The Red Shoes
Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover.
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±«Óãtv Radio 3: The Essay: The Red Shoes
Deborah Bull on Powell and Pressburger's classic 1948 film The Red Shoes.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Brian Easdale
The Ballet of The Red Shoes
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham. -
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Ted Heath & Kenny Baker
Bougainvillia
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Margherita Grandi
Aria
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
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Franz Liszt
Les Sylphides
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Ottorino Respighi
La Boutique Fantasque
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Adolphe Adam
Giselle
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Léo Delibes
Danse de la Poupée
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Boris Lermontov | Anton Walbrook |
| Victoria Page | Moira Shearer |
| Julian Craster | Marius Goring |
| Ivan Boleslawsky | Robert Helpmann |
| Sergei Ratov | Albert Basserman |
| Livy | Esmond Knight |
| Irina Boronskaja | Ludmilla Tcherina |
| Ljubov | Leonide Massine |
| Herself | Marie Rambert |
| Dancer | Robert Dorning |
| Director | Michael Powell |
| Director | Emeric Pressburger |
| Writer | Michael Powell |
| Writer | Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer | Michael Powell |
| Producer | Emeric Pressburger |
| Composer | Brian Easdale |
| Director of photography | Jack Cardiff |
Broadcasts
Boxing Day 1968 22:25±«Óãtv Two England- Fri 9 Apr 1971 22:00±«Óãtv Two England
- Sun 29 Sep 1985 15:00±«Óãtv Two England
- Sat 24 Feb 1996 14:10±«Óãtv Two England
- Sat 5 Dec 1998 14:30±«Óãtv Two England
- Sat 18 Aug 2001 13:40±«Óãtv Two England
- Thu 13 Feb 2003 13:10±«Óãtv Two England
- Sat 4 Aug 2007 13:55±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sat 4 Aug 2007 14:25±«Óãtv Two except East, Scotland, South East & Yorkshire
- Boxing Day 2007 22:55
- Sat 19 Jul 2008 13:30±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 1 Aug 2009 12:45±«Óãtv Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & Wales only
- Sun 30 May 2010 12:00±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sun 30 May 2010 13:00±«Óãtv Two Wales & England only
- Sun 20 Mar 2011 15:20±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, England & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2013 08:50±«Óãtv Two HD, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales & England only
- Sat 22 Nov 2014 14:45±«Óãtv Two Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland & HD only
- Sat 14 Nov 2015 14:05±«Óãtv Two England, Northern Ireland, Wales & HD only
- Sat 19 Mar 2016 14:20±«Óãtv Two Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Sat 11 Mar 2017 13:30±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, Wales, England & HD only
- Wed 27 Dec 2017 12:10±«Óãtv Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 10 Nov 2018 13:00±«Óãtv Two HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 10 Nov 2018 14:50±«Óãtv Two Scotland
- Sat 3 Aug 2019 12:50
- Mon 3 Feb 2020 15:05±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & 1 more only & ±«Óãtv Scotland
- Sat 12 Sep 2020 11:00±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Wales, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD & 1 more only
- Fri 23 Sep 2022 14:15±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Fri 6 Jan 2023 14:00±«Óãtv Two HD, England, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Sat 14 Oct 2023 13:00±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & 1 more only
- Sat 24 Feb 2024 13:30±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Wales HD, Wales, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Thu 29 Feb 2024 20:00
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