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Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Costume drama inspired by the life of London's East End music hall legend Marie Lloyd. Marie leads a music hall strike, but society is scandalised by her champagne lifestyle.
Costume drama inspired by the life and loves of London's East End music hall legend Marie Lloyd.
Spotted by Percy Courtney, her true love and first husband, Marie is soon topping the bill. However, fame takes its toll on the marriage and it ends bitterly. As Marie struggles to juggle her private and public life she falls out with lifelong friend/dresser Freddie and into the arms of fellow performer, the dependable Alec Hurley.
Marie leads a music hall strike and triumphs, but at home she tires of Alec's humdrum ways. Sticking to the principle, as sung, that A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good, Marie chases the champagne lifestyle, taking up with toyboy jockey Bernard Dillon. Respectable society is scandalised and Marie is dropped from the Royal Command Performance, but hits back with an alternative Command Performance.
Riding high professionally but battling failing health and with her personal life in tatters and splashed across the newspapers, she begins to buckle. A faithful but helpless Freddie stands by as Marie is determined that the show must go on.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Marie Lloyd | Jessie Wallace |
Percy Courtney | Richard Armitage |
Freddie | Lee Williams |
Bernard | Tom Payne |
Alec Hurley | Matthew Marsh |
The Showman | Shaun Parkes |
Mrs Chant | Amanda Root |
Mr Belafonte | Angus Barnett |
Nelly Powers | Annette Badland |
Tilly Wood | Star Ella Jones |
Producer | Rhonda Smith |
Director | James Hawes |
Bride | Sue Elliott-Nicholls |
Bailiff | Tim Faraday |
Councillor 2 | Michael Mears |
Solicitor | James Puddephat |
Dan Leno | Martin Savage |
Councillor 1 | Shaughan Seymour |
Actor | Jack Sweeney |
Broadcasts
- Wed 9 May 2007 21:00
- Thu 10 May 2007 00:00
- Sun 13 May 2007 21:30
- Mon 14 May 2007 01:50
- Sun 10 Jun 2007 23:00
- Mon 11 Jun 2007 02:20
- Mon 31 Dec 2007 23:15
- Tue 1 Jul 2008 22:30
- Wed 2 Jul 2008 01:50
- Sat 27 Dec 2008 01:00
- Tue 15 Jun 2010 22:25
- Sat 11 Sep 2010 23:15
- Wed 26 Oct 2011 22:00