Catch up TV
2. Let's Face the Music and Dance
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its inception in the 1920s. He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Includes interviews with both stars, the producer Pando Berman and choreographer Hermes Pan.
Source: BBC 4
Most recent episodes of The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
6. Howard's End
The story of RKO Radio Pictures told through the eyes of people who worked there concludes as Howard Hughes's purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
24-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
5. Dark Victory
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes his first screen ap ...
17-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
4. It's All True
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.
10-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
3. A Woman's Lot
The story of RKO Pictures, told through the eyes of the people who worked there, traces the films made at RKO for and by women, concentrating on the careers of Ginger Rogers and ...
10-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
1. Birth Of A Titan
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the start of the talkies in the late 1920s.
03-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
2. Let's Face The Music And Dance
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its inception in the 1920s. He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fre ...
03-08-2023
BBC 4
Most popular episodes of The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
1. Birth Of A Titan
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the start of the talkies in the late 1920s.
03-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
3. A Woman's Lot
The story of RKO Pictures, told through the eyes of the people who worked there, traces the films made at RKO for and by women, concentrating on the careers of Ginger Rogers and ...
10-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
6. Howard's End
The story of RKO Radio Pictures told through the eyes of people who worked there concludes as Howard Hughes's purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.
24-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
4. It's All True
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.
10-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
2. Let's Face The Music And Dance
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its inception in the 1920s. He examines the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fre ...
03-08-2023
BBC 4
The Rko Story: Tales From Hollywood
5. Dark Victory
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Robert Mitchum makes his first screen ap ...
17-08-2023
BBC 4