1: Life is a Cabaret | Fosse/Verdon

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Exploring the partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, beginning in 1966 with Fosse directing the film Sweet Charity, starring Shirley MacLaine in the role made famous by Bob's wife Gwen on Broadway.

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1: Life is a Cabaret | Fosse/Verdon

1: Life is a Cabaret | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 48'55''

Exploring the partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, beginning in 1966 with Fosse directing the film Sweet Charity, starring Shirley M...

2: Who's Got the Pain? | Fosse/Verdon

2: Who's Got the Pain? | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 41'24''

Gwen is in Majorca with Joan to reflect on her relationship with Bob, who she has caught being unfaithful. She reflects on how she met ...

3: Me and My Baby | Fosse/Verdon

3: Me and My Baby | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 38'56''

As Fosse struggles with the editing of the film Cabaret, he has also taken on the direction of a new musical Pippin. Gwen is thrilled to be ...

4: Glory | Fosse/Verdon

4: Glory | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 40'45''

Fosse is too nervous to attend the premiere of Cabaret and is woken the next morning by his friend Paddy with the reviews. Gwen is struggling with he...

5: Where Am I Going? | Fosse/Verdon

5: Where Am I Going? | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 56'07''

Three months after checking himself out of a psychiatric clinic, Bob hires a weekend house in the country to help comfort the recently be...

6: All I Care About is Love | Fosse/Verdon

6: All I Care About is Love | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 40'48''

The stress is beginning to get to Bob as the editing of Lenny overlaps with the preparations for the start of Chicago. He reflects...

7: Nowadays | Fosse/Verdon

7: Nowadays | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 52'25''

The rehearsals for Chicago are finally underway, with Bob out of hospital and Gwen raring to go, but Bob's insecurities come to the fore again, es...

8: Providence | Fosse/Verdon

8: Providence | Fosse/Verdon

BBC Two | 2019 | 54'22''

Bob is offered advice by his friend Paddy Chayefsky as he struggles to find an ending to his autobiographical movie All That Jazz. Gwen, who has...

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8: Providence | Fosse/Verdon

Bob is offered advice by his friend Paddy Chayefsky as he struggles to find an ending to his autobiographical movie All That Jazz. Gwen, who has not worked since Chicago closed, takes on a supervisory role on the revival of Sweet Charity in Los Angeles.

Drama and Theatre | BBC

7: Nowadays | Fosse/Verdon

The rehearsals for Chicago are finally underway, with Bob out of hospital and Gwen raring to go, but Bob's insecurities come to the fore again, especially since his doctors have withdrawn all his prescriptions and he has been insured for a million dollars.