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Marvellous Musicals

Celia Imrie celebrates the cinema’s marvellous musicals, venturing back through the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s archives to look at film’s most joyous and arguably enduring genre.

Celia Imrie celebrates the cinema’s marvellous musicals, venturing back through the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s archives to look at film’s most joyous and arguably enduring genre.

Interviews with some of the biggest stars and directors take us from the golden age of icons like Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire to the modern-day triumphs of La La Land and The Greatest Showman. The programme also explores the connection between the box office charts and the music charts, and how stars like The Beatles, Elton John and Abba saw their songs cross over from record players to record-breaking sensations of the silver screen.

44 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Dec 2023 14:40
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Two Little Girls From Little Rock

  • 00:01

    Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell

    A Little Girl From Little Rock

  • 00:03

    Laurie Johnson

    The Avengers Tag Scene

  • 00:05

    Not Credited

    Main Title: That's Entertainment

  • 00:06

    Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant and Fred Astaire

    That's Entertainment

  • 00:08

    John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John

    Summer Nights

  • 00:08

    Olivia Newton‐John

    Summer Nights

  • 00:10

    Olivia Newton-John With Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly

    Whenever You're Away From Me

  • 00:12

    Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John

    Xanadu

  • 00:13

    Cliff Richard

    Summer Holiday (End Title Film Version)

  • 00:15

    Unnamed Library Contributors

    Girl In A Sportscar

  • 00:16

    The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

  • 00:24

    ABBA

    S.O.S.

  • 00:25

    ABBA

    So Long

  • 00:27

    Meryl Streep

    The Winner Takes It All

  • 00:29

    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

    When I Kissed The Teacher

  • 00:31

    Jennifer Hudson

    And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

  • 00:37

    Justin Hurwitz

    Epilogue

  • 00:37

    Emma Stone

    Audition (The Fools Who Dream)

  • 00:38

    Ryan Gosling

    City Of Stars

  • 00:40

    Michel Legrand

    Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Theme)

  • 00:40

    Jose Bartel, Danielle Licari, Christiane Legrand

    Devant Le Magasin

  • 00:41

    Jose Bartel, Danielle Licari

    La Gare (Guy S'en Va)

Credits

Narrator Celia Imrie
Series Producer Simon Goretzki
Producer Simon Catt

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