From Evita to Woody Allen 's forthcoming Everyone Says I Love You, the musical film is enjoying something of a comeback. This week's new release, Grace of My Heart, is set in the late fifties, the golden age of American pop, and features music written by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. But what makes a successful marriage between music and film? Tony Palmer looks at the tricky relationship between sound and celluloid. Plus Verdi in the townships - Amanda Hopkinson reports from South Africa on one man's mission to integrate European opera with the traditions of African singing. She talks to the composers, singers and writers attempting to create a new form of opera for contemporary African culture.
Producer Nicki Paxman