Monday 21st October

05.00-07.00 Sky Movies Premier 2 - Film : Mad about Mambo (2000) - Story of an Irish boy who begins Latin dance classes in an attempt to copy his South American football heroes. He soon falls in love with an American girl, but her boyfriend soon scuppers his amorous efforts. When she finds herself without a dance partner however, perhaps there is a chance for romance after all. Stars William Ash, Keri Russell, Brian Cox, Julian Littman, Tim Loane and Theo Fraser Steele

18.20-19.00 Artsworld - Abracadabra - Stunning hi-tech modern dance creation from French director-choreographer Philippe Decouflé, set to Sébastien Libolt's spellbinding score

Tuesday 22nd October

19.00-19.30 National Geographic - Dogs with Jobs - Series which looks at....yep, dogs with jobs. Amongst the career canines tonight is Duncan, a freestyle dancer!

Wednesday 23rd October

00.40-02.45 TCM - Film : An American in Paris (1951) - Multi Oscar winning musical with a score by Gershwin. Gene Kelly is the American GI who stays in post-war Paris and falls for the gamine charms of Leslie Caron. The movie includes a 17 minute fantasy ballet sequence

02.00-04.00 BBC 2 - Expressive Arts - (Sportsbank Special -Dance TV) Schools programme looking at dance in a variety of forms, from street dance to partner dance

02.45-04.15 TCM - Film : Invitation to the Dance (1956) - Innovative musical written, directed by and starring Gene Kelly. The film includes three different stories told through dance; 'Circus', 'Ring Around the Rosy' and 'Sinbad the Sailor' and stars some of the greatest dancers of the day including Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova and Diana Adams

08.00-08.30 National Geographic - Dogs with Jobs - Series which looks at....yep, dogs with jobs. Amongst the career canines tonight is Duncan, a freestyle dancer! (Repeated at 13.00)

09.00-11.30 Performance - Raymonda - The Bolshoi Ballet dance Yuri Grigorovich's production of this exotic tale of Raymonda, bride to the Knight de Brienne, and her abduction by the Saracen Abderakhman at the Crusades. Starring Bessmertnova, Taranda and Vasyuchenko (Repeated at 15.00 & 21.00)

20.00-22.20 Artsworld - La Bayadere - Rudolf Nureyev's critically acclaimed restoration of this classic with a score by Leon Minkus. Nureyev's final work is danced by the Paris Opera Ballet lead by Laurent Hilaire, Isabelle Guerin and Elizabeth Platel

21.00-22.00Channel 4 - Faking It - Series testing people's ability to completely change their identities. This episode focuses on Jo Weatherill, a black-belt kick boxer fromYork who likes nothing more than a hard fight followed by a few pints with the lads. She is on a month-long mission to reinvent herself as a Latin ballroom dancer. Problems arise when her mentors discover that she is loath to wear a sequinned gown and put on extra make-up

22.00-23.40 Sky Movies Cinema 1 - Film : Flashdance (1983) - A young female welder finds that the journey towards her dream of becoming a professional dancer is beset by obstacles along the way. Giorgio Moroder's composition 'What a Feeling' sung by Irene Cara won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Stars Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T Heffner and Belinda Bauer

Thursday 24th October

02.00-04.00 BBC 2 - Expressive Arts - (Sportsbank Special -Dance TV)
Schools programme looking at dance in a variety of forms, from street dance to partner dance

03.00-05.30 Performance - Raymonda - The Bolshoi Ballet dance Yuri Grigorovich's production of this exotic tale of Raymonda, bride to the Knight de Brienne, and her abduction by the Saracen Abderakhman at the Crusades. Starring Bessmertnova, Taranda and Vasyuchenko

03.40-05.25 Sky Movies Cinema 1 - Film : Flashdance (1983) - A young female welder finds that the journey towards her dream of becoming a professional dancer is beset by obstacles along the way. Giorgio Moroder's composition 'What a Feeling' sung by Irene Cara won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Stars Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T Heffner and Belinda Bauer

08.00-10.00 Sky Movies Premier 1 - Film : Mad about Mambo (2000) - Story of an Irish boy who begins Latin dance classes in an attempt to copy his South American football heroes. He soon falls in love with an American girl, but her boyfriend soon scuppers his amorous efforts. When she finds herself without a dance partner however, perhaps there is a chance for romance after all. Stars William Ash, Keri Russell, Brian Cox, Julian Littman, Tim Loane and Theo Fraser Steele (Repeated at 16.00)

15.00-17.20 Artsworld - La Bayadere - Rudolf Nureyev's critically acclaimed restoration of this classic with a score by Leon Minkus. Nureyev's final work is danced by the Paris Opera Ballet lead by Laurent Hilaire, Isabelle Guerin and Elizabeth Platel

Friday 25th October

03.30-04.00 BBC 2 - Blast Open Access TV 3 - The BBC showcases the best of performance, dance and short films made for and by teenagers across Britain

Saturday 26th October

20.00-21.00 Artsworld - Explosive Dance - Highlights of a 1998 dance gala at the Royal Albert Hall. Ballet pieces include Bathsheba & Troy with Leticia Muller and Kevin O'Hare; Don Quixote pdd with Tamara Rojo and Dmitri Gruzdyev; Sleeping Beauty pdd with Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur; Walk and Talk with Deborah Bull and Ashley Page; and Le Corsaire pdd with Darcey Bussell and Yuri (brother of Zenaida) Yanowsky, who famously flew unrehearsed into the UK that morning as a replacement to perform the piece. The gala was staged to raise funds and awareness for The British Red Cross Landmines Appeal

Sunday 27th October

07.00-08.00 Performance - Robert Helpmann Remembered - A profile of dancer, choreographer, ballet director and actor Sir Robert Helpmann who studied with Pavlova's company, created many roles in the Vic-Wells Ballet and became Fonteyn's accepted partner before Rudolf Nureyev. Includes interviews with Nureyev, Fonteyn and Keith Mitchell (Repeated at 13.00 & 19.00)

09.00-10.35 Carlton Cinema - Film : Flying Down to Rio (1933) - The first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Romantic drama involving around the affections of a bandleader & pilot towards a girl he has to fly to Rio. Dance routines include the 'Carioca'

15.00-16.00 Artsworld - Explosive Dance - Highlights of a 1998 dance gala at the Royal Albert Hall. Ballet pieces include Bathsheba & Troy with Leticia Muller and Kevin O'Hare; Don Quixote pdd with Tamara Rojo and Dmitri Gruzdyev; Sleeping Beauty pdd with Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur; Walk and Talk with Deborah Bull and Ashley Page; and Le Corsaire pdd with Darcey Bussell and Yuri (brother of Zenaida) Yanowsky, who famously flew unrehearsed into the UK that morning as a replacement to perform the piece. The gala was staged to raise funds and awareness for The British Red Cross Landmines Appeal

.....and if you find anything else of interest, please add to this thread!

Listings for wb 14th October

I videoed this when it was first shown and I have no memory of the BRB piece at all. It also includes a Wayne Sleep tribute to Chaplin, and a fantastic black tap/irish dance competitive number which is absolutely stunning. Bull/Page were less "on" than at the ROH closing gala and the Corsaire was staggeringly boring (and Don Q wasn't fabulously engaging either). The high spot, ballet-wise, was really Viv & Irek in Winter Dreams. Just my 10p worth...

It's Michael O'Hare, not his brother Kevin. It's very well danced (of course it is, Leticia is there!), although it doesn't quite have the sensuality that is normally associated with this pdd. I don't think the setting helps.

The program features lots of not ballet (lindy hop, etc.) Well worth the £2.50 I paid for it in HMV a couple of years ago.