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Billy Elliot

Coming-of-age drama in which a northern lad from a mining community (Jamie Bell) opts for ballet rather than boxing and must convince his father of his ambitions as a dancer.

Coming-of-age drama about a young boy from a north east mining village who is sent for boxing lessons but joins ballet classes instead, for reasons he cannot explain to himself, let alone ones that his widower father would understand. He is encouraged by his dance teacher, but her ambition for him brings about a family crisis in the Elliot house.

1 hour, 43 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Dec 202021:00
BBC Four

Music Played

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

  • T. Rex

    Cosmic Dancer

  • Eagle‐Eye Cherry

    Eagle Eye Cherry

  • T. Rex

    Get It On

  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu Op. 143 No. 3

  • The Jam

    London Calling

  • T. Rex

    Ride a White Swan

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

  • Fred Astaire

    Top Hat

  • The Jam

    Town Called Malice

Credits

Mrs WilkinsonJulie Walters
Jackie ElliotGary Lewis
Billy ElliotJamie Bell
Tony ElliotJamie Draven
Billy, aged 25Adam Cooper
DirectorStephen Daldry
GrandmaJean Heywood
Michael CaffreyStuart Wells
George WatsonMike Elliot
Mr BraithwaiteBilly Fane
Debbie WilkinsonNicola Blackwell
Gary PoulsonJoe Renton
Dr CraneSteve Mangan
PrincipalPatrick Malahide
Vice-PrincipalBarbara Leigh-Hunt
WriterLee Hall
ProducerGreg Brenman
ProducerJon Finn
ComposerStephen Warbeck
Director of photographyBrian Tufano

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Jul 200621:30
    BBC HD
  • Sun 12 Aug 200721:00
    BBC Two England, Scotland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 12 Aug 200721:40
    BBC Two Wales (Analogue) & Wales only
  • Thu 27 Dec 200722:40
    BBC Four
  • Christmas Day 200921:00
    BBC Three
  • Wed 30 Dec 200900:15
    BBC Three
  • Sun 30 May 201021:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 21 Dec 201021:15
    BBC HD
  • Sun 17 Apr 201121:30
    BBC HD
  • Thu 13 Jun 201321:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 4 Mar 201421:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 16 Sep 201421:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 7 Jun 201521:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 10 Nov 201521:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 18 May 201621:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 22 Mar 201721:00
    BBC Four
  • Sat 15 Jun 201922:20
    BBC One except Wales
  • Sat 15 Jun 201923:10
    BBC One Wales & Wales HD only
  • Sat 22 Jun 201900:10
    BBC One except Wales
  • Tue 31 Dec 201921:00
    BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sun 31 May 202022:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Mon 1 Jun 202000:05
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 6 Jun 202021:15
    BBC Four
  • Sun 27 Dec 202021:00
    BBC Four

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