Programme Index

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BBC Proms

2017

Ades Conducts Stravinsky

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four HD

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under Thomas Ades perform Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, the London premiere of Mural by Francisco Coll and Ades's own work Polaris. Show more

Playing the ukulele and performing songs that keep the George Formby legend alive, Frank Skinner follows the music hall star's rise to fame and explores his continuing popularity. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Heartwarming dramatised story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor, recounting the people and events that shaped her life and career over 50 years from 1943 to 1993. Show more

Contributors

John Deeks:
Nick Moran
Rose Deeks:
Leanne Best
Ronnie Knight:
Luke Allen-Gale
Peter Charlesworth:
Alex Macqueen
Teen Barbara:
Honor Kneafsey
Scott Mitchell:
Charlie Archer
Joan Littlewood:
Zoe Wanamaker
Child Barbara:
Florence Keen
Brian Mickey:
Nathan Harmer
Aida Foster:
Marty Cruickshank
Rosie's Lawyer:
Matthew Bates
Divorce Judge:
Robert East
Johnny Brandon:
Lewis Kirk
Wardrobe Mistress:
Cally Lawrence
Shoe Shop Manageress:
Sue Elliott-Nicholls
Woman in Shoe Shop:
Hannah Hutch
Man in Shoe Shop:
Tom Machell
Peter Noble:
Jonathan Rhodes
Monsieur Vincent:
Laurent Maurel
Ronnie Scott:
Ross Green
Slim Cattan:
Jacob Krichefski
Cliff (Saxophonist):
James Atherton
Jayne Mansfield:
Jerry-Jane Pears
Jayne's Assistant:
Rebecca Lee
Young Actress:
Nicola Munns
Lionel Bart:
Daniel Zenou
Charlie Kray:
Toby Wharton
Ronnie and Reggie Kray:
Rob Compton
Gerald Thomas:
Nicholas Asbury
Kenneth Williams:
Robin Sebastian
Bernard Cribbins:
Rob Hughes
Hat Girl:
Rose Robinson
Warren Beatty:
Tom Forbes
Shepard Coleman:
Joe Stilgoe
Julie Deeks:
Julia Ford
Producer:
Jules Hussey

Timeshift

Series 13

Episode 3: Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairdos that Made Britain

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Timeshift takes a loving and sometimes horrified look back at the iconic hairdos and 'must have' haircuts that both men and women in Britain have flirted with in the past 60 years. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Rebecca Whyte
Director:
Rebecca Whyte
Series Producer:
William Naylor

Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability Brown's finest landscapes to understand what he might have created had his plan of creating his own garden borne fruit. Show more

Timeshift

Series 12

Episode 10: How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

With a handful of vintage etiquette books and some film archive to guide her, journalist Rachel Johnson goes in search of what seems an almost vanished social type: the lady. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rachel Johnson
Producer:
Robert Murphy
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Series Producer:
William Naylor

Playing the ukulele and performing songs that keep the George Formby legend alive, Frank Skinner follows the music hall star's rise to fame and explores his continuing popularity. Show more

BBC Four HD

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