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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Drama based on events in the life of ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. At the beginning of the 1960s, Fonteyn faces retirement from her career as a prima ballerina and a crisis in her marriage to Panamanian 'politician' Tito de Arias. When the much younger Rudolf Nureyev arrives on the scene, he transforms Margot's professional and personal life in a partnership celebrated around the world. But when Tito is shot and paralysed, the dancer faces an agonising choice about her future.

Last on

Mon 4 Jul 2011 00:30 BBC Four

  • Photo: Dame Margot Fonteyne

    Photo: Dame Margot Fonteyne

    Anne-Marie Duff stars as prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn in this drama which explores Margot's dancing partnership and complex relationship with Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

  • Photo: Behind the scenes

    Photo: Behind the scenes

    Margot Fonteyn (Anne-Marie Duff) and Rudi Nureyev (Michiel Huisman) behind the scenes on the filming of Margot.

  • Women We Loved

    Women We Loved

    This film was part of Women We Loved - a season of three major dramas on BBC Four about the careers of British female icons Margot Fonteyn, Gracie Fields and Enid Blyton.

    Find out about the other films shown in Women We Loved

Credits

Margot Fonteyn
Anne-Marie Duff
Madam
Lindsay Duncan
Rudolph Nureyev
Michiel Huisman
Fred Ashton
Derek Jacobi
Tito
Con O'Neill
BQ
Penelope Wilton
Michael Somes
Matthew Hart
Sally
Michelle Bonnard
Cathy
Margot Leicester
Eric
Anton Lukovkin
Elderly Russian Lady
Tatiana Lavrentieva
Good Looking Boy
Ben Stott
Mr McDonald
Robert Perkins
Dancer
Dimitri Gruzdyev
Dancer
Ksenia Ovsyanick
Dancer
Lisa Probert
Director
Otto Bathurst
Producer
Celia Duval
Writer
Amanda Coe

Broadcasts

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