Kismet

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th May 2014, 12:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 20^th May 2017, 08:10 on BBC Two HD

Lavish Arabian Nights-style musical charting the mixed fortunes of a poor poet with supposed mystical powers. Based around the music of 19th-century composer Alexander Borodin. Show more

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Hajj:: Howard Keel
Marsinah:: Ann Blyth
Lalume:: Dolores Gray
The Caliph:: Vic Damone
Omar:: Monty Woolley
Wazir:: Sebastian Cabot
Director:: Vincente Minnelli
Producer:: Arthur Freed
Writer:: Charles Lederer
Writer:: Luther Davis
Writer:: Edward Knoblock

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 31^st Jul 2022, 13:50 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: Thu 3^rd Aug 2023, 21:00 on BBC Four HD

Classic comedy musical. A transatlantic trip brings romantic problems for showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy, seeking different things from men.

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Dorothy Shaw:: Jane Russell
Lorelei Lee:: Marilyn Monroe
Henry Spofford III:: George Winslow
Watson:: Howard Wendell
Ernie Malone:: Elliott Reid
Augustus Esmond Sr:: Taylor Holmes
Lady Beekman:: Norma Varden
Gus Esmond Jr:: Tommy Noonan
Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman:: Charles Coburn
Magistrate:: Marcel Dalio
Writer:: Charles Lederer
Director:: Howard Hawks

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