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19:00

Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolsteln

Sun 26^th Dec 2004, 19:00 on BBC Four

Jacques
Offenbach's bawdy operetta is a satire of politics and society at a late 19th-century European court. Felicity Lott stars in the title role at the Theatre de Châtelet in Paris, with stage direction by Laurent Pelly and Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski.

Contributors

Unknown:: Felicity Lott
Unknown:: Laurent Pelly
Unknown:: Marc Minkowski.

Source: Radio Times

21:45

The Periwig Maker

Sun 26^th Dec 2004, 21:45 on BBC Four

A dark tale of plague-era London, based on a Daniel Defoe story.

Contributors

Unknown:: Daniel Defoe

Source: Radio Times

23:10

The Singing Detective

Episode 2: Heat

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Sun 26^th Dec 2004, 23:10 on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:: Michael Gambon
Mark Binney:: Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:: Joanne Whalley
Staff Nurse White:: Imelda Staunton
Mr Tomkey:: Leslie French
Nicola:: Janet Suzman
Mrs Marlow:: Alison Steadman
Dr Gibbon:: Bill Paterson
Mr Hall:: David Ryall
Reginald:: Gerard Horan
Mr Marlow:: Jim Carter
First Mysterious Man:: Ron Cook
Second Mysterious Man:: George Rossi
Night Nurse:: Sharon D Clarke
Dr Finlay:: Simon Chandler
George Adams:: Charles Simon
Registrar:: Thomas Wheatley
Porter:: Geff Francis
Sister Malone:: Mary MacLeod
Schoolteacher:: Janet Henfrey
Philip (aged 10):: Lyndon Davies
Grancher:: Richard Butler
Barman:: Trevor Cooper
Writer:: Dennis Potter
Director:: Jon Amiel
Producer:: John Harris
Producer:: Kenith Trodd

Genres

Series

The Singing Detective

Source: BBC Online

00:20

FILM: The Third Man

Mon 27^th Dec 2004, 00:20 on BBC Four

Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten star in this classic thriller, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed . Review page 66. (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:: Joseph Cotten
Written By:: Graham Greene
Directed By:: Carol Reed

Source: Radio Times

02:00

Arena

Mon 27^th Dec 2004, 02:00 on BBC Four

- Shadowing the Third
Man/examining the battles between the/lm's producers, and the demands of star Orson Welles

Contributors

Unknown:: Orson Welles

Source: Radio Times

03:05

Bertolucci Makes The Dreamers

Mon 27^th Dec 2004, 03:05 on BBC Four

Cinema, Sex and Politics: cameras follow the esteemed director as he brings his study of 1968's student unrest in Paris to fruition

Source: Radio Times

BBC Four

About BBC Four

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Appears in

Radio Times Issue 4213

18^th December 2004

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