Dancing on the Edge - Season 1 - Episode 1
Music journalist Stanley Mitchell befriends The Louis Lester Band and helps its rise to fame from playing in a basement jazz club to the illustrious Imperial Hotel. At first, the band is treated with hostility by the hotel's elderly audience, most of whom have never heard jazz music nor seen black musicians before. However, one table of young aristocrats love their new music and invite them to play at a garden party.
About Dancing on the Edge

Title: Dancing on the Edge
First Air Date: 2013-02-04
Last Air Date: 2013-02-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 22 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 5
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Lipsync Productions, Playground Entertainment, Endgame Entertainment, Creative England, Ruby Film and Television
Synopsis
An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Louis Lester

Matthew Goode
Stanley Mitchell

Wunmi Mosaku
Carla

Paul Dixon
Nazi Colonel

Joanna Vanderham
Pamela