Best European musical series
A curated collection of popular musical series from Europe.
I Dream (2004)
I Dream (2004)
A British children's musical television comedy programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004. It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and focuses on 13 teenagers who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the summer. All eight members of the pop group S Club 8 star in the show alongside five other young actors and actresses and Hollywood film actor Christopher Lloyd.The show has the members of S Club 8 playing supposedly exaggerated versions of themselves, albeit with identical names to their real life counterparts. Each episode of the show includes several songs and dance numbers involving both members and non-members of the band. Cast member George Wood called the show "a modern day Fame".
The Singing Detective (1986)
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After (2022)
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After (2022)
A tragically separated couple must find each other in another life to break a spell on their town, but the arrival of two tourists threaten their chance.
The Lodge (2016)
The Lodge (2016)
Fifteen-year-old Skye moves with her father from the big city to rural Northern Ireland, where they take over a local family owned hotel called North Star, previously managed by Skye's grandfather. Skye tries to build a new life, but this new life is not free from complications as Skye must navigate through the everyday stresses of life as a teenager and tries to integrate into a group of teenagers who live and work in the hotel.
Crybaby (2023)
Crybaby (2023)
Schoolgirl Masha and her parents are forced to move from Moscow to Novoorsk. After the elite gymnasium on Rublevka, it is not easy for a girl to put up with the rules of a provincial school. At her new school, she becomes a victim of bullying — sophisticated psychological and physical harassment by classmates. It becomes especially harsh because of Masha's feelings for Chris's boyfriend, the main star and rebel of the school. At the suggestion of Chris, the nickname "Crybaby" was glued to Masha. To cope with problems and tears, the heroine is helped only by music and a band that she has put together with other students.
David Gray: Ireland's Greatest Hit (2020)
David Gray: Ireland's Greatest Hit (2020)
The story of how David Gray, a broke Welsh singer, made an album in his spare room that became the biggest selling of all time in Ireland.
Kniven i hjärtat (2004)
Kniven i hjärtat (2004)
A love drama between two young people in a suburb. The story also depicts young people's everyday life in a multicultural society with all its ingredients: love, hate, joy and sorrow.
I'd Do Anything (2008)
I'd Do Anything (2008)
I'd Do Anything was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. It premièred on 15 March 2008. The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers who will take it in turns to play Oliver in a West End revival of the British musical Oliver!.The show, named after the song "I'd Do Anything", was hosted by Graham Norton with Andrew Lloyd Webber again overseeing the programme, together with theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh. In January 2008, John Barrowman confirmed he would be taking part in the show. The BBC also confirmed in late February 2008 that Barry Humphries would join Barrowman and Denise Van Outen on the judging panel of the show.Auditions for the show began in January 2008, with the show airing on BBC One throughout March, April and May 2008. In the final, on 31 May, Jodie Prenger was announced as the winner of the series.
Sommertogtet - lyden af vores land (2020)
Sommertogtet - lyden af vores land (2020)
Hairspray: The School Musical (2008)
Hairspray: The School Musical (2008)
One unsuspecting London high school is presented with the challenge of a lifetime: to audition, rehearse and perform a West End worthy performance of 'Hairspray' in one summer holiday.
On the Edge: Improvisation in Music (1992)
On the Edge: Improvisation in Music (1992)
A series of four 55 minute films shown on Channel 4 TV in the UK in early 1992. To say this was the best and most intelligent analysis of improvisation to be screened on UK television is probably unnecessary: it has in all likelihood been the only televised programme on this form of music-making. Written and narrated by Derek Bailey, produced and directed by Jeremy Marre, it developed out of the first edition of Bailey's book on improvisation (the broadcast almost coinciding with the publication of the second edition) and attempted to provide a world-view of the subject, not being bound by country, musical genre or preconception.
Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure (2020)
Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure (2020)
Huey Morgan presents a new three-part series, diving into the unique sounds of three countries - Puerto Rico, Brazil and Cuba - on a quest to understand latin music's enduring appeal.
Cinderella '80 (1984)
Cinderella '80 (1984)
In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?
Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)
Comedy drama set during World War Two following the misadventures of two very different bandsmen - one an ex-air force pilot, the other a draft dodging, scheming private detective - as they get caught up with gangsters and romance in blitz torn London.
Live Aid (BBC Broadcast) (1985)
Live Aid (BBC Broadcast) (1985)
This broadcast can be considered as the best possible. We have here complete performances of most of the Wembley performers and almost all the American performers, as soon as the satellite feed was opened at 17:00.
NRJ Music Awards (2000)
NRJ Music Awards (2000)
TF1 and NRJ meet you every year in November for one of the biggest French ceremonies revealing the list of the greatest artists of the year and the best titles of the moment.
Zito to Elliniko tragoudi (1986)
Zito to Elliniko tragoudi (1986)
Μουσική εκπομπή, που αποσκοπεί στην προβολή του ελληνικού τραγουδιού.Αποτέλεσε αναμφίβολα μια από τις εκπομπές που έγραψαν ιστορία στην ελληνική τηλεόραση. Το «Ζήτω το ελληνικό τραγούδι» με παρουσιαστή τον Διονύση Σαββόπουλο που προβλήθηκε από τις 11 Οκτωβρίου 1986 ως το καλοκαίρι του 1987, κατάφερε να συγκεντρώσει κάποια από τα μεγαλύτερα ονόματα του ελληνικού τραγουδιού (και όχι μόνο), πραγματοποιώντας απρόβλεπτες συμπράξεις και ξεχωριστές ζωντανές ηχογραφήσεις...Βασικοί συνεργάτες του Διονύση Σαββόπουλου ήταν ο Γιώργος Κοντογιάννης, ο Σωτήρης Κακίσης, η Αντζελίνα Καλογεροπούλου και ο Σταμάτης Φασουλής.Μέσα από την εκπομπή, ο Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος σχολίαζε τα θέματα της μουσικής και της ευρύτερης καλλιτεχνικής παραγωγής και επικαιρότητας. Επίσης, αναφερόταν σε διάφορα είδη και εποχές του ελληνικού τραγουδιού, μέσα από αφιερώματα σε πρόσωπα και γεγονότα. Η εκπομπή επιχειρούσε να συγκεράσει την ελληνικότητα, το λαϊκό στοιχείο και τη μοντέρνα ροκ αισθητική.
Big Night Out (ITV) (1961)
Big Night Out (ITV) (1961)
Popular variety series that made TV stars of Mike and Bernie Winters. It was recorded in Manchester and featuried top-name guests including Don Arrol, Kathy Kirby, Lionel Blair, Russ Conway, Diana Dors, Dickie Valentine, Bob Monkhouse and The Beatles at the height of their teenybopper fame.
Les Enfoirés (1989)
Les Enfoirés (1989)
In January 1986, Coluche, who a few months earlier founded the association of Restos du Cœur, brought together artists, public figures and politicians on television to promote the association and its actions. Jean-Jacques Goldman composed La Chanson des Restos, which was interpreted by several personalities and went on tour to benefit of the association. After Coluche died suddenly in June of 1986, his widow Veronique Colucci relaunched the initiative as a new television program in December of that year.
Hushabye Lullabye (2020)
Hushabye Lullabye (2020)
Join Dillie Dally and the Hushabye Rocket as they take flight on a musical journey full of lullabies and cuddles to Planet Dream.
Rock Legends (2002)
Rock Legends (2002)
The series "Rock Legends" focuses on the Midlands music scene and pays tribute to some of the most successful musical artists to come out of the region. The series is hosted by Noddy Holder.
I Cartoni dello Zecchino d'Oro (2008)
I Cartoni dello Zecchino d'Oro (2008)
The most beautiful songs of Zecchino D'Oro interpreted by the children of Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano and told by many funny animated stories.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2014)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2014)
This comprehensive history of the Hollywood musical kicks off with the advent of talking pictures. And what better way to usher in this bold new era than with a musical starring the world’s most popular entertainer?
... Sings (2009)
... Sings (2009)
BBC archive performances of cover versions