06: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical

06: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 57'14''

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

05: Tradition | Broadway: The American Musical

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 57'08''

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

04: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ | Broadway: The American Musical

04: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ | Broadway: The American Musical

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 56'42''

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

03: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ | Broadway: The American Musical

03: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ | Broadway: The American Musical

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 57'07''

Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Broadway musical regained popularity as audiences sough...

02: Syncopated City | Broadway: The American Musical

02: Syncopated City | Broadway: The American Musical

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 56'55''

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

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

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

Drama and Theatre | BBC Two | 2005 | 57'04''

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

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

Drama and Theatre | BBC World Service | 2023 | 26'28''

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

La La Land (2016)

La La Land (2016)

Contemporary and Digital Cinema | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'56'56''

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)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Classical Hollywood Cinema | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'38'31''

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