The Choir

Starring: James Fox, Jane Asher Dvd Release: 20th March, 2006 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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This 1995 TV mini-series was on the air in 1995. It is based on the novel by Joanna Trollope, a story of the politics behind a Cathedral Choir School & the Cathedral itself. The Cathedral Dean wants to get rid of the choir to help preserve funds for the Cathedral building.

This really is classic BBC drama. There are sub-plots, including the usual relationships you get with Joanna Trollope books. I strongly, strongly suggest you purchase the soundtrack which shot young St Pauls Chorister Anthony Way to great hights in the UK Popular charts with a number of classical albums.

Great acting & directing, true to the novel & excellent music. High level of performance by a young Anthony Way. I have been waiting for this to be released on DVD for some time. Comes highly recommended!

James Fox is a pop music singer songwriter pianist & guitarist. He was born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1976 & grew up in the nearby village of Bargoed. Music was his passion from an early age inspired by Billy Joel. In 2003, he took part in the BBC Fame Academy reality television programme in the United Kingdom which offered a record contract to the winner. The students attempted to convince viewers to vote to keep them in each week — he didnt win the show, but in coming a respectable 5th it raised his profile & presented him with new career opportunities. He is a popular entertainer with the UK armed forces & has entertained the troops in Bosnia, Afghanistan & the Falkland Islands. His first notable achievement as a musical artist was representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song Hold on to Our Love which reached number 13 in the UK charts. He did not win, but came 16th of the 24 finalists with 29 points, with a wide spread suspicion of political voting, this had little to do with his performance. Posters Of James Fox

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Jane Asher is a British film & television actress. After some roles as a child actress, including an appearance in the 1955 science-fiction film The Quatermass Xperiment, she worked as an interviewer on the BBC s Juke Box Jury. In 1963, Asher interviewed The Beatles & then commenced a five year relationship with Paul McCartney. She inspired many of McCartneys best songs, such as Here, There & Everywhere & For No One. Her brother Peter was part of the duo Peter & Gordon, for whom McCartney penned the number one hit A World Without Love. Asher appeared in Roger Corman s The Masque of the Red Death in 1964 & Alfie, opposite Michael Caine in 1966. Thereafter, she was more commonly seen on television; The Stone Tape ; Brideshead Revisited ; Crossroads. In 1971 she met the illustrator Gerald Scarfe & they married ten years later in 1981. They have three children. Now well known as the author of recipe books, Jane Asher runs a company making novelty cakes for special occasions & still acts on television & in the theatre.

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