DANCING ON THE EDGE - BLU-2 DISCS (PBS)

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• Release Year: 2013
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: In the early 1930s London, the black jazz group known as the Louis Lester band is on the rise. managed by the compassionate yet short-tempered Wesley Holt, the band lands a gig at the imperial Hotel, thanks to the cunning journalist Stanley Mitch. They prove to be a hit, and their star begins to rise. Countless aristocrats - including the royal family - ask the band to play at parties, catching the eye of the ambitious American businessman Walter Masterson and his enthusiastic employee, Julian. But just as the band's success balloons, tragedy setting off a chain of events that may put an end to it all.; ; From acclaimed writer and director Stephen Poliakoff (The Lost Prince), the ensemble mystery features an all-star cast led by Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave) and Matthew Goode (The Good Wife, The Imitation Games), and also stars Jacqueline Bisset, Tom Hughes, Angel Coulby, Wunmi Mosaku, and many more!
• Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor; Matthew Goode; Joanna Vanderham; Wunmi Mosaku; Paul Dixon; Janet Montgomery; Jenna Coleman; Anthony Head; Allan Corduner; Mel Smith; John Goodman; Tom Hughes; Miles Richardson; Angel Coulby; Chris Storr; Jay Phelps; Charles Angiama; Oroh Angiama; Miles Brett; Trevor Edwards; Cosimo Keita; Steve Williamson; Pascaline Crêvecoeur; Jacqueline Bisset; Jamie Crew; Maggie McCarthy; Sam Hoare; Caroline Quentin; Gerard Horan; Jane Asher; John Hopkins; Rob Edwards; David Dawson; Matthew David Hearn; Ariyon Bakare; Abigail Halley; Alexander Lovatt; Nicola Sloane; Calvin Dean; Madeleine Smith; Sam Troughton; Isabella Blake-Thomas; Simon Lewis Marriott; Martine Richards; Richard Teverson; Leo Chell; Laura Haddock; Luc Hutter; Ruth Gemmell; Heather Chasen; Joanna Brookes; Daniel Coonan; Lorna Gayle; Kirsty Oswald; Richard Cunningham; Jack Farthing; Katherine Press; Jack Donnelly; Carla Mendonça; Ian Swann; Liam Fox; Leo Staar; Nicola Munns; Jim Conway; Robert Clayton; Porter Flynn; Anna Downes II; Jonathan Garratt; David G. Robinson; Hugh O'Brien; Peter Agnelli; Nicholas Blatt; Steve Conway; Silvia Crastan; Amber Elizabeth; Austin Hardiman; Tyler Kennington; Neville Malcolm; Richard Mark; David Mott; Philip Ridout; Ernest Vernon; Allan Webb; James Wiles; Sarah Woodruff; Stephen Poliakoff
• Director: Stephen Poliakoff
• Runtime: 7:00
• Company: Endgame Entertainment, Lipsync Productions, Ruby, BBC, ITV Studios, PBS
• Media Format: Series