Sky Arts 2 TV Guide
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- 14 mins ago
Edinburgh Tattoo: Pipes and DrumsThe Band of the Scots Guards and the US Army Drill Team are among the international military units celebrating their rich cultural heritage in the annual tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. There are also performances by the highland dancers of the Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, the US Marine Corps band and the Mehter Band from Turkey, plus a traditional Zulu dance by serving South African police officers
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- 4:30pm
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Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein discusses his musical growth, creative processes and the influence of Fritz Reiner and Dimitri Mitropoulos
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- 5:30pm
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Andre Rieu: On My Way to New YorkSeason 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2
A behind-the-scenes look at the violinist's preparations for a concert in New York
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- 6:00pm
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Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know
Documentary tracing the tenor saxophonist's career from his beginnings in the bands of Billy Eckstine and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s, through his self-imposed exile in Copenhagen in the 1960s, to his triumphant return to the US in the 1970s and the making of the film Round Midnight in 1985. The story is told in Gordon's own words through interviews and performances
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- 7:00pm
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Broadway Goes Hollywood
Documentary examining the golden age of film musicals from the 1930s to the 1960s., featuring clips from memorable films and archive interviews with choreographer Hermes Pan and actress Cyd Charisse. Pan talks about working with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on Swing Time, Top Hat, The Gay Divorcee and Roberta, and Charisse discusses her lengthy career at MGM and how her reputation for attempting to flout the Hays Code placed her under the close surveillance of Hollywood's censorship squad
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- 8:00pm
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Design DealersSeason 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3
The team designs the backdrop for a photo shoot, as they continue to travel around Britain to rescue, refurbish and resell a wide range of objects. Plus, Sarah Brummer and Paul Liengaard trawl through packed garages in the hope of finding unique items to restore
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- 9:00pm
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Hay SessionsSeason 5 Episode 18: Rupert Everett
Literary editor Paul Blezard is joined by actor Rupert Everett, who talks about his new memoir Vanished Years. From the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in the Brecon Beacons
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- 10:00pm
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Pavarotti in Concert in China
Late opera star Luciano Pavarotti performs the works of Puccini, Verdi and Mascagni in Beijing