Tim Rice: A Life in Song

BBC Four

10:30 PM to 12:00 AM

Sunday 10 November

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A concert recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall in July celebrating the work of Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice, who also reminisces about his career, revealing the stories behind Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Chess and The Lion King among others. The conversation with host Michael Grade is interspersed with a selection of his songs with the BBC Concert Orchestra, under conductor Mike Dixon, accompanying performers including Alexander Armstrong, Gemma Arterton, Rob Brydon, Tom Chaplin, Roger Daltrey, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, James Fox, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Minchin, Clare Teal, Rufus Wainwright and Rick Wakeman