Inside Classical

Synopsis

The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in contemporary and classical music.

First Air Date: 2022-05-22

Last Air Date: 2025-02-23

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 15

Networks: BBC Four

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Top Cast

Mark Gatiss as Sherlock Holmes
Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson
Neil Brand as Self - Composer
Sam Dale as Dr Mortimer / Frankland
Ewan Bailey as Barrymore / Mycroft Holmes
Clare Corbett as Mrs Barrymore / Beryl Stapleton / Billy
Carl Prekopp as Stapleton / Selden
Ryan Early as Sir Henry Baskerville

Seasons

Season 1 (2022) - (9 Episodes)

Season 2 (2024) - (4 Episodes)

Season 3 (2024) - (2 Episodes)

Season 1 (2022)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Women’s Words and Voices (2022-05-22)

Bramwell Tovey conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme of contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.
Ep. 2: Life, Love and Tchaikovsky (2022-06-19)

Marta Gardolinska conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Bacewicz's Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Johan Dalene joins them to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
Ep. 3: A Birmingham Celebration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (2022-10-23)

A special concert celebrating the music and spoken word of Birmingham, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and performances by some of the most exciting vocal talent from the city.
Ep. 4: 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto (2022-11-27)

Some of the hottest Afrobeats artists join forces with the BBC Philharmonic for a one-off concert celebrating the diverse sounds of Africa.
Ep. 5: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (2023-01-15)

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 20th-century works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov in St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Ep. 6: Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (2023-02-26)

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé ballet score, and with soprano Jane Archibald, Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi.
Ep. 7: Sol Gabetta plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (2023-03-19)

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Cello Concerto, with Sol Gabetta, Sibelius's First Symphony and Iain Farrington's musical celebration of the BBC, A Party with Auntie.
Ep. 8: The Lark Ascending (2023-06-04)

Vaughan Williams’ pastoral masterpiece is stunningly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and soloist Zoë Beyers, alongside works by Elgar and Wagner.
Ep. 9: The Hound of the Baskervilles (2023-12-25)

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Conan Doyle’s thriller, starring Mark Gatiss as Holmes and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson.