The Piano


9:00 pm - 10:05 pm, Sunday, August 2 on Channel 4 (4)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 4, Episode 4

Claudia Winkleman and Mika are joined at London Bridge Station by Jools Holland. A 10-year-old takes to the keys and gets the whole station singing, an 84-year-old proves that music keeps you young with a spirited rendition of Roll Out the Barrel, a satellite engineer reveals a romantic side with the music of Charles Aznavour, and a gifted 15-year-old composer performs an original piece


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Challenge/Reality Show General Music/Ballet/Dance Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Mika (Judge)
Ollie Bartlett (Director)
Emily Kennedy (Series producer)
Martha Delap (Executive producer)

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Claudia Winkleman (Presenter)
Born: January 15, 1972 in London
Best Known For: Strictly Come Dancing, and the BBC's flagship Film programme.
Early-life: Claudia Anne Winkleman was born in London on January 15, 1972, to former Sunday Express editor Eve Pollard and publisher Barry Winkleman. Her parents split when she was three, and subsequently remarried. Her half-sister, Sophie, is an actress, and she also has a half-brother called Nicholas. Claudia grew up in the London suburb of Hampstead and attended the City of London School for Girls before studying art history at Cambridge. She considered pursuing a career as a gallery curator, encouraged by her mother who thought the media could be tough on women, but instead ended up working on TV.
Career: Winkleman's TV career began with a job on the regional discussion programme Central Today in 1991, before graduating to Holiday on BBC One and ITV's This Morning. She worked on the infamous L!ve TV and various other digital channels before joining BBC Three's Liquid News in 2002. She also presented a Fame Academy spin-off series, and between 2004 and 2010, she presented Strictly Come Dancing's daily sister show, It Takes Two. Since then, she's fronted Art School, the Eurovision Dance Contest and part of the Sports Relief coverage, as well as her own vehicles, such as King Of. She currently co-hosts the Film programme and since 2013, she has presented The Great British Sewing Bee for BBC Two. After previously filling in as a co-host on Strictly Come Dancing when Bruce Forsyth was unavailable, she became the full-time co-host alongside Tess Daly in 2014.
Quote: On her parents: 'Nepotism is a magnificent thing. Not in the sense of 'Don't worry, love, I'll get you a job', but because they can give you advice.'
Trivia: Winkleman has lent her support to a number of charities, including Comic Relief and Refuge.
Mika (Judge)
Jools Holland (Guest)
Best Known For: His brilliant musicianship.
Early-life: Born Julian Miles Holland on January 24, 1958, in Blackheath, London. He has twin younger brothers, Richard and Christopher. He comes from a working-class background; his father, Derek, had stints as a mini cab driver and chef, but was keen on art, music and literature. Jools' parents split when he was 11, and he spent time living with his maternal grandparents, who let him play their piano. He claims that everyone in his family could sing and play, but that he's the first of them to turn it into a career.
Career: Holland's professional career began as a session musician, but in 1974 he became a founding member of the pop band Squeeze, but he left in 1981 to pursue a solo career. He also hosted TV show The Tube with Paula Yates from 1982 to 1987. He also rejoined Squeeze from 1985 to 1990, since when he's concentrated on his solo career with the 18-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. In 1992 Holland began hosting Later... with Jools Holland, a hugely successful series that showcases musical talent from across the globe - it's still enormously popular, as is its New Year spin-off Jools' Annual Hootenanny.
Quote: 'The piano has disappeared from working-class family life, which is a shame. It's associated with the middle classes now.'
Trivia: The design of Holland's recording studio, Helicon Mountain, was inspired by the 1960s TV series The Prisoner, of which he is a massive fan.
Ollie Bartlett (Director)
Emily Kennedy (Series producer)
Martha Delap (Executive producer)