


Charlie Drake - Drake's Progress: Arena
Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress
A programme from 2001 in which the comedian and entertainer looks back on his career, recalling the days when he regularly topped the TV ratings and the bill at the London Palladium. He reflects on dramatic roles in Pinter's The Caretaker and Bleak House and his classic one-man performance of the 1812 Overture in which he played the conductor and all the musicians in the orchestra
Charlie Drake - Drake's Progress: Arena airs on BBC Four HD at 9:00 PM, Sunday 15 June. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Arts ➝ Culture (without music)
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News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Mary Dickinson
Director
Anthony Wall
Series Editor