Urban Myths: Hendrix & Handel. Image shows from L to R: George Frideric Handel (David Haig), Jimi Hendrix (Zach Wyatt)
Urban Myths: Hendrix & Handel
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2020
- 1 episode
Comedy about Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel, who lived in the same London building 246 years apart. Stars David Haig, Zach Wyatt, Harriet Cains, Anna Kate Golding, Matthew Steer and more.
Urban Myths: Hendrix & Handel. Image shows from L to R: George Frideric Handel (David Haig), Jimi Hendrix (Zach Wyatt)
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- David Haig, Zach Wyatt, Harriet Cains, Anna Kate Golding, Matthew Steer, Sophia La Porta, Jonny Sweet, Kara Tointon and Tom Godwin
- Writers
- Cara Jennings and Sophie Trott
- Director
- Justin Chadwick
- Producers
- John Rushton, Lucy Lumsden and Morwenna Gordon
- Company
Housemates separated by time, Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel grapple with the stresses of the music business in this funny and intimate portrait of two eccentric musical geniuses.
In January 1969, Jimi Hendrix and his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham moved into their first real home in Brook Street in London - the same building that Handel first called home 246 years earlier, in 1743, and where he wrote Messiah.
The film imagines the events leading up to a transformative moment when Jimi saw Handel's ghost, which he reported to Kathy.
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 21st October 2020 at 10pm on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 18th April 2023 at 1:40am on Sky Arts
- Wednesday 21st September 2022 at 1:40am on Sky Arts
- Thursday 14th April 2022 at 3:00am on Sky Arts