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Who will be paired up in the launch show? Plus: the musicians who died at 27. Here’s what to watch this evening

Archive material captures arrival in Australia of celebrities including Princess Anne, Fred Astaire and four-year-old Russell Crowe, as well as The War of the Worlds author’s explosive 1938-39 visit

Gael García Bernal is gloriously risk-taking in an ode to Mexico’s lucha libre scene, and Audrey Hepburn is sublime in the 50s couture classic

In a personal look at the shocking origins of minstrelsy, the actor speaks truth to power on the same channel that showed blackface in his living room when he was growing up

Racist 19th-century minstrelsy survived into 1970s Britain. David Olusoga has developed a TV show on its long, shameful history but wonders if he should have

There was encouraging news for Bangkok's pedestrians last week when the city governor announced that during the coming year there would be a major upgrade of pavements in the Big Mango. It was promised that some pavements might even become "walkable". Well, best of luck with that.

He’s a West End fixture who’s already been compared to Fred Astaire. As he prepares to hop from Mary Poppins to the Gershwin musical Crazy for You, Stemp talks rowdy audiences, ice baths, and taking the bus in ballet tights

This madcap musical from 1935 about an American dance star visiting London swirls effortlessly back into cinemas, with classic songs from Irving Berlin

Harley sings a classic tune in this Joker 2 set video

Ginger Rogers became one of the most successful actresses of the 1930s and 40s, often dancing with Fred Astaire as they revolutionized movie musicals.