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Kiss Me Kate

Adaptation of Cole Porter's hit about a theatre company attempting a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Songs include So in Love. With Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson.

Musical comedy. Singer Fred Graham is to play the lead in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. However, in casting both his ex-wife and his girlfriend in the other leading roles, he makes the production a battlefield onstage and off.

Songs include Wunderbar, From This Moment On, So in Love and Kiss Me Kate.

1 hour, 49 minutes

Last on

Mon 1 Aug 2022 14:45
BBC Two

Credits

Fred Graham / Petruchio Howard Keel
Lilli Vanessa / Katherine Kathryn Grayson
Lois Lane / Bianca Ann Miller
Lippy Keenan Wynn
Slug James Whitmore
Hortensio Bob Fosse
Cole Porter Ron Randell
Director George Sidney

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 2009 12:30
    BBC Two
  • Boxing Day 2010 08:55
    BBC Two
  • Sat 5 Nov 2011 13:45
    BBC Two
  • Sun 8 Jan 2012 20:15
    BBC Four
  • Boxing Day 2020 10:40
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 21 Mar 2021 14:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Wed 22 Dec 2021 13:55
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Mon 1 Aug 2022 14:45
    BBC Two except Scotland

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