The Genius of Beethoven
A three-part BBC dramatized documentary series taking a look at the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas
Francesca Kemp
Francesca Kemp
Ursula Macfarlane
Ursula Macfarlane
Casts & Crew
Paul Rhys
Charles Hazlewood
David Bamber
Casper Harvey
Sarah Hadland
Christian Coulson
Bertie Carvel
Jonathan Slinger
Nicholas Asbury
Karen Ascoe
Bogdan Banaszak
Tomasz Bednarek
Michal Breitenwald
David Calder
Grzegorz Damięcki
Gareth David-Lloyd
Bronwen Davies
Alice Eve
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Goodman-Hill
Jake Harders
Rafaella Hutchinson
Also Directed by Damon Thomas
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.
Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.
Docudrama based on the memoir of the same name by polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. The narrator Barry Letts, best known for his tenure as the producer…
DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s handed the cases of an officer who committed suicide by throwing himself under a Tube train. Or was he pushed? Gambon must work out whether his former colleague was murdered, while tracking down another officer who has gone so far undercover that nobody knows where he (or she) is.
The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods (1944, 1975 and 2012) but who are linked by a spine-chilling presence: the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious and tragic circumstances.
Based on the novel of the same name. Abby and Gretchen have been best friends forever, but Abby begins to suspect Gretchen may be possessed by a demon after she begins acting strangely.
Also Directed by Francesca Kemp
Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King's much-loved comic operetta. Its story centers on a magnificent masked ball, given by a Russian prince, that brings together all the main characters in various disguises. The three-act journey from boudoir to ballroom to jail provides ample opportunities for farce and humor, but also for genuine human emotion and a surprisingly realistic view of urban life.
Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden's whirlwind production of Puccini's compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love.
An impoverished knight is at odds with his rich but miserly father
Also Directed by Ursula Macfarlane
1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? In a tale of breathtaking twists and turns, two mysteries begin to unravel and dark family secrets are revealed.
A look at the people affected by seven shootings which occurred during the same July weekend.
Looks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of costume drama and documentary.
As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of the true stories behind the inception of this classic show. For the first time on television, they hear first-hand from those involved in the show when it opened on Broadway in September 1957, including Sondheim himself, producer Hal Prince and original cast members from both show and movie, including Chita Rivera Carol Lawrence and Rita Moreno. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and specially cast singers, we re-live some of the wonderful music and, in the company of Suzy and Bruno, we discover how West Side Story placed the 1950s phenomena of racial tension and teenage gangs centre stage to create a hit that changed musical theatre forever.
The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened to engulf him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his alleged abuse, hoping for justice and also to inspire change.