Filmed at St.Gabriel’s in June this year.
The first programme will be shown on 12th August on BBC2 at 9 pm
The Forest Philharmonic Orchestra and celebrity guest conductors Jane Asher, Katie Derham, Alex James, Sue Perkins, Peter Snow, David Soul, Bradley Walsh & hip-hop star Goldie. The programme is presented by Clive Anderson.
Read more from the BBC official website.
We’ve had them ballroom dancing, ice-skating and eating live insects in the jungle. Now a group of celebrities are to pick up their batons and try their hand at conducting. The BBC has just commissioned a new reality TV series called Maestro, in which seven celebrity would-be conductors will go head-to-head on the podium before orchestras and choirs. The winner of the series, expected to air on BBC2 this summer, will step up to conduct an orchestra during the Last Night of the Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall in September.
(Francesca Martin - Wednesday January 9, 2008 - The Guardian)
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