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Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M

imagine...Winter 2014

Alan Yentob joins Bette Midler on a journey through the chorus lines of Broadway and the bathhouses and nightclubs of the 1970s to the very top of the film industry.

As she is about to begin a run on Broadway in Hello Dolly, imagine... revisits Miss M in New York in a programme first shown in 2014 when she was about to release her girl band-inspired album.

For five decades, the woman they call the Divine Miss M has forged a path which has taken her from a pineapple-canning factory in Honolulu to becoming a Hollywood legend. Alan Yentob joins Bette Midler on a journey through the chorus lines of Broadway and the bathhouses and nightclubs of the 1970s to the very top of the film industry. Her combination of a soulful voice and the raucous wit of Mae West has made her name as an outrageous, but always captivating, all-round entertainer.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Thu 27 Nov 202523:00
BBC Four

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Bette Midler

    Crazy People

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Bette Midler

    Miss Otis Regrets

  • Bette Midler

    From a Distance

  • Bette Midler

    Come on a my house

  • Bette Midler

    Mr Sandman

  • Bette Midler

    Ukulele Lady

  • Elvis Presley

    Blue Suede Shoes

  • The Boswell Sisters

    Crazy People

  • The Boswell Sisters

    It's the Girl

  • Annette Funicello

    Pineapple Princess

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

  • Ruby Keeler

    Forty Second Street

  • The Lovin’ Spoonful

    Summer In The City

  • Buffalo Springfield

    For What It's Worth

  • Lou Reed

    Walk on the Wild Side

  • Bessie Smith

    T’aint nobodies buziness if I do

  • Bette Midler

    Drinking Again

  • Bette Midler

    Baby It's You

  • Bette Midler

    Chatanooga Choo Choo

  • Bette Midler

    Mambo Italiano

  • Bette Midler

    Do You Want To Dance

  • Aretha Franklin

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

  • Bette Midler

    Chapel of Love

  • Bette Midler

    Leader of the Pack

  • Bette Midler

    Hello in there

  • Bette Midler

    I'm Beautiful

Credits

PresenterAlan Yentob
ParticipantBette Midler
ProducerSamantha Peters
DirectorSamantha Peters
Series EditorAlan Yentob

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 Nov 201422:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Tue 11 Nov 201423:05
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Wales & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 21 Dec 201423:00
    BBC Four
  • Mon 22 Dec 201402:15
    BBC Four
  • Mon 12 Jan 201523:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 19 Jul 201522:30
    BBC Four
  • Sun 24 Apr 201600:30
    BBC Four
  • Sat 30 Jul 201622:25
    BBC Four
  • Tue 14 Mar 201722:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Tue 14 Mar 201723:10
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Tue 14 Mar 201723:15
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Tue 14 Mar 201723:45
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Fri 4 Dec 202023:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 27 Nov 202523:00
    BBC Four

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