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The Lively Arts

  • TV Series
  • 1969–
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The Lively Arts (1969)
Documentary

Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.

  • Stars
    • Robin Ray
    • Melvyn Bragg
    • Richard Baker
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    11
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    • Stars
      • Robin Ray
      • Melvyn Bragg
      • Richard Baker
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Robin Ray
    • Self - Presenter
    • 1976–1977
    Melvyn Bragg
    Melvyn Bragg
    • Self - Presenter
    • 1976–1977
    Richard Baker
    • Self - Presenter…
    • 1977–1978
    André Previn
    André Previn
    • Self…
    • 1977–1978
    Humphrey Burton
    • Self - Presenter
    • 1977–1978
    Robert Tear
    • Self
    • 1976–1978
    Benjamin Luxon
    Benjamin Luxon
    • Self…
    • 1976–1978
    Julian Bream
    Julian Bream
    • Self
    • 1976–1977
    Kenneth Clark
    Kenneth Clark
    • Self…
    • 1977
    Lyndon Brook
    Lyndon Brook
    • Self - Narrator
    • 1977
    Michel Beroff
    • Self - Piano
    • 1977
    Spike Milligan
    Spike Milligan
    • Self…
    • 1976–1977
    Isaac Stern
    • Self…
    • 1976–1977
    James Loughran
    • Self…
    • 1976–1977
    William Walton
    • Self
    • 1977–1978
    Owain Arwel Hughes
    • Self - Presenter
    • 1977–1978
    Raymond Leppard
    • Self…
    • 1977
    Stephen Sondheim
    Stephen Sondheim
    • Self
    • 1977–1978
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      Featured in Doctor Who: The Missing Years (1998)

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      • United Kingdom
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      • English
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