The BBC’s streaming platform BBC iPlayer holds an impressive collection of classic musicals, theatre documentaries, pro-shot performances, variety shows and much more.
Here we run down what’s now playing on BBC iPlayer, and leaving soon.
Leaving BBC iPlayer soon
Company
You only have 9 more days* to watch Adrian Lester, Sophie Thompson and the fabulous cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, in the famous Donmar Warehouse production directed by Sam Mendes.
*Approx. 28 April 2025 but check service for details
Also watch: Adrian Lester Remembers Company, a short documentary about the making of the show.
You also only have until TUESDAY (22 April 2025) to catch Wogan on Follies, with a performance of Losing My Mind by Julia McKenzie that will change your life!
Plus fascinating documentary Sondheim at the BBC, and Sondheim on Broadway: Follies – Four Days in New York (Elaine Stritch!)
Sondheim at the BBC
A documentary celebrating the work of musical theatre great Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in November 2021 at the age of 91. The doc features Sondheim broadcasts over 60 years, including performances from Shirley Bassey, Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Ball and Liza Minnelli.
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies – Four Days in New York
The much-loved 1986 documentary following the bonkers rehearsals for the 1985 concert performance from Sondheim’s Follies at the Lincoln Center in New York. Star turns come from Lee Remick, George Hearn, Barbara Cook, Mandy Patinkin, Elaine Stritch and more.
Watch Sondheim on Broadway: Follies
Wogan on Follies
To promote Cameron Mackintosh’s West End production of Follies, the cast of the show join Terry Wogan on his sofa in 1987, including Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, Diana Rigg, Dolores Gray, and Julia McKenzie, who gives a breathtaking performance of Losing My Mind. Stephen Sondheim himself also joins Terry for the show.
Also streaming on BBC iPlayer
The Big Night of Musicals 2025
Jason Manford hosts the annual musical theatre Big Night of Musical celebration in Manchester, this year starring Michael Ball, Marisha Wallace, Billy Porter, Layton Williams, Ruthie Henshall, Faye Tozer, Carrie Hope Fletcher and more.
Watch The Big Night of Musicals
Anything Goes: The Musical
Filmed live at the Barbican in London, Kathleen Marshall’s joyous production of Cole Porter classic Anything Goes proved a much-needed tonic after Covid. An impressive cast includes Broadway star Sutton Foster, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal, and Gary Wilmot.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
The Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre, who created long-running West End comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, present Peter Pan Goes Wrong! Narrated by David Suchet and filmed in front of a live audience, watch as everything that could go wrong does go wrong, as The Cornley Amateur Drama Society give their version of JM Barrie’s classic!
Show Tunes at the BBC – Volumes 1 & 2
A fabulous collection of Elaine Paige’s favourite musical theatre performances from across the BBC’s impressive archive. Volume 1 includes Cats, The Lion King, Funny Girl, My Fair Lady, Sunset Boulevard, West Side Story, A Little Night Music and The Sound of Music; and Volume 2 includes Les Miserables, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oklahoma!, Hamilton and more.
Watch Show Tunes at the BBC – Volume 1
Watch Show Tunes at the BBC – Volume 2
Musicals: The Greatest Show
Recorded at the London Palladium as we all came out of Covid, Musicals: The Greatest Show was a beacon of stagey hope in dark times. Hosted by Sheridan Smith, this joyous celebration of musical theatre is packed with showstoppers from the West End’s biggest productions, with guests including Elaine Paige, Michael Ball, Amanda Holden and Nicole Scherzinger.
Watch Musicals: The Greatest Show
Classic Movie Musicals on BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is also streaming a host of classic Hollywood movie musicals at the moment.
Highlights include:
- Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (Watch now)
- Judy Garland in Easter Parade (Watch now)
- Topol in Fiddler on the Roof (Watch now). Fiddler on the Roof is also coming to the Barbican Theatre this summer (Book now)
- Doris Day in Calamity Jane (Watch now). Calamity Jane is also touring the UK starring Carrie Hope Fletcher (Book now)
- Gene Wilder in The Producers (Watch now). The Producers is also coming to the West End (Book now)
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (Watch now). Top Hat is also touring the UK in 2025 (Book now)Â
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