About

Jerry Springer - The Opera is the multi-award-winning, hit musical filmed live in London's West End. Starring David Soul, the original star of the cult TV show Starsky & Hutch, this theatrical spectacle made theatre history by receiving an unprecedented four awards for Best Musical at: The Olivier Awards, The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, The Evening Standard Theatre Awards and The What's On Stage Awards.

The musical which was created by Stewart Lee (book and lyrics) and Richard Thomas (music, book
and lyrics), opened to international critical acclaim and has been seen by more than 500,000 people in the theatre. The show was watched by 2.4 million viewers on BBC Two, beating Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, which was shown at the same time and setting a record TV viewing figure for a musical or opera.

An Avalon TV production for BBC TWO
Episodes available: 1 x 120 minutes