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The first in the series, Ten Pieces I was released in 2014. [1] Mars by Gustav Holst, hosted by Dick and Dom; In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg, hosted by Dan Starkey; Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, hosted by Dan Starkey; Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, hosted by Khalil Madovi
There is a tremendous uproar in the hall." The lines sung are the first lines in the scene. [2] [3] Grieg himself wrote, "For the Hall of the Mountain King, I have written something that so reeks of cowpats, ultra-Norwegianism, and 'to-thyself-be-enough-ness' that I cannot bear to hear it, though I hope that the irony will make itself felt."
On 23 August 2012, BBC Two announced several new commissions, one of which was Wolf Hall. [13] According to The Guardian £7 million was to be spent on the adaptation. [14] BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said it was "very fortunate to have the rights" to the two novels and called Wolf Hall "a great contemporary novel". [15] [16]
The BBC’s much anticipated follow-up to the Bafta-winning Wolf Hall is set to hit screens after a nine-year hiatus on Sunday 10 November.. In the historical drama, based on Hilary Mantel’s ...
The beginning portion was also used in a Cartoon Network sign-on from 2013 to 2015, where the titular character from one of CN's shows, Uncle Grandpa, appears with his head rising against a mountain range background, saying his trademark catchphrase, "Good morning!". In the sign-off, the character would say the catchphrase, and lower back down ...
The BBC World Service experienced a sharper drop in listeners, with its average weekly audience down 33% from 1.4 million in July-September 2021 to 940,000 in the same period in 2023.
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
The follow-up, "In the Hall of the Mountain King", by Edvard Grieg, reached No. 48 on the chart, [4] with guitarist Joe Moretti having replaced Green who had joined Georgie Fame's Blue Flames. [2] It was not broadcast on BBC radio, because of the Corporation's policy, initiated by Sir Arthur Bliss, of banning pop versions of classical tunes. [1]