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- All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Isn't it?
- A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
- Cleopatra and Ptolemy vie to become monarch of Egypt, while Caesar and Cleopatra fall in love and Ptolemy attempts to kill Caesar. Pompey's widow is wooed and imprisoned by Ptolemy and Achilla, and his son Sexto wants to kill them.
- Top C's and Tiaras featured operetta sung by an ensemble of renowned stars such Marilyn Hill Smith and Peter Morrison, also featuring celebrities including Benjamin Luxon, and starring Julia Migenes. Recorded on location at Wrotham Park it was a popular success, and was one of the first occasions classical music had occupied a prime time slot on British television.
- Sergeant Meryll and his daughter connive to help free Colonel Fairfax, wrongly condemned to death for sorcerey, by helping him to escape and pretending that he is Leonard Meryll, the Sergeant's son.
- Balconies, balls and bravado, a selection from operetta which often took place in exotic places. Songs from The Gypsy Princess, Bless The Bride, plus 'Ol Man River from Showboat. Operetta didn't always deal in love, it also dealt with action and war; a medley of some of the best tunes. Perhaps the most famous goodbye song is from The White Horse Inn. A selection of more goodbyes.
- A waltz medley, the Czardas, and songs about different attitudes to age and growing old gracefully plus the somewhat scandalous Mayor's wife of Perpignan. A tribute to duets, three contrasting duets from three contrasting shows. Three songs from a Planquette operetta Paul Jones, based on an historical figure born in Cumbria.