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Georges Brassens: the Man with the Famous Moustache

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The name is famous, the songs are famous - but who was Georges Brassens ? Artist and illustrator
Quentin Blake gets behind the moustache to discover more about the great French singer and songwriter, with the help of his biographer
Jacques Vassal , rock writer Jean-Daniel Beauvallet and some of Brassens's British admirers, including
Posy Simmonds , Julian Barnes , Michael Rosen and Tim PigOtt-Smith Producer Chris Marshall

Contributors

Artist:
Georges Brassens
Unknown:
Quentin Blake
Unknown:
Jacques Vassal
Unknown:
Jean-Daniel Beauvallet
Unknown:
Posy Simmonds
Unknown:
Julian Barnes
Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Producer:
Chris Marshall
Source: Radio Times

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