Omnibus (1967)

Diaghilev 1872-1929: Part 2: The Years in Exile (1x13)

Air date: Jan 09, 1968

Omnibus presenting the second of two programmes on the great Russian impresario Diaghilev. Introduced by Peter Ustinov. The story of Diaghilev and his ballet company from 1919 until his death ten years later, as told by his friends and colleagues Tamara Karsavina, Lydia Sokolova, Dame Marie Rambert, Dame Ninette de Valois, Dame Alicia Markova, Sacheverell Sitwell, Leonide Massine, Nicolas Nabokov, Igor Markevitch, Serge Lifar, Cyril Beaumont, Anton Dolin, Ursula Moreton, Laura Wilson, Leighton Lucas, Errol Addison. Written and produced by John Drummond. A BBC TV-Bavarian TV Service co-production Contributors Presenter: Peter Ustinov Interviewee: Tamara Karsavina Interviewee: Lydia Sokolova Interviewee: Dame Marie Rambert Interviewee: Dame Ninette de Valois Interviewee: Dame Alicia Markova Interviewee: Sacheverell Sitwell Interviewee: Leonide Massine Interviewee: Nicolas Nabokov Interviewee: Igor Markevitch Interviewee: Serge Lifar Interview