Our Classical Century: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Our Classical Century brings together the greatest moments in classical music in the UK over the last 100 years, in a four-part series that celebrates moments of extraordinary musical ambition and excellence, deep emotion and of great pleasure, and the artists who have brought audiences this music.

Over the course of the series viewers will see and hear how, over the past one hundred years, classical music has given dazzling virtuosity and innovation, and how music provided a unifying soundtrack to the times when national identity and destiny was at stake.

The series explores how classical music collided with popular culture, influencing and being influenced by rock music and providing epic film soundtracks. The programme also looks at how classical music is adored by millions, and provides the musical accompaniment to both the most important days as well as the everyday - from weddings to funerals and much more in between.

Series details

• Title: Our Classical Century
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2018-11-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-06-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39411
• TVDB ID: 355530

Cast and credited roles

• Joan Bakewell — Presenter
• Alexandra Burke — Presenter
• John Simpson — Presenter
• Lenny Henry — Presenter
• Suzy Klein — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-11-15; final listed air date 2019-06-13; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Our Classical Century on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.