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WHEN BONEY WAS A WARRIOR

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A musical account of English life during the Napoleonic Wars
Part 1
Singers:
CHARLES WEST , PAT WHITMORE CHARLES YOUNG
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
BBC Midland Light ORCHESTRA Leader. John Bradbury
Conducted by Alfred Ralston
Narrators:
CHARLES CHILTON , ANN MURRAY STEPHEN THORNE , Charles WEST
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON
Pleasure Gardens, the sea-bathing mania, the Industrial Revolution, recruiting, the press-gang, life below decks and in the field, the threat of invasion, the attitudes of masters and workers, the popular musical theatre ... a sound-picture of the social life of the times in three fortnightly programmes.

Contributors

Singers:
Charles West
Singers:
Pat Whitmore
Leader:
John Bradbury
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Narrators:
Charles Chilton
Narrators:
Ann Murray
Narrators:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
Charles Chilton
Source: Radio Times

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