About this programme

Donald Macleod looks at Berlin's final projects, including the Broadway musical Mr President, and his intended swansong to the cinema, Say It with Music. He eventually became a recluse, fighting off any attempt to document his life or examine his music. Berlin: Heatwave. Eve Boswell. It's a Lovely Day Today; The Best Thing for You; Entr'acte; Something to Dance About; They Like Ike (Call Me Madam). Tyne Daly, Melissa Errico, Walter Charles, The Coffee Club Orchestra. Let's Go Back to the Waltz (Mr President). Nanette Fabray and Ensemble. The First Lady (Mr President). Nanette Fabray. It Gets Lonely in the White House (Mr President). Robert Ryan. They Love Me (Mr President). Nanette Fabray. Laugh It Up; This Is a Great Country; Finale (Mr President). Robert Ryan and Company. Love Leads to Marriage; Whisper It (Say It with Music); You're Just in Love. Rosemary Clooney, Guy Mitchell. The Song Is Ended but the Melody Lingers On. Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers.