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Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand

Episode 1: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Series exploring how musical theatre evolved over the last 100 years. Neil finds out how its modern shape was established through pioneering works. Show more

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2017: The Language of Life

Episode 1: Say It with Sound

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Prof Sophie Scott uses hissing cockroaches, chirping crickets and rumbling elephants to explore how humans and animals have evolved to use sound to send messages. Show more

Tim Rice: A Life in Song

Episode 1: A Life in Song

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

A celebration of one of our greatest musical lyricists. Tim Rice, in the company of Michael Grade, reminisces over 40 years of hit songs. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Tim Rice
Presenter:
Lord Grade
Performer:
David Arnold
Performer:
Gemma Arterton
Performer:
Rob Brydon
Performer:
Roger Daltrey
Performer:
Cynthia Erivo
Performer:
James Fox
Performer:
Seth Lakeman
Performer:
Robert Lonsdale
Performer:
Tim Minchin
Performer:
Laura Mvula
Performer:
Julian Ovenden
Performer:
Clare Teal
Performer:
Rick Wakeman
Music Director:
Mike Dixon

Celebrating the British sitcom and looking at the social and political context from which our favourites grew, with help from Steve Coogan, Richard Curtis, Jack Dee and others. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Producer:
Breid McLoone
Director:
Breid McLoone
Executive Producer:
Steven Canny
Participant:
Steve Coogan
Participant:
James Corden
Participant:
Lord Grade
Participant:
Richard Curtis
Participant:
Dick Clement
Participant:
Ian La Frenais
Participant:
Graham Linehan
Participant:
Josh Widdicombe
Participant:
Jack Dee
Participant:
Hugh Dennis
Participant:
Beryl Vertue
Participant:
Jonathan Harvey
Participant:
Lee Mack
Participant:
Nerys Hughes
Participant:
Anna Raeburn
Participant:
Trix Worrell
Participant:
Adil Ray
Participant:
Jon Plowman

Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand

Episode 1: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Series exploring how musical theatre evolved over the last 100 years. Neil finds out how its modern shape was established through pioneering works. Show more

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2017: The Language of Life

Episode 1: Say It with Sound

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Prof Sophie Scott uses hissing cockroaches, chirping crickets and rumbling elephants to explore how humans and animals have evolved to use sound to send messages. Show more

BBC Four

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