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Sleeping Beauty on Ice

BBC One
on BBC One London

Scenes from Tom Arnold's skating spectacular based on the ever-popular fairy tale and featuring the music of Tchaikovsky.
With a cast of seventy international skaters.
Including:
Nancy Lee Parker as Princess Melanie, Nicky Powers as Prince Rupert, Marei Langenbein as Florizel, the Lilac Fairy, George Miller as Buckles, the Royal Page
and Iris Villiers as the voice of Princess Melanie

An outside broadcast from the Empire Pool, Wembley.

Contributors

Stage production:
Tom Arnold
Directed and produced by:
Gerald Palmer
Choreography:
Ross Taylor
Decor and costumes:
Anthony Holland
Dialogue direction:
Raymond James
Musical arrangements and additional music:
Arthur Wilkinson
Orchestra under the direction of:
Leslie Kerrigan
Commentator:
Alan Weeks
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Princess Melanie:
Nancy Lee Parker
Prince Rupert:
Nicky Powers
Florizel, the Lilac Fairy:
Marei Langenbein
Buckles, the Royal Page:
George Miller
The voice of Princess Melanie:
Iris Villiers
Source: Radio Times

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