2/6. The 1920s was the golden age of musical theatre - Rodgers and Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Fred Astaire and Al Jolson were all forging careers as songwriters, producers and performers. But as the Jazz Age waned, the industry suffered the double blow of "talkies" and the Wall Street Crash. With Julie Andrews.
With Zeinab Badawi.
Followed by Weather
World 2005 5/5. The final heat sees five young singers from
Germany, Scotland, Lithuania, Korea and Chile compete for a place in next Sunday's final.
3/3 Charles Hazlewood analyses, rehearses and conducts three movements from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis - the Kyrie, Credo and Agnus Dei. The composition of this monumental work was fraught with problems and was a huge drain of Beethoven's time and energy. However, the finished article shows a composer at the peak of his creative powers. With the Tallis Chamber Choir, the period instrument orchestra Harmonieband and soloists Sarah Fox (soprano), Sara Fulgoni (alto), Mark Wilde (tenor) and Matthew Hargreaves (bass).
The comedian takes an irreverent look at Ludwig van Beethoven 's character flaws. Was he the only great composer to have pelted his housemaid with rotten eggs? He clearly had anger-management issues.
Cerebral panel game in which two teams wrestle with puzzles and anagrams.