
The Grease Story
"Grease is still the word"
The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, and the changes that occurred between stage and screen, including the addition of several new songs and toning down the original show's darker elements. Plus, a look at some of the actors who could have played the roles made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

John Travolta
Danny Zuko

Olivia Newton-John
Sandy Olsson

Jeff Conaway
Kenickie (archive footage)

Barry Pearl
Doody

Michael Tucci
Sonny

Kelly Ward
Putzie

Stockard Channing
Betty Rizzo

Didi Conn
Frenchy

Jamie Donnelly
Jan

Dinah Manoff
Marty Maraschino

Eddie Deezen
Eugene Felsnic

Susan Buckner
Patty Simcox

Lorenzo Lamas
Tom Chisum

Dennis Stewart
Leo 'Craterface' Balmudo (archive footage)

Annette Charles
Charlene 'Cha Cha' DiGregorio (archive footage)

Eve Arden
Principal McGee (archive footage)

Dody Goodman
Blanche Hodel (archive footage)

Sid Caesar
Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

Alice Ghostley
Mrs. Murdock (archive footage)

Darrell Zwerling
Mr. Lynch (archive footage)

Dick Patterson
Mr. Rudie

Fannie Flagg
Nurse Wilkins

Ellen Travolta
Waitress

Frankie Avalon
Teen Angel

Edd Byrnes
Vince Fontaine
Recommendations

Grease Live
The Fear is Real: Reinvestigating the Haunting in Connecticut

Gremlins

Suicide Squad

The Shawshank Redemption

The Avengers

Bohemian Rhapsody

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Black Swan

Interstellar

10 Things I Hate About You

Joker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Titanic

Arrival

Les Misérables

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Guardians of the Galaxy
