Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20061021 | 20061028 | Russell Davies presents a series on musicals. 3/3. The Take Home Number Some songs live on after the show itself is a fading memory. | ||
| 01 | The Opener | 20061003 | 20061007 20100712 (BBC7) 20110315 (BBC7) 20120218 (BBC7) |  Russell Davies looks at what makes a good musical and shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging. . Russell Davies shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging. From Kiss Me Kate to Chicago, the first song has to set the tone of the production musically, lyrically and in terms of staging. Russell Davies investigates. Russell Davies looks at what makes a good musical and shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging. Russell Davies shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging. Russell Davies investigates. "Russell Davies looks at what makes a good musical and shows how first songs set the tone musically, in lyrics and in staging. Russell Davies investigates."
1/3. The Opener. From Kiss Me Kate to Chicago, the first song has to set the tone of the production musically, lyrically and in terms of staging. Russell Davies investigates. [Rptd Sat 3.30pm] |
| 02 | The Love Song | 20061010 | 20061014 20100713 (BBC7) 20110322 (BBC7) 20120225 (BBC7) |  Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies asks how lyricists avoid cliches to preserve sentiment without sentimentality. . How lyricists avoid cliches to preserve sentiment without sentimentality. Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies asks how lyricists avoid cliches to preserve sentiment without sentimentality. Russell Davies examines how lyricists have tried to avoid the clich退 'preserving the sentiment without sentimentality'.
2/3. The Love Song. Russell Davies examines how lyricists have tried to avoid the clich退 'preserving the sentiment without sentimentality'. |
| 03 | The Take-home Number | 20061017 |  | |
| 03 LAST | The Take Home Number | 20061017 | 20061021 20100714 (BBC7) 20110329 (BBC7) 20120303 (BBC7) | Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies looks at the necessity of hit numbers - and songs that live on when a show ends. Russell Davies on the necessity of hit numbers - and songs that live on when a show ends. Russell Davies looks at songs which live on after the show itself is a fading memory. 3/3. The Take Home Number: Russell Davies looks at songs which live on after the show itself is a fading memory. [Rptd Sat 3.30pm] |
| 03 LAST | The Take-home Number | 20110329 (BBC7) 20120303 (BBC7) |  Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies looks at the necessity of hit numbers, and songs that live on when a show ends. . Russell Davies on the necessity of hit numbers, and songs that live on when a show ends. |
