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Carmen Jones

Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA with an African-American cast. Carmen, a factory worker, falls in love with a soldier.

Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA with an African-American cast.

Carmen, a worker in a southern wartime parachute factory, falls in love with a soldier called Joe. When he kills his sergeant in a brawl, Joe and Carmen run away together, but soon Carmen tires of her guilty lover.

23 days left to watch

1 hour, 40 minutes

Last on

Last Saturday10:20
BBC Two

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    March of The Toreadors (From Carmen Suite)

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Overture

  • Unknown

    Ouverture

  • Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Carmen - Prelude (G.Bizet)

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Opening Medley

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Habanera

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    You Talk Just Like My Maw

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Dere's A Cafe On De Corner

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Flower Song

  • Pearl Bailey

    Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Stan' Up and Fight

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Quintet, Whizzin' Away Along De Track

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Card Song

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    My Joe

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Finale Scene

Credits

Carmen JonesDorothy Dandridge
JoeHarry Belafonte
FrankiePearl Bailey
Cindy LouOlga James
Husky MillerJoe Adams
Sergeant BrownBroc Peters
Rum DanielsRoy Glenn
MyrtDiahann Carroll
Dink FranklinNick Stewart
DirectorOtto Preminger

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Jun 201812:10
    BBC Two
  • Sat 13 Oct 201800:20
    BBC Two
  • Tue 26 Nov 201915:35
    BBC Two except Scotland & BBC Scotland
  • Wed 3 Jun 202014:50
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sun 7 May 202312:25
    BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 7 May 202314:40
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Sat 5 Oct 202410:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 9 Aug 202510:20
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Sat 9 Aug 202514:20
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Last Saturday10:20
    BBC Two except Scotland

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