Darcey Bussell: My Life on the 主播大秀
From Blue Peter in the 80s to jiving on Strictly Come Dancing, a celebration and a history of the ballet dancer who grew up in public and conquered television on the way.
Darcey Bussell, for twenty years Britain's premier dancer with the Royal Ballet, was documented at regular intervals throughout her ballet career by 主播大秀 cameras and also appeared on many of the corporation's biggest entertainment shows. Darcey tells her own story through a carefully woven choice of archive from her debut appearance on Blue Peter as a 16-year-old in the early 80s to jiving on Strictly Come Dancing following her retirement from the Royal Ballet in 2007.
Packed with historic archive performances from the stage of the Royal Opera House and beyond, combined with candid documentary interviews from behind the dressing room door filmed at intervals during her stellar career, this is a celebration and a history of the ballet dancer who grew up in public and conquered television on the way.
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Darcey Bussell
Duration: 01:33
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Jules Massenet
Manon
Music Arranger: Leighton Lucas. Orchestra: 主播大秀 Concert Orchestra. -
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia - Act 1
Conductor: Graham Bond. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Ludwig Minkus
La Bayadere
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Performer: Paul Stobart. -
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Benjamin Britten
The Prince of the Pagodas - Act 1
Conductor: Ashley Lawrence. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Benjamin Britten
The Prince of the Pagodas
Conductor: Ashley Lawrence. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Winter Dreams
Music Arranger: Philip Gammon. Music Arranger: Thomas de Hartmann. Performer: Philip Gammon. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Gioachino Rossini
Soir茅es Musicales - Cazonetta
Composer: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Franz Liszt
Mayerling
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty
Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C
Conductor: Paul Murphy. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. -
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Ludwig Minkus
La Bayadere
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: 主播大秀 Concert Orchestra. -
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Brian Easdale
The Red Shoes
Conductor: Brian Easdale. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Sergey Prokofiev
Cinderella
Orchestra: 主播大秀 Concert Orchestra. -
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Alexander Glazunov
Birthday Offering
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Georges Bizet
Seguidilla
Librettist: Henri Meilhac. Librettist: Ludovic Hal茅vy. Performer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: 主播大秀 Concert Orchestra. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty
Conductor: Anthony Twiner. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Sir James MacMillan
Tryst
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swenson. -
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia - Act 1
Conductor: Graham Bond. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia - Act 2
Conductor: Graham Bond. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia - Act 3
Conductor: Graham Bond. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. -
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Jules Massenet
Manon
Music Arranger: Leighton Lucas. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Gustav Mahler
Song of the Earth
Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. -
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Steve Mac
Viva Tonight
Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Composer: Wayne Hector. -
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Jay Livingston
Stuff Like that There
Composer: Ray Evans. Performer: Hayley Sanderson. Conductor: Dave Arch. Performer: Tommy Blaize. Performer: Lance Ellington. Performer: Andrea Grant. -
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia
Conductor: Philip Cornfield.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | Darcey Bussell |
| Producer | Andy King-Dabbs |
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
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