Legends

Legends(2006-)

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Overview

The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

Seasons: 6 • Episodes: 30

Currently: 6x1

Last Episode

21 Jan 2011 12:00 - 14 years ago

6x1 - Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation

Cast

Paul Morley

Self

2 episodes

Maureen Lipman

Self

2 episodes

Richard Carpenter

Self

2 episodes

Howard Keel

Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2 episodes

Bill Cotton

Self

2 episodes

Lynne Seymour

Self - Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

James Galway

Self

Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Denis Norden

Self

2 episodes

Elvis Costello

Self

2 episodes

Marc Warren

Self - Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Laverne Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

2 episodes

Patty Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

2 episodes

Seán Carlsen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Bobby Ball

Self

2 episodes

Tommy Cannon

Self

2 episodes

Maxene Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

2 episodes

Max Clifford

Self

2 episodes

Ernest Maxin

Self

2 episodes

Bob Monkhouse

Joy Beverley (archive footage)

2 episodes

Peter Stringfellow

Self

2 episodes

Jimmy Tarbuck

Self

2 episodes

Michael York

Self (uncredited)

Self

2 episodes

Roy Orbison

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Barbara Orbison

Self - widow

1 episode

Terry Widlake

Self - Road Manager

1 episode

Jeff Lynne

Self

1 episode

Johnny Cash

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Olivia Harrison

Self

1 episode

Bono

Self

1 episode

Tony King

Self - Promotions Man

1 episode

Robin Gibb

Self

1 episode

Gerry Marsden

Self

1 episode

David Lynch

Self

1 episode

Joe Walsh

Self

1 episode

Bernie Taupin

Self

1 episode

Sophie Walton Masters

Self - Commentary (voice)

1 episode

Bill Wyman

Self

1 episode

Mario Lanza

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Gavin Lambert

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Luisa DiMeo

Self

1 episode

Murray Garrett

Self

1 episode

Sara Montiel

Self

1 episode

Peter Prichard

Self

1 episode

Terry Robinson

Self

1 episode

Petula Clark

Self

1 episode

Honor Blackman

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Michael Ball

Self

1 episode

David Cassidy

Self

1 episode

Bill Kenwright

Self

1 episode

Rod McKuen

Self

1 episode

Lucy O'Brien

Self

1 episode

Jackie Trent

Self

1 episode

Andy Williams

Self

1 episode

Kathy Wolff

Self

1 episode

Val Doonican

Self

1 episode

Pauline McLynn

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Gerry Anderson

Self

1 episode

Arthur Askey

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Michael Caine

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Rosemary Clooney

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

John Denver

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Crystal Gayle

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Rolf Harris

Self

1 episode

Gloria Hunniford

Self

1 episode

Yvonne Littlewood

Self

1 episode

Anthony Newley

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Django Reinhardt

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

John Williams

Self

1 episode

Dave Allen

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Joyce Grenfell

Self / Various characters (archive footage)

1 episode

Richard Baker

Self

1 episode

Frith Banbury

Self

1 episode

Kit Hesketh-Harvey

Self

1 episode

Myra Hess

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Dillie Keane

Self

1 episode

Denis Moriarty

Self

1 episode

Daphne Oxenford

Self

1 episode

Doris Day

Various Roles (archive footage)

1 episode

Michael Brandon

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Terence Davies

Self

1 episode

Marilyn French

Self

1 episode

James Garner

Self

1 episode

Molly Haskell

Self

1 episode

A. E. Hotchner

Self

1 episode

Jackie Joseph

Self

1 episode

Don Pippin

Self

1 episode

Ethel Barrymore

Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

James Cagney

Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Eddie Foy Jr.

Vernon Hines (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Carol Haney

Gladys Hotchkiss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Charles Lane

Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Allyn Ann McLerie

Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Martin Melcher

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Janis Paige

Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Thelma Pelish

Mae (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

John Raitt

Sid Sorokin (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Tony Randall

Pete Ramsey (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Reta Shaw

Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Rod Taylor

Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Alma Cogan

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Siriol Jenkins

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Sandra Caron

Self - Younger Sister

1 episode

Bruce Forsyth

Self

1 episode

Andrew Loog Oldham

Self

1 episode

Rosemary Squires

Self

1 episode

Vera Lynn

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Betty Boothroyd

Self

1 episode

Betty Driver

Self

1 episode

Ralph Harvey

Self

1 episode

David Jacobs

Self

1 episode

Marcel Stellman

Self

1 episode

Carmen Miranda

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Carla Mendonça

Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Ruy Castro

Self

1 episode

Mickey Rooney

Self

1 episode

Matt Monro

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Neil Pearson

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

John Barry

Self

1 episode

Don Black

Self

1 episode

Robert Elms

Self

1 episode

Paul Gambaccini

Self

1 episode

Robert Hewison

Self

1 episode

George Martin

Self

1 episode

Al Bowlly

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Ian Holm

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Carrie Grant

Self

1 episode

Hugh Hefner

Self

1 episode

Jimmy Perry

Self

1 episode

Tony Staveacre

Self

1 episode

Jacques Brel

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Louis Prima

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Sam Butera

Self

1 episode

Ron Cannatella

Self

1 episode

Gia Maione

Self

1 episode

Louis Prima Jr.

Self

1 episode

Bruce Boyd Raeburn

Self

1 episode

John Dankworth

Self

1 episode

Russell Davies

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Cleo Laine

Self

1 episode

Alec Dankworth

Self

1 episode

Jacqui Dankworth

Self

1 episode

Laurie Holloway

Self

1 episode

Julian Lloyd Webber

Self

1 episode

Laurie Morgan

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Mark Nightingale

Self

1 episode

Alan Plater

Self

1 episode

Ned Sherrin

Self

1 episode

Kevin Whately

Self

1 episode

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

James Last

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Richard Clayderman

Self

1 episode

Ron Last

Self

1 episode

Édith Piaf

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Gene Lees

Self

1 episode

Ute Lemper

Self

1 episode

Kevin Conneff

Self

1 episode

Andrea Corr

Self

1 episode

Seán Keane

Self

1 episode

Paddy Moloney

Self

1 episode

Keith Richards

Self

1 episode

Sting

Self

1 episode

Marty Feldman

Self / Various (archive footage)

1 episode

Nigel Planer

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Don Archell

Self

1 episode

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Self

1 episode

Jim Clark

Self

1 episode

John Cleese

Self

1 episode

Dick Clement

Self

1 episode

Dom DeLuise

Self

1 episode

Stanley Dorfman

Self

1 episode

Lauretta Feldman

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

David Frost

Self

1 episode

Larry Gelbart

Self

1 episode

Denis King

Self

1 episode

Ian La Frenais

Self

1 episode

Barry Levinson

Self

1 episode

Allan McKeown

Self

1 episode

Michael Palin

Self

1 episode

Geoffrey Robertson

Self

1 episode

Barry Took

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Lyn Took

Self

1 episode

Gene Wilder

Self

1 episode

Anne Bancroft

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Mel Brooks

Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Graham Chapman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Teri Garr

Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Madeline Kahn

Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Andy Kaufman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Louise Lasser

Mary (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Dean Martin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Richard Pryor

G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Barney Ales

Self

1 episode

Rosalind Ashford

Self

1 episode

Madeline Bell

Self

1 episode

Tony Blackburn

Self

1 episode

Lamont Dozier

Self

1 episode

Abdul 'Duke' Fakir

Self

1 episode

Brian Holland

Self

1 episode

Eddie Holland

Self

1 episode

Paul McCartney

Self

1 episode

Martha Reeves

Self

1 episode

Claudette Robinson

Self

1 episode

Vicki Wickham

Self

1 episode

Mary Wilson

Self

1 episode

Julie London

Self

1 episode

Mariella Frostrup

Self - Narrator

1 episode

Mari Wilson

Self

1 episode

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Josette Simon

Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Patti Boulaye

Self

1 episode

Molly Molloy

Self

1 episode

Daniel André Pageon

Self

1 episode

Neil Sedaka

Self

1 episode

Carole Bayer Sager

Self

1 episode

Connie Francis

Self

1 episode

Don Kirshner

Self - Co-founder, Aldon Music

1 episode

Philip Norman

Self - Writer

1 episode

Jay Siegel

Self - The Tokens

1 episode

Mark Radcliffe

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Blondie Chaplin

Self - Beach Boys Guitarist

1 episode

John Hanlon

Self - Recording Engineer

1 episode

Taylor Hawkins

Self - Drummer, The Foo Fighters

1 episode

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Producer

1 episode

Al Jardine

Self - Beach Boy

1 episode

David Marks

Self - Founding Member, Beach Boys

1 episode

Jon Stebbins

Self - Biographer

1 episode

Ron Swallow

Self - Beach Boys Roadie

1 episode

Brian Wilson

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Bruce Johnston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Karen Lamm

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Mike Love

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Aubree Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Carl Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Dennis Wilson

Self / The Mechanic (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 episode

Joan Sutherland

Self

1 episode

Richard Bonynge

Self

1 episode

Plácido Domingo

Self

1 episode

Luciano Pavarotti

Self

1 episode

Franco Zeffirelli

Self

1 episode

Herb Alpert

Self

1 episode

Lou Adler

Self

1 episode

Randy "Badazz" Alpert

Self

1 episode

Robert Edmondson

Self - Trombone, The Tijuana Brass

1 episode

Gil Friesen

Self

1 episode

Lani Hall

Self

1 episode

Barney Hoskyns

Self

1 episode

Quincy Jones

Self

1 episode

Terry Lewis

Self

1 episode

Sérgio Mendes

Self

1 episode

Jerry Moss

Self

1 episode

John Pisano

Self - Guitar, The Tijuana Brass

1 episode

Pat Senatore

Self - Bass, The Tijuana Brass

1 episode

Stephen Fry

Self (uncredited)

1 episode

Naphtalia Loderick

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

1 episode

Maurice Tompkins

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

1 episode

Elis Williams

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

1 episode

Osian Williams-Huw

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

1 episode

Gene Barge

Self

1 episode

Marshall Chess

Self - Son of Leonard Chess

1 episode

Chuck D

Self

1 episode

Mick Hucknall

Self

1 episode

Paul Jones

Self

1 episode

Charlie Musselwhite

Self

1 episode

Jimmy Page

Self

1 episode

Steven Van Zandt

Self

1 episode

Andre Williams

Self

1 episode

Philip Glenister

Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Eric Bell

Self

1 episode

Brian Downey

Self

1 episode

Bob Geldof

Self

1 episode

Scott Gorham

Self

1 episode

Phil Lynott

Self (archive footage)

1 episode

Frank Murray

Self - Thin Lizzy Road Manager

1 episode

Brian Robertson

Self

1 episode

Midge Ure

Self

1 episode

Tony Visconti

Self

1 episode

Info

Status

Returning Series

Original Language

English

Networks

BBC Four

Last Season

Season 6

2011 | 1 Episodes

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