Tonight at 9pm, BBC Four: HOW THE BBC BEGAN. Third and final episode, 'Shooting the Rapids', in which some of the great BBC figures from its first fifty years tell their stories about staying afloat in perennially choppy waters. The whole 3-part series will then be on iPlayer

Reinstate the English National Opera's ACE Funding immediately chng.it/fSwN6FMM via Change.org UK
Please sign Bryn Terfel's petition to the government. The Arts Council's wrecking ball must be stopped!

The first of the films that I made with the 'masterful' John Bridcut celebrating the BBC's centenary is on BBC Two this evening at 7pm #BetterThanStrictly

A must-watch for this weekend. Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu in John Bridcut's ravishing 'Winter Journey'. Read the preview and listen to an interview with Appl about the remarkable project. blog.thoroughlygood.me/2022/02/15/rev…

Tomorrow on BBC4! Benjamin Appl brings Winterreise to life as he
reimagines Schubert’s masterpiece in the wintry setting of an Alpine
landscape. #winterreise #schubert #alphaclassics

Tomorrow on BBC4! Benjamin Appl brings Winterreise to life as he
reimagines Schubert’s masterpiece in the wintry setting of an Alpine
landscape. #winterreise #schubert #alphaclassics

Last but not least a few impressions of the tower, the atmosphere and the filming there. It was the most extraordinary experience. Don’t miss ‘Winter Journey’ tonight on BBC4 at 8pm. BBC BBC Arts

Photos: Justin Hession // BBC

Rebecca Driver Media Relations PS music Berlin James Baillieu BBC Arts

A treat tonight on BBC4 - Schubert’s Winterreise - filmed on location in Switzerland with Benjamin Appl James Baillieu directed by John Bridcut. It promises to be a remarkable piece of television. 8pm or afterwards BBC iPlayer

❄️🎵 In this beautiful film by John Bridcut, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu make their own winter journey, reimagining Schubert's songs at the top of a mountain pass in Switzerland.

Watch in full on BBC Four & BBC iPlayer this Sunday at 8pm bbc.in/3t3sr3I

With some people having been in party mood, we should remember that a fish rots from the head...

Presumably it’s one way to delay Sue Gray’s report indefinitely: leak details of another Downing Street party every couple of days.

Wonderful that the networks took Trump off the air. There's a touch of Ceausescu about him now, living in his fantasy world

Morning. Bernard Haitink, The Enigmatic Maestro leaves the BBC iPlayer at 7pm tonight (Monday) so this is your last chance to catch it!
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Bravo, David Mitchell, in yesterday's Observer...

'It's some life and this is some film'

#BernardHaitink The Enigmatic Maestro, tonight BBC Two 7.30pm.

'A moving and illuminating insight into one of the most humane and selfless conductors of our time'

#BernardHaitink , The Enigmatic Maestro

Very proud to have worked on this film with director John Bridcut
Please do watch

BBC Two Saturday Sep 26 7.30pm
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