THE SOUND OF MUSICALS (BBC1 1/14/06-2/4/06) RARE!!! HARD TO FIND!!! John Barrowman, Carrie Grant, David Grant, Ruthie Henshall, Jon Lee, Mica Paris.

The Sound of Musicals was a 2006 four part BBC series starring several different musical theater actors and some other professional singers who performed acts from different musicals. Each week the standard cast was joined by a celebrity guest host who also performed their favorite numbers. The show also featured interviews with people involved in musical theater such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Cameron Mackintosh.

It aired weekly (every Saturday) for four weeks starting Saturday January 14, 2006.

Each part of the show was filmed in front of a live audience during the autumn of 2005 the dates of filming are as follows – September 30, October 2, October 4 and October 6.

The cast featured John Barrowman, Carrie Grant, David Grant, Ruthie Henshall, Jon Lee and Mica Paris.

Episode One – Aired January 14, 2006 

1. Summer Nights – Grease – 2006 Grease Revival Cast

2. I Dreamed a Dream – Les Misérables – Ruthie Henshall

3. Music of the Night – The Phantom of the Opera – David Grant

4. Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – My Fair Lady – Jill Halfpenny

5. Anything You Can Do – Annie Get Your Gun – John Barrowman & Ruthie Henshall

6. I Don’t Know How to Love Him – Jesus Christ Superstar – Mica Paris

7. As Long As He Needs Me – Oliver! – Carrie Grant

8. Come What May – Moulin Rouge! – Jon Lee & Jill Halfpenny

Closing Medley:
9. Jesus Christ Superstar / The Time Warp (The Rocky Horror Show) – John Barrowman
10. Tell Me It’s Not True (Blood Brothers) – Jill Halfpenny
11. Seasons of Love (Rent) – Jon Lee, Carrie & David Grant
12. Memory (Cats) – Mica Paris
13. One Day More (Les Misérables) – John Barrowman, Jon Lee, Ruthie Henshall, Carrie Grant & Company

Episode Two – Aired January 21, 2006 

Opening Medley:

1. Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) – Company

2. Broadway Baby (Follies) – Carrie Grant

3. You Can’t Take That Away From Me (Shall We Dance) – John Barrowman

4. On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady) – Jon Lee

5. I Won’t Send Roses (Mack and Mabel) – David Grant

6. All That Jazz (Chicago) – Ruthie Henshall

7. Till There Was You – The Music Man – Jon Lee

8. Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Evita – Carrie Grant

9. Name of the Game – Mamma Mia! – 2005 Mamma Mia! Cast

10. Dancing Queen – Mamma Mia! – 2005 Mamma Mia! Cast

11. Close Every Door – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Aled Jones

12. The Way You Look Tonight – Swing Time – Mica Paris

13. Maria – West Side Story – John Barrowman

14. Maybe This Time – Cabaret – Ruthie Henshall

15. Swell Party – High Society – David Grant & Aled Jones

Closing Cole Porter Medley:
16. Anything Goes – Ruthie Henshall
17. My Heart Belongs to Daddy – Carrie Grant
18. Too Darn Hot – Mica Paris
19. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – David & Carrie Grant

Episode Three – Aired January 28, 2006 

Introduction Medley:

1. Willkommen (Cabaret) – John Barrowman

2. Hello, Dolly! – Ruthie Henshall

3. If They Could See Me Now (Sweet Charity) – Carrie Grant

4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof) – Mica Paris

5. Edelweiss (The Sound of Music) – Jon Lee

6. Somewhere (West Side Story) – David Grant & Company

7. Walking in the Air – The Snowman – Joseph McManners

8. Can You Feel the Love Tonight – The Lion King – David Grant

9. Send in the Clowns – A Little Night Music – Ruthie Henshall

10. Younger Than Springtime – South Pacific – Jon Lee

11. Summertime – Porgy and Bess – Mica Paris

12. Mr. Cellophane – Chicago – Les Dennis

13. What I Did for Love – A Chorus Line – Carrie Grant

14. Sunset Boulevard – Sunset Boulevard – John Barrowman

15. You’re Just in Love – Call Me Madam – Jon Lee & Ruthie Henshall

Children’s Medley (Closing):
16. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
17. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins
18. Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid – Carrie Grant
19. Bad Guys – Bugsy Malone
20. The Bare Necessities – The Jungle Book
21. Tomorrow – Annie – Company

Episode Four – Aired February 4, 2006 

1. Everything’s Coming Up Roses – Gypsy – Ruthie Henshall

2. Hopelessly Devoted to You – Grease – Carrie Grant

3. Ol’ Man River – Show Boat – Sir Willard White

4. I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Guys and Dolls – David Grant

5. We’d Go Dancing – Billy Elliot – Billy Elliot Original London Cast

6. Electricity – Billy Elliot – Liam Mower & Tim Healy

7. And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going – Dreamgirls – Mica Paris

8. Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the Beast – Carrie & David Grant

9. Evermore Without You – The Woman in White – Jon Lee

10. I Am What I Am – La Cage aux Folles – John Barrowman

Finale Medley:
11. There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun) – Company
12. Come On Get Happy – Ruthie Henshall
13. Good Morning (Singin’ in the Rain) – Jon Lee, Carrie & David Grant
14. Try to Remember (The Fantasticks) – John Barrowman & Company
15. There’s No Business Like Show Business (Reprise) – Company

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Number of DVDs: 2

Quality: 9.5/1

Region: 0

Running Time:  hr min (approx)

Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen, 1.33:1

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