Being Beethoven
Being Beethoven is a TV show on BBC4. Documentary series that tells the life story of Beethoven in the context of the composer's own time and place, revealing a life following a very different trajectory to his art. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 2 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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Being Beethoven
Beethoven embarks on a new creative path and attempts to find love. But, as is often the case, the composer's life appears to be following a very different trajectory to his art.
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Groomed for greatness by an often abusive father, Beethoven emerges as a great but difficult talent, an unstoppable force, until the onset of deafness tears his world apart.