Dancing on the edge

Author

Stephen Poliakoff

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, John Goodman, Angel Coulby, Tom Hughes, Janet Montgomery, Wunmi Mosaku, Joanna Vanderham, Jacqueline Bisset, Jenna Coleman, Anthony Head.

Publication Information

[Boston] : PBS Distribution, [2015]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (approximately 420 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated; this program contains material that may not be appropriate for younger viewers. Viewer discretion advised.

Summary

In the early 1930s London, the black jazz group known as the Louis Lester Band is on the rise. Managed by the compassionate yet short-tempered Wesley Holt, the band lands a gig at the Imperial Hotel, thanks to the cunning journalist Stanley Mitchell. They prove to be a hit, and their star begins to rise. Countless aristocrats--including the royal family--ask the band to play at parties, catching the eye of the ambitious American businessman Walter Masterson and his enthusiastic employee, Julian. But just as the band's success balloons, tragedy strikes, setting off a chain of events that may put an end to it all.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as a British TV mini-series in 2013.

Special features: Behind the scenes with cast and crew.