S01E05 | The Karen Dunbar Show

Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.

S01E04 | The Karen Dunbar Show

Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.

S01E03 | The Karen Dunbar Show

Journey again to the wonderful comedy world of Karen Dunbar, a place populated by dummy mummies, evil chip shop owners, enthusiastic police an...

S01E01 | The Karen Dunbar Show

Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.

S01E04 | Stevens & McCarthy

Doorbell cameras come in handy for an opinion, the jail buddies chat about life, and the girls worry about Coco Loco.

S01E02 | Stevens & McCarthy

Awkward husbands make for an awkward chat, and a man-spreader learns a lesson.

06: The Dark Side | Billy and Us

Billy Connolly opens up about his life-long love affair with sending up the dark side of life. Featuring groundbreaking routines about death...

05: I Know You | Billy and Us

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

04: 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...

03: 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 ...

02: 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 ma...

La La Land (2016)

An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie, as both the technology and Lina...

04: 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 Th...

06: 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, a...

05: 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 Sq...

02: Syncopated City | Broadway: The American Musical

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

03: 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 i...

01: 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, Irv...

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

Tatiana Frolova's an unlikely theatre director - a working class woman from a remote Far Eastern town. But for ...

Matthew Bourne: Swan Lake

Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's radical reworking of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. The score remains the same, but the famous corps de balle...

Blood, Sweat and Cheer

Can Team Wales win against cheerleading superstars Team USA? After months of training, this squad of disabled and non-disabled athletes have one chanc...

The Dark Side of Ballet Schools | Panorama

Panorama investigates claims of bullying and body shaming at two of the UK's top ballet schools, The Royal Ballet School in London...

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...

10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes

Whigfield reveals why she does not join in the Saturday Night dance. Plus an interview with Beyonce's Single Ladies c...

Enter Achilles | 2 Dance

''Enter Achilles'', choreographed by Lloyd Newson. A Boys' Own adventure that turns into a nightmare, as a group of men in a pub explore the thin li...

Disco/Tutting | Let's Dance

Learn about tutting in a disco-inspired routine with Miss Kylie.

Alvin Ailey: A Legend of American Dance

The story of Alvin Ailey, a visionary African American choreographer who found salvation through dance, told through his own words an...

Dance - Choreography | Bitesize Secondary

Clips taken from the BBC archive, showcasing the dances of a variety of choreographers, who are interviewed about their style of da...

S07E0: Ballroom Dreams | Our Lives

Train, compete, sleep, repeat! Welcome to the world of competitive ballroom, as we follow Caerphilly’s top teenage dancers to Wales's firs...

08: Providence | Fosse/Verdon

Bob is offered advice by his friend Paddy Chayefsky as he struggles to find an ending to his autobiographical movie All That Jazz. Gwen, who ha...

07: Nowadays | Fosse/Verdon

The rehearsals for Chicago are finally underway, with Bob out of hospital and Gwen raring to go, but Bob's insecurities come to the fore again, e...

06: 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 reflect...

05: 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 b...

04: 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 h...

03: 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...

02: 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...

01: 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 ...

Dance Passion Liverpool: Find the Feeling

From beautiful ballet to high-energy vogueing, dancers take us on a day in the life of Liverpool through exhilarating dance.

DV8 Physical Theatre | Ex-S

Interview with Lloyd Newson, choreographer of DV8 Physical Theatre, and Nigel Charnock, performer with DV8. They discuss and demonstrate unconven...

The National Theatre: Part One - The Dream | Arena

First of two documentaries celebrating the National Theatre's 50th anniversary, with contributions from artistic directors...

04: 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 Th...

06: 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, a...

05: 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 Sq...

02: Syncopated City | Broadway: The American Musical

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

03: 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 i...

01: 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, Irv...

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

Tatiana Frolova's an unlikely theatre director - a working class woman from a remote Far Eastern town. But for ...

The National Theatre: Part Two - War and Peace | Arena

Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening...