{"id":2351414,"date":"2026-03-30T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2351414"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:40:43","slug":"comedian-tom-allen-joins-classic-fm-to-present-new-totally-outrageous-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/comedian-tom-allen-joins-classic-fm-to-present-new-totally-outrageous-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Tom Allen joins Classic FM to present new \u2018Totally Outrageous\u2019 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"cadmus-article_183386\">\n<p class=\"publish_date\">30 March 2026, 08:30<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figcaption>\n    Comedian Tom Allen to present new series \u2018Totally Outrageous\u2019 on Classic FM.<br \/>\n    <span class=\"attribution\"><\/p>\n<p>Picture:<br \/>\nClassic FM<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"social-share\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?href=www.classicfm.com%2Fmusic-news%2Ftom-allen-totally-outrageous%2F&amp;app_id=357357177653391\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"gusto.tracking.social('facebook', 'share')\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook share\" src=\"https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/assets_v4r\/gusto\/img\/facebook-share.png\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">High drama, higher notes, and classical music\u2019s biggest divas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Comedian and presenter Tom Allen joins Classic FM to host a brand-new series, revealing the most extraordinary personalities behind some of the world\u2019s favourite classical music. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">From opera superstars and larger-than-life legends to temperamental composers, eccentrics and fabulous troublemakers, <em>Totally Outrageous with Tom Allen<\/em> will celebrate the biggest classical divas, both on stage and off. The series runs for three nights across the Easter weekend, on Friday 3, Saturday 4, and Sunday 5 April at 9pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The first episode is all about classical music\u2019s biggest drama queens: from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/composers\/beethoven\/\">Beethoven\u2019s<\/a> famously fiery temper to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/composers\/mozart\/most-life-changing-pieces-music\/\">Mozart\u2019s<\/a> penchant for childish jokes, and the ever-eccentric <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/composers\/satie\/erik-best-pieces-music\/\">Erik Satie<\/a>, who filled his apartment with more than 100 umbrellas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/discover-music\/instruments\/weird-wonderful-musical-instruments\/\">10 most weird and wonderful musical instruments created&#8230; ever<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"video-facade video-facade__brightcove\" id=\"video_facade_brightcove_6384299238112\" data-video-provider=\"brightcove\" data-video-id=\"6384299238112\" data-account=\"6057949401001\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/6057949401001\/7df65f6b-9ddd-4cde-91f3-6926d7afb3e8\/8ffb64f8-3afd-4ba1-8555-e3040d1ed266\/640x360\/match\/image.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p>Haunting \u2018Lacrimosa\u2019 from Mozart\u2019s Requiem | Classic FM Live<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"play-btn\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><br \/>\n<svg width=\"100\" height=\"100\" viewbox=\"0 0 100 100\" fill=\"none\">\n<circle cx=\"50\" cy=\"50\" r=\"50\" fill=\"black\" fill-opacity=\"45%\"\/>\n<path d=\"M64 49.5L43 62.9234V36.0766L64 49.5Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Further episodes will include classical music\u2019s biggest scandals, including riotous premieres, and most over-the-top moments, from 40-part harmonies to actual cannons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Tom Allen\u00a0said: \u201cClassical music has everything: glamour, passion, genius &#8211; and people behaving absolutely appallingly! I\u2019m looking forward to joining Classic FM &#8211; a station I love listening to &#8211; and to celebrate the divas, scandals and magnificent mischief-makers of the classical world. Frankly, I feel among friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Joseph Zubier, Managing Editor of Classic FM, said: \u201cTom is the perfect guide to this wonderfully entertaining world of classical excess. I know he will bring his trademark warmth and brilliant sense of fun to this new mini-series which will be a fantastic addition to our Classic FM Hall of Fame weekend. Listeners are in for a treat &#8211; and possibly the odd tantrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-subtitle\"><em>Totally Outrageous with Tom Allen<\/em> launches on Friday 3 April at 9pm on Classic FM and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Global Player<\/a> \u2013 the official Classic FM app.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.classicfm.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 March 2026, 08:30 Comedian Tom Allen to present new series \u2018Totally Outrageous\u2019 on Classic FM. Picture: Classic FM High drama, higher notes, and classical music\u2019s biggest divas. Comedian and presenter Tom Allen joins Classic FM to host a brand-new series, revealing the most extraordinary personalities behind some of the world\u2019s favourite classical music. From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2351415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2351414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Comedian-Tom-Allen-joins-Classic-FM-to-present-new-\u2018Totally.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2351416,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351414\/revisions\/2351416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}