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BBC showing ânegativity verging on hostilityâ to classical documentaries
Exclusive: classical music film-makers Sir Humphrey Burton, Tony Palmer and Barrie Gavin say output lacks volume and quality
A 1976 edition of Omnibus in which Andre Previn discussed William Waltonâs First Symphony with Humphrey Burton. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy
A 1976 edition of Omnibus in which Andre Previn discussed William Waltonâs First Symphony with Humphrey Burton. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy
Thu 13 May 2021 19.01 EDT
The BBC is failing audiences by offering classical music documentaries that lack revelation and risk, if they are made at all, according to three of the industryâs foremost film-makers.