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BBC Proms

2015

Friday Night at the Proms: Eric Whitacre's Choral Prom

Duration: 2 hours

on BBC Four

A celebration of American composers, including Jonathan Newman's Blow It Up, Start Again, Eric Whitacre's Deep Field, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Aaron Copland's Quiet City. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

The second episode follows Sinatra's growing political profile, his relationship with Ava Gardner and the split from Nancy, his first wife. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alex Gibney
Producer:
Jeff Pollack
Producer:
Erin Edeiken
Producer:
Sam Pollard
Executive Producer:
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer:
Alex Gibney
Executive Producer:
Blair Foster
Executive Producer:
Sharon Hall
Executive Producer:
Broderick Johnson
Executive Producer:
Andrew A Kosove
Executive Producer:
Charles Pignone

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Classic Broadway musical. Nathan Detroit, a gambler in need of cash, bets Sky Masterson that he will not get Sarah Brown, who works at the Save a Soul Mission, to go out on a date. Show more

Contributors

Sky Masterson:
Marlon Brando
Sarah Brown:
Jean Simmons
Nathan Detroit:
Frank Sinatra
Miss Adelaide:
Vivian Blaine
Lieutenant Brannigan:
Robert Keith
Nicely-Nicely Johnson:
Stubby Kaye
Big Jule:
BS Pully
Benny Southstreet:
Johnny Silver
Harry the Horse:
Sheldon Leonard
Rusty Charlie:
Dan Dayton
Society Max:
George E Stone
Arvide Abernathy:
Regis Toomey
General Cartwright:
Kathryn Givney

Formats

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

The second episode follows Sinatra's growing political profile, his relationship with Ava Gardner and the split from Nancy, his first wife. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alex Gibney
Producer:
Jeff Pollack
Producer:
Erin Edeiken
Producer:
Sam Pollard
Executive Producer:
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer:
Alex Gibney
Executive Producer:
Blair Foster
Executive Producer:
Sharon Hall
Executive Producer:
Broderick Johnson
Executive Producer:
Andrew A Kosove
Executive Producer:
Charles Pignone

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Compilation of performances from 1970s singer-songwriters, including Don McLean, Tim Buckley, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty and Joni Mitchell. Show more

BBC Four

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