Live performances from much-loved music stars, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.
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Four students from Why Dance Studio unexpectedly become viral sensations with a dance video posted online, and they decide to form the first local plus-sized dance group, Team BB. As the group slowly blossoms, connections from their past begin to re-emerge, and they must deal with challenges as they navigate the intricacies of friendship and fame.
When four boys meet on a Tokyo trip, their lives quietly intertwine—leading to love, growth, and a winter that might bring them back together.
Win gets a second chance to relive the past and chase the dreams he once shared with Nut. But as he tries to change fate, will he save their love—or lose it again?
Into My Playlist is a music variety talk show. This is a music program produced by A2Z ENTERTAINMENT and broadcast for the first time on ENA. It will be a fun and exciting time with catchy songs.
DKDA: Sueños de juventud is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from November 22, 1999, to April 28, 2000. Created by Susan Crowley and adapted by Sergio Schmucler and Carmen Sepúlveda, the telenovela stars Jan, Litzy (later replaced by Andrea Torre), María Sorté, Otto Sirgo, and Eugenia Cauduro. The series was conceived around a fictional pop group and blends music with teen drama. The story follows Rodrigo Arias and Laura Martínez, two teenagers brought together by the successful pop group DKDA. As they pursue their musical dreams, they face romance, rivalries, family conflicts, jealousy, and personal challenges. Alongside their friends and bandmates, they learn about love, friendship, loyalty, and the responsibilities that come with fame while navigating the ups and downs of youth.
The classic mafia game with a twist! Idols dance to their latest song but some members are 'mafia' and are hearing a different song instead. Can the other members spot who the mafia are, or will the mafia succeed in correctly dancing and claim victory?
In this captivating period series, the life and career of Mexican singer Vicente Fernández is dramatized like never before.
Follow the connected lives of several strangers, each facing their own struggle, viewed through the prism of UK rap and drill music. As the strangers’ worlds begin to unravel around them, they come to the realisation that every action, no matter how small, has a consequence.
A coming-of-age series based on the lives of six young men - the world's first mixed Israeli-Palestinian pop group - that came together to form the next global hit pop group, as1one.
Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.
“Asia Super Young” plans to gather trainees from all over Asia and select only the strongest from S-class trainees who will explore the three major areas: trendy music, street dance, and rap. Seven trainees that represent Asian entertainment's standards will form a group and debut.
Australia's house party with some of the biggest and brightest music acts performing up close and personal with a live audience.
From the basement bars of 70s New York to the peak of the global charts, this is the story of how disco conquered the world: its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
A 3-chapter documentary about the stories we tell ourselves around creativity. Using a plethora of studies from anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, the film tries to demystify the way we use our brains to create, to make art and science. The products of our minds are extraordinary, but the process in which they are brought about are in fact, quite ordinary. Shakespeare copied. Mozart copied. Picasso copied too. But we're still obsessed with originality. We're living in the most creative time in humanity's existence, so maybe it's time to rethink our preconceptions about creativity.
A group of high school friends starts a rock band during the 1950's.
Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
Celebrity pairings ride along in a car together as they sing tunes from their personal playlists and surprise fans who don't expect to see big stars belting out tunes one lane over.
VICE News' half-hour nightly newscast. We now interrupt your regularly scheduled worldview.
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
Meet Bess King, a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while handling rejection, dating drama, and family issues. This is a story about finding your authentic voice—and the courage to use it.
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Meet five lively animal friends who love to sing, dance and use their imaginations to embark on outrageous adventures to magical places.
Riveting performances from the 2010 tour, revealing interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and early home videos come together to tell the story of a little girl who dared to dream big, and who fearlessly faced near-insurmountable obstacles to make those dreams come true.
Follow real-life law enforcement officers from various regions and departments of the United States armed with nothing but with cameras to capture their actions, performing their daily duty to serve and protect the public.
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last honest politician in their dark city. A group of unlikely suspects emerges - each with the last name of Smith.
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.
Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.
Love, loss and transformative luck intersect in this musical drama about two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles.
San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance reluctantly gets sucked into a violent and dangerous world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
