Bette Midler Nabs First UK TV Special This Fall

By: Oct. 30, 2014
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Bette Midler is getting her first UK television special this fall on ITV, called BETTE MIDLER: ONE NIGHT ONLY. According to Deadline, Joanna Lumley will host the program, with an air date to be announced.

"I can't believe this is really my first special in the UK," Midler told Deadline. "What have we been waiting for all these years? We're going to have a ball."

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The special will feature musical performances and interviews with Midler, along with footage from her career. On the set list are "Wind Beneath My Wings", "From A Distance," "The Rose" and more.

Midler will release her first studio album in eight years -- IT'S THE GIRLS -- on November 4, and the recording is streaming free on Amazon now!

Covering seven decades of music beginning with the 1930's, the album will feature an array of girl groups including The Boswell Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and R&B LEGENDS TLC. Marc Shaiman will produce.

Midler finished her Broadway run of I'LL EAT YOU LAST this spring, starring as the legendary Hollywood agent Mengers in her first Broadway appearance in almost 40 years. Written by John Logan, I'LL EAT YOU LAST was directed on Broadway by Joe Mantello.

The actress began her legendary career as an entertainer in 1965, in New York, where she developed the trademark act that would make her one of the most renowned talents of her generation. Her debut album, 1972's The Divine Miss M set her on the path that has led her to earn Grammys, Emmys, Golden Globes and Academy Award nominations in a career that has spanned over 40 years.

She has toured the world, sold millions of albums, published two books and appeared in over two dozen films, including The Rose, Beaches, Ruthless People, Hocus Pocus, First Wives Club and For The Boys.

Photo Credit: ABC/Adam Taylor



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