Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Craig Revel Horwood sits in

Craig Revel Horwood sits in for Elaine Paige - Fab-u-lous dahling! Presenting show tunes and the latest news from the worlds of stage and screen.

Craig Revel Horwood - Strictly's Mr Nasty sits in for Elaine Paige, presenting show tunes and the latest news from stage and screen.

From October to Christmas - Craig Revel Horwood enters our homes every Saturday and Sunday night as he judges the contestants of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 1's Strictly Come Dancing.

His catchphrases are iconic -" Fab-u-lous! A-ma-zing!" Equally memorable are his put downs: -"It was a dance di-sah-ster dahling."

But Craig's role as a Strictly Come Dancing judge is just a tiny part of the contribution he has made to the world of dance and musical theatre over the last 30 years. He's worked as a performer, a choreographer and as director on the likes of Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Cats, Spend, Spend, Spend, Copacabana, Chess, Calamity Jane, Crazy for You, South Pacific, My One and Only, Sister Act and Sunset Boulevard....the list goes on.

Craig was born in Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. Early career highs in Australia included parts in West Side Story, La Cage Aux Folles and Me and My Girl. He also appeared as Lavish - a trumpet playing, tap dancing drag act with a penchant for belting out Whitney Houston songs. After a period at the Paris Lido Craig finally came and settled to live and work in the UK. He was Munkustrap in Cats and cast as a GI in Miss Saigon but was later to return as its resident director. He's a regular panto wicked queen and has recently completed a UK tour as Miss Hannigan in Annie. His most recent work can be seen in the closing moments of the hit children's film Paddington 2 - he choreographed the Hollywood dance routine for the imprisoned villain Phoenix Buchanan - as played by Hugh Grant.

From Saturday nights on the box to Sunday lunchtime on Radio 2 - over the next 2 weeks Craig shares some of his favourite musical memories and show tunes. Today's show includes tracks from The King and I, The Jazz Singer and Dirty Dancing.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Apr 2018 13:00

Music Played

  • Boston Pops Orchestra & Keith Lockhart

    42nd Street

    • Oscar and Tony.
    • Boston Pops.
  • Marilyn Monroe

    I Wanna Be Loved By You

    • Sentimental Journey (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
    • 39.
  • Neil Diamond

    Cracklin' Rosie

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.
  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    The Globe(Henry V)

    • Epics.
    • Silva America.
  • Eric Carmen

    Hungry Eyes

    • Dirty Dancing - Original S/Track.
    • RCA.
  • Alexandra Burke

    I Have Nothing

    • The Bodyguard.
    • First Night.
  • Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews

    The Rain Is Spain(My Fair Lady)

    • My Fair Lady.
    • Columbia.
  • Richard Burton

    Camelot

    • Broadway Magic: The 1960s.
    • 8.
  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Rain On My Parade

    • The Essential Barbra Streisand CD2.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 9.
  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.
  • Robbie Williams

    Have You Met Miss Jones

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Frankie Howerd & Original London Cast

    Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

    • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
    • Broadway Angel.
  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Evelyn Laye

    They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore(Phil The Fluter)

    • Phil the Fluter.
    • Avid.
  • Barbara Erwin, Anna McNeely & Jana Robbins

    You Gotta Have A Gimmick

    • Gypsy.
    • Elecktra.
  • Dick Dale and His Del‐Tones

    Misirlou

    • Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
    • 6.
  • Kelli O Hara & Ken Watanabe

    Shall We Dance(The King and I)

    • King and I.
    • Decca Broadway.
  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Dinah Washington

    Mad About The Boy

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Members of the Cast

    It's Hard Knock Life (Annie)

    • Annie.
    • Time Life.
  • Members of the Cast & Andrea McArdle

    Tomorrow(Annie)

    • Annie - 30th Anniversary.
    • Time Life.
  • Robert Preston

    Mame

    • Mame.
    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Apr 2018 13:00