BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore (2005)
Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. BBC Proms version of the Gilbert & Sullivan romantic comedy, shot at the Royal Albert Hall.
- Released
- 2005-07-16
- Status
- Released
Cast
- Peter Sidhom as Dick Deadeye
- Felicity Palmer as Little Buttercup
- Stephen Richardson as Bob Becket
- Neal Davies as Captain Corcoran
- Timothy Robinson as Ralph Rackstraw
- Sally Matthews as Josephine
- Richard Suart as Sir Joseph Porter
- Owen Gilhooly as Bill Bobstay
- Tim Brooke-Taylor as Narrator
- Wendy Dawn Thompson as Cousin Hebe