Tommy
Ken Russell's flamboyant treatment of The Who's rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who achieves a messianic status as a pinball player.
Ken Russell's flamboyant treatment of The Who's rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who develops an extraordinary ability at pinball.
Under his sinister stepfather's influence, he achieves fame and a cult following, but his almost messianic status also spells the beginning of his destruction.
Featuring musical contributions from a host of rock stars including Elton John, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01Pete Townshend
Prologue - 1945
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00:07Pete Townshend
Captain Walker / It's A Boy
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00:11Oliver Reed
Bernie's Holiday Camp
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00:15Oliver Reed
1951 / What About The Boy?
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00:18Pete Townshend
Amazing Journey
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00:22Oliver Reed
Christmas
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00:25Arthur Brown
Eyesight To The Blind
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00:31Tina Turner
The Acid Queen
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00:40础苍苍鈥怣补谤驳谤别迟
Do You Think It's Alright? (1)
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00:41Paul Nicholas
Cousin Kevin
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00:45Keith Moon
Fiddle About
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00:53Elton John
Pinball Wizard
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00:58The Who
Champagne
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01:04Jack Nicholson
Go To The Mirror
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01:08础苍苍鈥怣补谤驳谤别迟
Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
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01:10London Symphony Orchestra & Roger Daltrey
I'm Free
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01:09础苍苍鈥怣补谤驳谤别迟
Smash The Mirror
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01:16Simon Townshend
Miracle Cure
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01:17Pete Townshend
Sally Simpson
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01:22Roger Daltrey
Sensation
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01:26础苍苍鈥怣补谤驳谤别迟
Welcome
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01:30础苍苍鈥怣补谤驳谤别迟
T.V. Studio
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01:31Keith Moon
Tommy's Holiday Camp
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01:34Roger Daltrey
We're Not Gonna Take It
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01:40Roger Daltrey
See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Nora Walker-Hobbs | Ann-Margret |
| Tommy | Roger Daltrey |
| Frank Hobbs | Oliver Reed |
| Pinball Wizard | Elton John |
| Preacher | Eric Clapton |
| Specialist | Jack Nicholson |
| Captain Walker | Robert Powell |
| Cousin Kevin | Paul Nicholas |
| Acid Queen | Tina Turner |
| Uncle Ernie | Keith Moon |
| The Priest | Arthur Brown |
| Sally Simpson | Victoria Russell |
| Reverend Simpson | Ben Aris |
| Mrs Simpson | Mary Holland |
| Themselves | The Who |
| Director | Ken Russell |
| Writer | Ken Russell |
| Composer | Pete Townshend |
| Producer | Ken Russell |
| Producer | Robert Stigwood |
| Director of photography | Dick Bush |
| Director of photography | Ronnie Taylor |
Broadcasts
- Sat 2 Jun 2007 23:45麻豆社 Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & Scotland only
- Sun 3 Jun 2007 00:20麻豆社 Two Wales (Analogue) & Wales only
Fri 18 Jan 2008 23:00- Sun 7 Sep 2008 01:25麻豆社 Two except East & Yorkshire
- Fri 25 Oct 2013 22:00
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 00:35麻豆社 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Tue 27 Dec 2016 01:25麻豆社 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Mon 21 Aug 2017 00:35麻豆社 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
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