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16/11/2013

BBC Four - Benjamin Britten on Camera

How Benjamin Britten and the BBC brought modern classical music to a wider audience.

Documentary exploring the relationship that developed between composer Benjamin Britten and the BBC as they worked together to broadcast modern classical music further and wider.

Documentary exploring the dynamic relationship that developed between British composer Benjamin Britten and the BBC as they worked together to broadcast modern classical music further and wider. Through this collaboration, Britten's music reached television audiences, from elaborately staged studio operas, intimate duets featuring his partner Peter Pears, to the massive Proms performance of his War Requiem. The programme features interviews with Britten's collaborators and singers as well as those working behind the scenes including Michael Crawford, David Attenborough, Humphrey Burton and soprano April Cantelo. James Naughtie narrates.

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