BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore
Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. BBC Proms version of the Gilbert & Sullivan romantic comedy, shot at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Peter Sidhom
Dick Deadeye
Also in
John Adams: Nixon in China
Le Roi Arthus - Bastille
Felicity Palmer
Little Buttercup
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Albert Herring
Let's Make an Opera
Stephen Richardson
Bob Becket
Also in
Let's Make an Opera
Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)
Neal Davies
Captain Corcoran
Also in
The Yeomen of the Guard - English National Opera
Britten: Curlew River
Timothy Robinson
Ralph Rackstraw
Also in
The Little Prince
Salome
Sally Matthews
Josephine
Also in
Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Suart
Sir Joseph Porter
Also in
The Gondoliers
The Little Prince
Owen Gilhooly
Bill Bobstay
No other roles listed
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Narrator
Also in
The Goodies
At Last the 1948 Show
Wendy Dawn Thompson
Cousin Hebe
Also in
National Theatre Live: Amadeus
The Decision – BOC
William S. Gilbert Writer
First release July 16, 2005
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 16, 2005
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No release date listed for United States.
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