|
Post by ManicKangaroo on Feb 4, 2013 18:08:23 GMT 1
Starts tonight on BBC2.
Dancing On The Edge is an explosive new drama series for BBC Two set in the early 1930s following a black jazz band in London during times of extraordinary change.
Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince, Shooting The Past), the five-part series follows the Louis Lester Band as they find fame amongst the parties and performances of upper class society in the capital. Initially shocked by black musicians performing in polite society, many recoil, but London's progressive socialites take the band under their wing.
When the band's manager Wesley becomes too demanding to the hotel in which the band performs he is deported, forcing the rest to move on without him. The musicians play for the Prince of Wales who elevates their status to the heights of early pop fame. But they become entangled in the shadowy world of socialites, which results in a suspected murder. The walls begin to close in on Louis and the other members until they realise that escape from England may be their only chance for safety.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking forward to this, Stephen Poliakoff's work is excellent
|
|
|
Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Feb 4, 2013 18:26:13 GMT 1
From the thread title, I was hoping this might be a new reality series, where annoying z list celebrities dance on the edge of a cliff, thus greatly increasing the chance they might fall.
|
|
|
Post by ManicKangaroo on Feb 4, 2013 18:35:22 GMT 1
Then it would have been in the Reality TV subforum
|
|