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Alan Yentob Documentary on Bath's Theatre Royal Tonight!

Look out for Alan Yentob's Imagine documentary on the Theatre Royal Bath, TONIGHT on BBC1 at 10.45pm.

Alan Yentob learns what links Radio 4 soap The Archers with Ben-Hur, one of the most epic Hollywood blockbusters of all time, as he charts the progress of 350 "everyday folk" as they benefit from an unusual bequest.

Margot Boyd, the actress who played Ambridge's Mrs Antrobus, wanted ordinary people to experience the joy and excitement of being involved in theatre. They took up the challenge, and spent a year preparing to perform Ben-Hur on stage in Bath's historic Theatre Royal.

The Ben Hur project was co-produced by Jill Bennett, who is married to Creative Bath steering group member, Joe Bennett, Head of the Music and Performing Arts School at Bath Spa University.

Read more and see some clips from rehearsals here.

Read the story on BBC Bristol here.
 

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Emma Chappel

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Performing Arts

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Bath, BBC, Ben_Hur, Theatre_Royal