Charles Hazlewood

The Genius of Beethoven

Ursula Macfarlane, Damon Thomas

Paul Rhys, Charles Hazlewood

A three-part BBC dramatized documentary series taking a look at the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story

Matt O'Casey

Mike Oldfield, Richard Branson

Documentary about the musician Mike Oldfield, whose 1973 album Tubular Bells launched the Virgin record label and became the biggest selling instrumental album of all time.

Death Songbook

Brett Anderson, Charles Hazlewood

Brett Anderson, Charles Hazlewood, and Paraorchestra are joined by guest vocalist Nadine Shah in Death Songbook, a one-off special performance of music by icons such as Echo and the Bunnymen, Skeeter Davis, Japan, David Bowie/Jacques Brel, and Suede. An exquisite songbook featuring delicate new versions of songs about death; the death of love and of loss, and transcendence.

Boulez at 80

David Stevens

Pierre Boulez, Charles Hazlewood

Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a special concert from the Barbican, as part of the composer's 80th birthday celebrations. The programme contains two compositions by Debussy; Jeux and Trois ballades de Villon, as well as Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel, featuring soprano Elizabeth Atherton as soloist.Presenter Charles Hazlewood interviews Boulez and discusses the concert with guest Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.