In this week’s episode, hosted by Stephen Fry, discover how Covent Garden adapted to the trials and tribulations thrown it’s way by Britain’s fight against Nazi Germany: Put on Your Dancing Shoes written and performed by Joanna Clarke [The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden] Mrs Smith’s Coffin written by Joanna Clarke and performed by Stephen …
In the first episode of our second season, hosted by the celebrated Dame Joanna Lumley, we look at Covent Garden’s vice industry in the eighteenth century: Haddock Hogarth and Harlots written by Jasmine Silk and performed by Lulu Freeman [Covent Garden Piazza] Mrs Jenkins’ Flogging House written by Joanna Clarke and performed by Stephen Fry …
Three percent of London’s population was black in the eighteenth century. Your host Stephen Fry introduces: An Enslaved Child and His Two Inheritances written by Milo Harries and performed by Cassius Konneh [17 Gough Square, Holborn, London] A Genius in Bondage written by Sara Fleming and performed by Jasmine Elcock [the Tower of London] Beethoven …
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius”. This week we look at the downfall of Oscar Wilde with host Dame Joanna Lumley: Intrigue for Intrigue’s Sake written by Jasmine Silk and performed by Stephen Fry [Mayfair, Picadilly and Covent Garden] Still the Sight to See in London written by Jasmine Silk and …
“Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, Fame”. Host Dr Shama Rahman looks at people who were famous in their time, but have faded from memory, with: The Diva and Her Diamonds written by Sarah Fleming and performed by Dame Joanna Lumley [Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London] Not a Page in …
For this week’s episode we journey back in time with host Dame Joanna Lumley to Anglo-Saxon London, with: Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters written by Robbie Stamp and performed by Shama Rahman [under the foundations of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London] The Lay of Nine Herbs written by Robbie Stamp and performed by …
This week’s episode does exactly what it says on the tin, as host Stephen Fry bobs about with: Go On Then, Impress Us written by James Rampton and performed by Cassius Konneh [Peckham Manor School, south east London and the Lyceum Ballroom, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London] Not Your Usual Busker written by James Rampton …
In this episode, with host Dame Joanna Lumley, we look at seventeenth and eighteenth century celebrity criminals, with: The Highwayman of Hearts written by Olivia Bell and performed by Joanna Clarke. [Hampstead Heath, Chandos Place and St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden] The Pregnant Pickpocket with Four Hands written by Olivia Bell and performed by Lulu …
In this episode, hosted by Robbie Stamp, we look at the history of the Covent Garden Piazza, with: This Beautiful Fruitful Rectangle written by Robbie Stamp, performed by Stephen Fry [Covent Garden Piazza, London] A Much Tidier View for the Duke written by Joanna Clarke, performed by Jasmine Elcock [Covent Garden Piazza, London] Concrete Garden …
Your Host Shama Rahman looks at the artistic side of Covent Garden in this week’s episode, with: Black Swans written by Viel Richardson and performed by Jasmine Elcock [Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London] Theatre of Blood written by Becky Stamp and performed by Stephen Fry [The Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London] Jane …
