TV BBC Proms - Season 68 Episode 1 : First Night of the Proms BBC Proms - Season 68 Episode 1 : First Night of the Proms 7.7/10 by 3 users The greatest classical music festival in the world gets underway from the Royal Albert Hall. Katie Derham introduces a performance of Elgar's sublime biblical oratorio, The Kingdom, a powerful musical portrayal of the acts of the disciples after the ascension of Jesus. Sir Andrew Davis returns to the Proms in his 70th birthday year to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC National Chorus of Wales. They are joined by soloists Erin Wall as the Blessed Virgin, Catherine Wyn-Rogers as Mary Magdalene, Andrew Staples as St John and Christopher Purves as St Peter. Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 68 Episode 1 : First Night of the Proms Alternative Titles The Proms, Proms Subtitle Available ETC. First Air Date 1947-09-13 Last Air Date 2025-08-02 Number of Episodes 1139 Number of Seasons 79 Genres , Networks BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 1 First Night of the Proms 2014-07-18 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 2 Friday Night at the Proms: Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony 2014-07-25 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 3 The Sunday Prom: China Philharmonic Orchestra 2014-07-27 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 4 BBC Proms Masterworks: Bach's St John Passion 2014-07-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 5 Friday Night at the Proms: Mozart's A Major Piano Concerto 2014-08-01 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 6 The Sunday Prom: Richard Strauss Celebration 2014-08-03 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 7 BBC Proms Masterworks: Mozart and Beethoven 2014-08-07 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 8 Friday Night at the Proms: Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto 2014-08-08 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 9 The Sunday Prom: John Tavener Premiere 2014-08-10 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 10 BBC Proms Masterworks: Strauss and Mahler 2014-08-14 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 11 Friday Night at the Proms: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony 2014-08-15 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 12 Proms on Four: Battle of the Bands 2014-08-17 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 14 BBC Proms Masterworks: Walton and Sibelius 2014-08-21 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 15 Friday Night at the Proms: In Memoriam WWI 2014-08-22 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 16 The Sunday Prom: Elgar's Cello Concerto 2014-08-24 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 17 CBeebies Prom 2014-08-25 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 18 BBC Proms Masterworks: Stravinsky and Lutoslawski 2014-08-28 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 19 Barenboim Conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms 2014-08-29 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 20 The Sunday Prom: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra 2014-08-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 21 BBC Proms Masterworks: Mahler and Adams 2014-09-04 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 22 Friday Night at the Proms: Monteverdi Choir Birthday Prom - Beethoven 2014-09-05 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 23 Late Night Live with Paloma Faith and Guy Barker 2014-09-05 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 24 The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra 2014-09-07 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 25 BBC Proms Masterworks: Maxwell Davies and Birtwistle 2014-08-11 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 26 Friday Night at the Proms: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto 2014-09-12 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 27 Last Night of the Proms - Part 1 2014-09-13 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 28 Last Night of the Proms - Part 2 2014-09-13 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 29 Kiss Me, Kate at the Proms 2014-12-25 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 30 War Horse at the Proms 2014-08-17 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 31 Prom 31: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony 2014-08-15 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 32 Prom 32: Beethoven, Bruch & Walton 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 33 Prom 33: BBC Proms Masterworks: Stravinsky and Lutoslawski 2014-08-28 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 34 Prom 34: R. Strauss, Mozart & Nielsen 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 35 Prom 35: BBC Proms Masterworks: Walton and Sibelius 2014-08-21 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 36 Prom 36: Vaughan Williams & Alwyn 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 37 Prom 37: Steve Reich 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 38 Prom 38: Sibelius, Bridge & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 39 Prom 39: R. Strauss, Rameau, Mozart and Bernard Rands 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 40 Prom 40: Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 41 Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 42 Prom 42: In Memoriam WWI 2014-08-22 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 43 Prom 43: Rachmaninov, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 44 Prom 44: Elgar's Cello Concerto 2014-08-24 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 45 Prom 45: Late Night with… Laura Mvula 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 46 Prom 46: Barenboim Conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms 2014-08-29 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 47 Prom 47: Britten – War Requiem 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 48 Prom 48: Classical Tectonics 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 49 Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 50 Prom 50: Dvořák, Beethoven & Janáček 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 51 Prom 51: Free Prom – Dvořák, Grieg, Bax & Bill Whelan 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 52 Prom 52: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 53 Prom 53: Brahms Night 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 54 Prom 54: Monteverdi Choir Birthday Prom - Beethoven 2014-09-05 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 55 Prom 55: Tchaikovsky, Debussy & Unsuk Chin 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 56 Prom 56: Holst – The Planets 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 57 Prom 57: Mahler – Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 58 Prom 58: Strauss – Salome 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 59 Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 60 Prom 60: Roman Holiday 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 61 Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka & Zhou Long 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 62 Prom 62: Beethoven, Berlioz & Dvořák 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 63 Prom 63: BBC Proms Masterworks: Mahler and Adams 2014-09-04 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 64 Prom 64: Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 65 Prom 65: Late Night Live with Paloma Faith and Guy Barker 2014-09-05 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 66 Prom 66: Bach – St Matthew Passion 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 67 Prom 67: Friday Night at the Proms: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto 2014-09-12 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 68 Prom 68: The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra 2014-09-07 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 69 Prom 69: Cleveland Orchestra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 70 Prom 70: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Concert 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 71 Prom 71: Americana 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 72 Prom 72: English Music 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 73 Prom 73: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 74 Prom 74: Late Night with… Rufus Wainwright 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 75 Prom 75: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 68 :Episode 76 Proms 76: Last Night of the Proms 1969-12-31 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and...