National Theatre Is 50 Bbc2

[Maydup]

Loving it already - best Saturday night TV in ages.

[gness]

So true, Maydup....brilliant entertainment. A pleasure to curl up with the TV for a change.....

[ferlew]

It;s just wonderful.... that's me settled :)

[tonyav]

Whats the programme about ?.

[Maydup]

A look back at 50 years of the National Theatre Tony. With actors performing live from the theatre tonight intercepted by film archive from years gone by.

[gness]

A celebration of the last 50 years of the National Theatre, Tony....x

[tonyav]

Right, thanks Maydup, BB2, might watch it on BBCi player tomorrow.

[Maydup]

Penelope Wilton is one of my favourite actors, loved that pilchards scene!

[gness]

It was special, Maydup...brilliant timing.....

[gness]

Warhorse!! ☺

[marval]

That sounds good, I must watch it on the BBC iPlayer.

[Maydup]

More, more, more!

[gness]

What a wealth of talent, Maydup....and didn't the evening go quickly?

[Maydup]

A feast of talent, what a night.

[FredPuli43]

Excellent. And what a standard of acting the National Theatre must require !

[nungate]

I caught the end of it, I'm hoping it will be on I Player

[quizzywig]

What a great evening's entertainment - we absolutely loved it! Especially The History Boys, Alan Bennett was brilliant in Richard Griffiths' part but where was Russell Tovey I wonder? That was the best Saturday night viewing for a long long time. (Perhaps you can tell that Mr Q and I aren't fans of celeb shows or talent shows)

[mikey4444]

Wonderful night on the Beeb...why can't we entertainment like this every Saturday. instead of all that childish tosh that they usually serve up ?

I have seen so many of the productions that were shown last night. I remember a wonderful "Little Night Music" with Dame Judy, and also The Madness of King George with Nigel Hawthorn.

I live a long way from the South Bank these days, so its been 5 years since I was last there, and I miss it terribly.

[Laelia]

Loved it Maydup! For anyone who missed it -

[Maydup]

Oh Alan Bennett as Hector, a delight indeed Q.

Mikey, can you get to see any of the NT on tour?
I've seen One Man 2 Guvnors, Madness of George, and most recently People, at my local theatre. All tremendous productions.

Then of course there's the performances streamed to the cinemas. I haven't seen any of those yet but they are extremely popular - Lester and Kinnear in Othello was on just recently. They book up very quickly but where there's a will there's a way!

[gness]

Mikey....book up for Warhorse NTLive...showing at cinemas in February. You won't regret it....it's a live streaming and you could almost be there.