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Dancing on the Edge

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Dancing On The Edge

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Starz | BBC Two | Release Date: February 4, 2013

Summary: The five-part miniseries focuses on the black jazz band led by Louis Lester (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as they find success with the help of music journalist Stanley Mitchell (Matthew Goode), Prince George (John Hopkins), and rich patrons such as Pamela Luscombe (Joanna Vanderham), her brother, Julian (Tom Hughes), Lady Cremone (Jacqueline Bisset),The five-part miniseries focuses on the black jazz band led by Louis Lester (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as they find success with the help of music journalist Stanley Mitchell (Matthew Goode), Prince George (John Hopkins), and rich patrons such as Pamela Luscombe (Joanna Vanderham), her brother, Julian (Tom Hughes), Lady Cremone (Jacqueline Bisset), Donaldson (Anthony Head) and American industrialist Walter Masterson (John Goodman), before a murder threatens their progress.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Music

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Oct 17, 2013

Season 1 Review: The story has ample pulling power. But the music is its driving force--all day and all of the night. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

Oct 17, 2013

Season 1 Review: It’s a lusciously shot and brilliantly written and acted account of how the British aristocracy and progressives in high society fell in love with what can best be described as the tantalizing edginess of jazz music and the sense of exploration and wonder it brought to those who heard it even though society at the time was not ready to accept what it all implied. Read full review

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New York Daily News

David Hinckley

Oct 18, 2013

Season 1 Review: Many of the people we meet in the cast are good guys, which gives Dancing a hopeful tone, even when the odds go the other way. We want the folks who deserve it to win, and so does the show. Read full review

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New York Post

Michael Starr

Oct 21, 2013

Season 1 Review: While Dancing On the Edge features what should be a compelling story, acted by a top-notch cast underscored by a terrific jazz soundtrack, it’s not quite as riveting as I expected. Read full review

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Denver Post

Joanne Ostrow

Oct 17, 2013

Season 1 Review: While the atmospherics are great and the cast is impressive, the weight of the film is too much for the slender premise. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Oct 17, 2013

Season 1 Review: What's missing is passion, joy and (ultimately) interest. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Oct 18, 2013

Season 1 Review: There is no edge to Dancing on Edge, a drama sunk by its pretensions--one, to be sure, that does come clanking to life somewhat in a madly melodramatic final episode. A long wait, for little. Read full review

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