Dame of two halves.(Television Program Review)

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: August 15, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: PETER PATERSON

The South Bank Show: Margot Fonteyn (ITV1); Arrested Development (BBC 2)

A COLLECTION of world-class gossips from the world of ballet - where else? - contributed to last night's sad but guiltily entertaining story of the ill-starred marriage and impoverished death of the great ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.

Last week's first half of this South Bank Show documentary was rather dull for anyone not particularly engrossed by the ...

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