Face The Music

[@musicalmarion]

More please ! Please bring it back ! Thank you for posting this, a wonderful programme sorely missed

[@stuartforsyth4279]

With the current state of the world this series is fantastic, takes me back to the 1970's when I was 9 or 10 and watched this with my mum, heartwarming viewing from a better time

[@londonnodippydolly6635]

BBC i player have three episodes of 'Face The Music' on, two of the episodes have Joyce Grenfell in, lovely to see the programme again, the picture quality of the episodes look as though it could have been made yesterday, hope they will broadcast more with Joyce in.

[@SimonandJojo]

What a lovely programme from nicer times, Joyce Grenfell so elegant and well spoken, why oh why hasn't this and other episodes put on DVD, especially with so many Joyce fans about., Her lovely singing voice.

[@mikeos1]

Marvellous. Please can we have more episodes.

[@ianrobert6239]

How wonderful to hear people speaking clearly and not shouting over each other. A much gentler era.

[@clavichord]

Well, I was born in '73, so, it goes without saying, it was a superior year on many levels 😜

[@jackbchfan]

While I also love the programme, at the same time, I think there's a danger in romanticising the era. I can't imagine I would have had a very pleasant time being gay during that time, and racism/misogyny was rife.

[@nathelondon3719]

Joyce Grenfell was so special. An English lard despite be three-quarters American. A pioneer, the first woman to do a one woman show in the theatre. She held the audience spellbound creating a world with no set! Please upload more.

[@williamwaynflete6336]

She was hardly a "lard" - she had a pretty good figure right to the end!

[@davidpescod7573]

There is nothing remotely as fine as this programme on any current television show

[@Intake33]

Many thanks for posting this. Just about the only programme I sat down to watch with my mother. Brings back many happy memories. If you find any more please post.

[@joyelliott3875]

This was one of my favourite programmes. Please show more!

[@adanoids4386]

Happy days watching this when I was very young (and knew the music)!

[@victorsilvester78]

I remember fondly watching FTM with my grandmother, & she knew most of the answers.

[@SimonandJojo]

25:28/29:49 is a real close up of Joyce, but what a lovely profile she had, lovely high cheek bones etc, hard to imagine she was in her sixties here, such a young face, it is true what Hinge & Bracket once said of Joyce "when she was 60 Joyce looked 40". Wish FTM was available on DVD, so sad the Joyce episodes and other are just gathering dust. A DVD of the Joyce Grenfell FTM appearances would be lovely, she made that show, with her love and humour and knowledge of songs.

[@spmoran4703]

And this programme introduced me to Classical music.

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

When the BBC actually used to try & educate the masses. Now BBC4 is the sole refuge of what quality programming is left. Current affairs, science & the high arts have all been marginalized by the BBC for years.

[@williambrown355]

Would love to see a return of this delightful programme. I am sure it would be popular.

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

Do you think we could find Four people intelligent enough nowadays!

[@smudger671]

What I like about this programme was that you didn't have to like classical music to enjoy it.

[@spmoran4703]

Yes

[@smudger671]

@@spmoran4703 Needs to be brought back to replace the diet of dross on TV these days.

[@caseyjonessnr1200]

One of my all time favourite programmes.

[@Tenortalker]

Joan Cross as special guest. This lady was so important to the history of opera in the UK and a huge influence on singers. A mentor to so many including the late and wonderful soprano Ava June. She created Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, Lady Billows in Albert Herring, Elizabeth 1st in Gloriana among others for Benjamin Britten. Her singing career was very distinguished indeed. She directed and kept the Sadlers Wells opera afloat during the WW2 and just after. I wonder what she would have thought about the sad things currently happening to the English National Opera with their funding being withdrawn?

[@SimonandJojo]

Got to agree with Joyce, lovely piano playing by Joseph Cooper.

[@pljms]

It's funny how initially Patrick Moore missed the 'open goal' of Prokofiev and Romeo & Juliet. In his defence that particular score wasn't as well known fifty years ago as it is now.

[@largejannerkernow5359]

Patrick Moore the picture of sartorial elegance as usual. 🤣

[@stephh.7314]

And Robin Ray was such a smoothie!

[@markwell4720]

Delightful television Thank you ❤

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

Not sure why this pooped up but I'm so pleased it did. I loved this show in my dim and distant youth. And I even managed to get the mixed up music and style 😁 Such a big head now.

[@frankdsouza2425]

Mr Bowser, We owe you.

[@kingbolo4579]

Blimey O'Reilly, son of Ted Ray!

[@tiziocaio6236]

Joseph could have done with a haircut at the back and what a comb over

[@scj00380]

Great upload... thank you. Do you know the original airing date this was on the BBC, please?

[@scj00380]

Doing a little detective work - and the BBC's excellent Genome site - I've determined that this programme was first transmitted on BBC2 on Monday 16th July 1973 at 20:50. Thank you again for the upload.

[@MrGranfield]

Typical Patrick Moore with his turned up collar.

[@Gwailo54]

For some strange reason they have omitted the embroidery aria from the third act of Peter Grimes which rather makes a nonsense of the question, but thankfully it has been posted on KZbin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l568Ymt_g7qFpMk

[@JEF040162]

Loved it but sad you cut the Britten clip

[@SamuelMcKim-hh3ep]

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[@alantraish3368]

Ahh middle englanders bless bye bye

[@mythgreatbritain5634]

WTF does that mean?

[@alantraish3368]

@@mythgreatbritain5634 what? Are you one then?