Blue Peter, BBC TV's ever popular children's programme, comes to the Proms and the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate its 40th birthday with music, fun and games from presenter Katy Hill and Yan "Clouseau" Tortelier.
Islington Music Centre Children's Choir, Adrian Spillett (percussion), BBC Philharmonic, conductors Yan Pascal Tortelier and Rumon Gamba
Including:
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Ravel Bolero
Errolyn Wallen Percussion Concerto (Finale)
And music by Bach, Strauss, Bartok, Prokofiev, Bizet and Debussy.
2.45 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
In 1842, Robert Browning wrote a poem to cheer up the ill ten-year-old son of a friend. The poem has enchanted children and adults ever since. Peggy Reynolds introduces a reading of "The Pied Piper" by Andrew Sachs.
3.05 The fun continues.
(Wallace and Gromit's TV and wireless guide: page 32)