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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    BBC Proms Season 79 Episode 24 - St.Vincent at the Proms
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - St.Vincent at the Proms

    S79:E24

    The multiple Grammy Award-winning singer joins a full orchestra for this one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall, with incredible new arrangements of some of her most-loved songs. St. Vincent is musician Annie Clark, whose artistry is in full hypnotic flow in this one-off spectacular. Conductor and arranger Jules Buckley brings the full might of his 60-strong orchestra to revel in other-wordly new arrangements of songs from seven St Vincent albums. Rachel Eckroth co-arranges and plays keyboards amongst the ensemble. A night of wonder and inimitable artistry which had the audience spellbound.

    Director:Marcus Viner
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 12 - Prom 18: Sam Smith
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Prom 18: Sam Smith

    S78:E12

    For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

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  3. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 15 - Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

    S78:E15

    The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

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  4. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 22 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 2
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

    S78:E22

    Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

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  5. BBC Proms Season 79 Episode 21 - Last Night of the Proms
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Last Night of the Proms

    S79:E21

    The world's biggest classical music party gets under way live at the Royal Albert Hall. Katie Derham presents alongside a host of special guests, with performances from conductor Elim Chan, soprano Louise Alder and star trumpeter Alison Balsom, who is playing for the final time after an illustrious career. Highlights include Dukas's mischievous Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Hummel's Trumpet Concerto and Mussorgsky’s exciting A Night on the Bare Mountain.

    Director:Ian Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. BBC Proms Season 79 Episode 22 - Last Night of the Proms: Finale
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Last Night of the Proms: Finale

    S79:E22

    The 2025 Proms season is crowned with a brand new, specially commissioned, orchestral arrangement of Queen's masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody, celebrating the song's 50th anniversary in grand style with guest soloists and surprises. Also on the programme, superstar soprano Louise Alder enchants in a My Fair Lady medley, and iconic trumpeter Alison Balsom performs Bernstein. And of course, all the traditional favourites return to close the season, including Sea Songs, Rule, Britannia!, Elgar, Parry and Auld Lang Syne. Presented by Katie Derham, who is joined by special guests including Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed.

    Director:Ian Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 21 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

    S78:E21

    Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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  8. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 9 - Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

    S78:E9

    Edith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.

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  9. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 19 - New Music at the Proms 2024
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - New Music at the Proms 2024

    S78:E19

    A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

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  10. BBC Proms Season 1 Episode 1 - Last Night of the Fifty-Third Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Last Night of the Fifty-Third Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

    S1:E1

    (Prom 49) Viewers are taken to the Royal Albert Hall for the first television visit to the 'Proms'. On this last night, the BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by each of the conductors taking part in this series. Sung by Trefor Jones Conductor, Stanford Robinson 8.0 The Prom Season reviewed by a Music Critic (From the Studio) Pianist, Natasha Litvin Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent

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  11. BBC Proms Season 2 Episode 1 - The Last Night of the Proms
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    #11 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S2:E1

    (Prom 49) Viewers are taken to the Royal Albert Hall for the second part of the last Promenade Concert of the winter season. Margherita Grandi (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans) - Berlioz Aria: Vissi d'arte (Tosca) - Puccini Spanish Caprice - Rimsky-Korsakov

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  12. BBC Proms Season 7 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
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    #12 - First Night of the Proms

    S7:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

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  13. BBC Proms Season 7 Episode 2 - Last Night of the Proms
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    #13 - Last Night of the Proms

    S7:E2

    (Prom 49) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the closing concert in the 1953 summer series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Constance Shacklock (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell. March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1. in D - Elgar Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell - Benjamin Britten Rule, Britannia - Arne-Sargent Jerusalem - Parry (Constance Shacklock appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

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  14. BBC Proms Season 8 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - First Night of the Proms

    S8:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the opening concert in the Diamond Jubilee season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Eileen Joyce (piano) Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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  15. BBC Proms Season 8 Episode 2 - Diamond Jubilee Season: Anniversary Prom
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Diamond Jubilee Season: Anniversary Prom

    S8:E2

    (Prom 15) Television cameras are in the Royal Albert Hall for part of this Anniversary Concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, which were inaugurated on August 10, 1895. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Mark Hambourg (piano) Introduced by Alvar Lidell. An Impression on a Windy Day - Malcolm Sargent Hungarian Fantasia for piano and orchestra - Liszt

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  16. BBC Proms Season 8 Episode 3 - Last Night of the Proms
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Last Night of the Proms

    S8:E3

    (Prom 49) The close of the Diamond Jubilee Season BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Constance Shacklock (contralto) March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, in D - Elgar Spanish Caprice - Rimsky-Korsakow Sea Songs - arr. Wood Rule, Britannia - Arne-Sargent Jerusalem - Parry Introduced by Alvar Lidell From the Royal Albert Hall, London

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  17. BBC Proms Season 9 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
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    #17 - First Night of the Proms

    S9:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the first of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts MOISEIWITSCH (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat (The Emperor)......Beethoven Introduced by ALVAR LIDELL Television presentation by ANTONY CRAXTON at 8.15

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  18. BBC Proms Season 9 Episode 2 - Saturday-Night Out
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Saturday-Night Out

    S9:E2

    (Prom 49) Robert Beatty 'The Man with the Mike' invites you to join him at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the Last Night of the Proms. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Constance Shacklock (contralto) Introduced by Alvar Lidell. March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, in D - Elgar Minuet of the Will o' the Wisp; Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust) - Berlioz Sea Songs - arr. Henry Wood Rule, Britannia - Arne Jerusalem - Parry

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  19. BBC Proms Season 10 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
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    #19 - First Night of the Proms

    S10:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON for part of the opening concert BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Denis Matthews (piano) Overture: Cockaigne by Elgar Piano Concerto No. 23 in A (K.488) by Mozart Introduced by Alvar Lidell Television presentation at 7.30 by Antony Craxton

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  20. BBC Proms Season 10 Episode 2 - Last Night of the Proms
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    #20 - Last Night of the Proms

    S10:E2

    (Prom 49) Constance Shacklock (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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  21. BBC Proms Season 11 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - First Night of the Proms

    S11:E1

    (Prom 1) The second part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloist, Eileen Joyce Overture: The Mastersingers......... Wagner Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor Saint-Saens Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) Benjamin Britten Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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  22. BBC Proms Season 11 Episode 2 - The Last Night of the Proms
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    #22 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S11:E2

    (Prom 49) Constance Shacklock (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor; Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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  23. BBC Proms Season 12 Episode 1 - First Night of The Proms
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    #23 - First Night of The Proms

    S12:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano) Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov Introduced by Alvar Lidell

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  24. BBC Proms Season 12 Episode 2 - The Last Night of the Proms
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    #24 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S12:E2

    (Prom 49) Monica Sinclair (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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  25. BBC Proms Season 13 Episode 1 - First Night of The Proms
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    #25 - First Night of The Proms

    S13:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Introduced by Alvar Lidell BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Norma Procter (contralto) A London Overture - John Ireland In Haven: Sabbath Morning at Sea; Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures) - Elgar Scherzo: L'Apprenti Sorcier - Dukas

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Best Episodes Summary

"St.Vincent at the Proms" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Marcus Viner and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/2025. This episode scored 2.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Prom 18: Sam Smith".