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The Legend of 1900

Fantasy about an orphaned piano virtuoso, born and raised aboard a cruise liner. As news of his talent spreads to the outside world, a famous jazz musician comes to hear him play.

Fantasy about a piano virtuoso who spends his entire life aboard a cruise ship. Novacento - named after the year of his birth - is abandoned aboard a transatlantic liner and raised by the ship's mechanic. Forced to remain in hiding for much of his early life, the boy teaches himself to play the piano, and news of his talent soon spreads beyond the confines of the ship.

2 hours, 5 minutes

Last on

Fri 11 May 200700:05
BBC Two except East, England & Yorkshire

Credits

Danny Boodman TD Lemon 1900Tim Roth
Max TooneyPruitt Taylor Vince
Danny BoodmanBill Nunn
PopsPeter Vaughan

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 May 200700:05
    BBC Two except East, England & Yorkshire