BBC Proms: H.M.S. Pinafore

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. BBC Proms version of the Gilbert & Sullivan romantic comedy, shot at the Royal Albert Hall.

Peter Sidhom

(Dick Deadeye)

Felicity Palmer

(Little Buttercup)

Stephen Richardson

(Bob Becket)

Neal Davies

(Captain Corcoran)

Timothy Robinson

(Ralph Rackstraw)

Sally Matthews

(Josephine)

Richard Suart

(Sir Joseph Porter)

Owen Gilhooly

(Bill Bobstay)

Tim Brooke-Taylor

(Narrator)

Wendy Dawn Thompson

(Cousin Hebe)