BBC announces musical broadcasts over Christmas

The BBC has slated a series of musical and stage celebrations running across the winter period.

In an hour-long special, the BBC will pick out the best numbers from its Big Night of Musicals to run in a Biggest Night of Musicals, featuring performances from Wicked, Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, The Bodyguard, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical, Phantom of the Opera and Back to the Future: The Musical – as well as star performances from Alfie Boe and Beverley Knight.

What’s more, the Barbican production of Kiss Me, Kate, starring Adrian Dunbar and Broadway royalty Stephanie J Block, will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with date to be confirmed. You can read our review of that production here.

Expect more announcements from other channels and platforms over the coming weeks.

Peter Wright’s famed production of The Nutcracker, filmed at the Royal Opera House, will be shown on BBC Four and iPlayer.