Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 14, 2014
Stars of Hollywood's musical films look back at the most defining movies in the genre's history, starting in the 1920s when The Jazz Singer ushered in the era of 'talkies'.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 21, 2014
A look at how Hollywood used the musical to provide much-needed escapism during the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and introduced stars such as Shirley Temple.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 28, 2014
This comprehensive celebration of song and dance in Hollywood continues to look at the 1930s as stars such as Shirley Temple and Betty Grable became household names.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2014
Stars look back at the musical films of the 1940s: a decade when Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St Louis and Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's On the Town hit cinema screens.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2014
Stars reflect on the all-singing masterpieces of the 1940s. Despite the turmoil left by World War II, over 550 musical films were made in this golden age of movies.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2014
The series celebrating the magic of musical films explores the 1950s, when Marilyn Monroe took cinemas by storm with her performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2014
Stars of the stage and screen reflect on the musical films of the 1950s, when movie versions of Broadway's smash-hit shows became all the rage.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2014
The series exploring the all-singing, all-dancing history of musical film focuses on the 1960s, when movies like West Side Story and My Fair Lady triumphed at the box office.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2014
Stars of stage and screen continue to look back at the musical films made during the turbulent decade of the 1960s. Reflecting the changing tide, many embraced rock'n'roll.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2014
Stars of the stage look back at the musical films of the 1970s when Liza Minnelli, John Travolta and The Rocky Horror Picture Show all exploded onto cinema screens.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2014
Stars of the stage, including the legendary Shirley Jones, continue to look back at the musical films of the 1970s, which reflected a diverse and wildly changing era.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2014
A look at how musical films of the 1980s, such as Footloose and Dirty Dancing, made dancing part of the story. A decade later, the 1990s saw the rise of musical animations.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2014
A look at the musical film's astonishing comeback in the 2000s, when Chicago scooped a Best Picture Oscar and Hairspray, Dreamgirls and Moulin Rouge hit cinema screens.