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Once

How often do you find the right person?

A modern-day musical about a busker and a Czech immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

1 hour, 23 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Nov 2016 01:05
BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Glen Hansard

    And the Healing Has Begun

  • Glen Hansard

    Say It To Me Now

  • Glen Hansard

    All The Way Down

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words

    Performer: Markéta Irglová.

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    Falling Slowly

  • Glen Hansard

    Leave

  • Hugh Drumm

    The Fair City Waltz

    Composer: Adam Lynch.

  • Markéta Irglová

    If You Want Me

  • Glen Hansard

    Lies

  • Whiskey in the Jar

  • Fergus O'Farrell, Glen Hansard, James O'Leary, Colm McCaughey & Kevin Murphy

    Gold

  • Glen Hansard

    Trying to Pull Myself Away

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    When Your Mind's Made Up

  • Glen Hansard

    Fallen From the Sky

  • Markéta Irglová

    The Hill

  • Glen Hansard

    Once

  • Glen Hansard

    And the Healing Has Begun

  • Glen Hansard

    Say It To Me Now

  • Glen Hansard

    All The Way Down

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words

    Performer: Markéta Irglová.

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    Falling Slowly

  • Glen Hansard

    Leave

  • Hugh Drumm

    The Fair City Waltz

    Composer: Adam Lynch.

  • Markéta Irglová

    If You Want Me

  • Glen Hansard

    Lies

  • Whiskey in the Jar

  • Fergus O'Farrell, Glen Hansard, James O'Leary, Colm McCaughey & Kevin Murphy

    Gold

  • Glen Hansard

    Trying to Pull Myself Away

  • Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

    When Your Mind's Made Up

  • Glen Hansard

    Fallen From the Sky

  • Markéta Irglová

    The Hill

  • Glen Hansard

    Once

Credits

Guy Glen Hansard
Girl Marketa Irglova
Timmy Hugh Walsh
Eamon Geoff Minogue
Guy's Dad Bill Hodnett
Director John Carney
Writer John Carney

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Jan 2011 23:35
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & England only
  • Mon 31 Jan 2011 00:00
    BBC Two Wales
  • Mon 31 Jan 2011 01:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 26 Aug 2012 01:10
    BBC Two
  • Tue 7 May 2013 00:30
    BBC One except Scotland
  • Sun 11 May 2014 00:55
    BBC One
  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 23:45
    BBC One except Scotland & Wales
  • Wed 22 Jul 2015 00:15
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 22 Jul 2015 00:45
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Mon 11 Jan 2016 02:35
    BBC Three
  • Sat 30 Jan 2016 02:35
    BBC Three
  • Mon 21 Nov 2016 00:05
    BBC One except Scotland
  • Mon 21 Nov 2016 01:05
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

Once: From screen to Broadway musical

Once: From screen to Broadway musical

Film-to-stage adaptations are common but few have such humble origins as Irish film Once.

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