The Rocky Horror Picture Show


11:05 pm - 12:35 am, Friday, December 19 on BBC Two HD (102)

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About this Broadcast

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A young strait-laced couple stranded during a storm take shelter in an eerie castle, where they are enticed into the weird world of a menagerie of debauched characters - presided over by a mad sex-crazed transvestite scientist - and undergo a startling transformation as they let go of their inhibitions. Cult musical, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and the show's creator, Richard O'Brien


1975 HD subtitles 16x9
Music/Ballet/Dance Musical

Cast & Crew

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Tim Curry (Actor) .. Frank N Furter
Susan Sarandon (Actor) .. Janet Weiss
Richard O'Brien (Actor) .. Riff Raff
Barry Bostwick (Actor) .. Brad Majors
Meat Loaf (Actor) .. Eddie
Peter Hinwood (Actor) .. Rocky Horror
Patricia Quinn (Actor) .. Magenta
Charles Gray (Actor) .. Criminologist
Jim Sharman (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Tim Curry (Actor) .. Frank N Furter
Susan Sarandon (Actor) .. Janet Weiss
Born: October 04, 1946 in New York
Best Known For: Her sexy Southern belle persona.
Early-life: Born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, in New York City. The eldest of nine children, she caught the acting bug at a young age and after finishing high school in Edison, New Jersey, attended Washington DC's Catholic University of America Drama School. She fell for fellow student Chris Sarandon and they married in 1967. They both auditioned for a role in the 1970 movie Joe. Chris was passed over, but Susan landed the key part of an ad man's daughter.
Career: Sarandon went on to appear in TV series A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow before cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show turned her into a star in 1975. Other projects followed, including The Other Side of Midnight and Pretty Baby. In 1980, the movie Atlantic City brought her the first of five Academy Award nominations. She later missed out on Oscars for Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil and The Client. She finally won in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. More recently, she has appeared in Children of Dune, Alfie, Shall We Dance, Elizabethtown, Irresistible, Mr Woodcock, Bernard and Doris, Enchanted, Speed Racer, The Lovely Bones, and Tammy.
Quote: "I thought the whole point of feminism is that you're not supposed to be defined by gender. I don't understand the reasoning behind that, because I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice, and I hated Margaret Thatcher."
Trivia: In 1999, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Richard O'Brien (Actor) .. Riff Raff
Barry Bostwick (Actor) .. Brad Majors
Meat Loaf (Actor) .. Eddie
Born: September 27, 1947 in Houston, Texas
Best Known For: Bat Out of Hell.
Early-life: Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947 (or 1951, depending on which source you believe) in Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands and appear in musicals such as Hair and As You Like It. He has told numerous contradictory "official" stories of how he got his stage name. He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called Bat Out Of Hell, the record was huge and has sold 43,000,000 copies worldwide. However, the tour promoting the album took a toll on Meat's voice and left him unable to sing on the follow-up record "Bad For Good".
Career: Meat Loaf stayed quiet through the 1980s, putting out a series of records which never got any airplay or chart position in the US. He appeared in films Out of Bounds (1986) as a pilot, and The Squeeze (1987) with Michael Keaton. But after reuniting with Steinman, he delivered a powerful sequel Bat Out Of Hell II which went to number one in the US and UK. Bat II has now sold an excess of 20,000,000 copies. It is considered one of the biggest musical comebacks in music history. He won a Grammy for the stand-out song I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That). Movie credits include Crazy in Alabama (1999) and Fight Club (1999). He released his latest album, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, in 2010. In a bid to boost sales of the album in America, he agreed to be one of the contestants on the 2011 series of The Celebrity Apprentice.
Quote: "I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast."
Trivia: His favorite place to play concerts is Ireland.
Peter Hinwood (Actor) .. Rocky Horror
Patricia Quinn (Actor) .. Magenta
Charles Gray (Actor) .. Criminologist
Jim Sharman (Director)

Before / After

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Newsnight
10:30 pm
Panorama
12:35 am