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Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde

Profile of the singer and actress filmed as she returned to the UK concert stage in 2002 after an absence of 20 years. With contributions from friends, family and colleagues.

Dolly Parton is one of the world's great superstars, feted for her figure as much as for her music. Platinum Blonde goes inside her world to discover the woman under the wigs as she returned to the concert stage in the UK in 2002 after an absence of 20 years. Born into grinding poverty in rural Tennessee, Dolly has risen to the top of her tree in music, films and as a businesswoman who owns her own theme park.

Friends, family and colleagues - including Lily Tomlin, Kenny Rogers, Billy Connolly, Dabney Coleman and Alison Krauss - help tell her story, along with the full and frank views of Dolly herself. With cameo appearances from Sinead O'Connor, Norah Jones, Jonathan Ross and Terry Wogan.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 28 Dec 2014 00:50

Music Played

  • Dolly Parton

    Sugar Hill

  • Dolly Parton

    My Tennessee Mountain Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

  • Dolly Parton

    To Daddy

  • Dolly Parton

    Puppy Love

  • Dolly Parton

    Harper Valley PTA

  • Kitty Wells

    Making Believe

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

  • Dolly Parton

    Mama, Say a Prayer

  • Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel

  • Dolly Parton

    Dumb Blonde

  • Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner

    It's My Time

  • Dolly Parton

    Joshua

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

  • Dolly Parton

    I Will Always Love You

  • Dolly Parton

    The Seeker

  • Dolly Parton

    Love Is Like a Butterfly

  • Dolly Parton

    Coat of Many Colours

  • Ry Cooder

    Down in Hollywood

  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

  • Dolly Parton

    Higher and Higher

  • Dolly Parton

    Baby I'm Burnin'

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

  • Dolly Parton

    Lonely Comin' Down

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

  • Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt

    To Know Him Is To Love Him

  • Dolly Parton

    Someone To Watch Over Me

  • Dolly Parton

    To Daddy

  • Jewels

    Sugar Hill

  • Whitney Houston

    I Will Always Love You

  • Garth Brooks

    Friends in Low Places

  • Dolly Parton

    Alabama Sundown

  • Dolly Parton

    Applejack

  • Dolly Parton

    The Grass is Blue

  • The Soggy Bottom Boys

    I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

  • Nickel Creek

    This Side

  • Alison Krauss

    Forget About It

  • Dolly Parton

    Shine On

  • Dolly Parton

    Little Sparrow

  • Dolly Parton

    Halos and Horns

  • Dolly Parton

    I Will Always Love You

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Jenny Ash
Director Jenny Ash
Executive Producer Mark Hagen

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