Italia Prize-winner 1960 (Documentary section)
A radio ballad on the three generations of the herring fisherman by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker
Produced by CHARLES PARKER Told by SAM LARNER of Winterton RONNIE BALLS of Yarmouth
GEORGE DRAPER of Lowestoft
FRANK WEST of Gardenstown with the crew of the Honeydew, and men and women from the fishing communities of East Anglia and the Moray Firth
Set into songs by Ewan MacColl with A. L. LLOYD
ELIZABETH and JANE STEWART
IAN CAMPBELL , JOHN CLARENCE and a section of THE CLARION SINGERS under KATHERINE THOMSON
JIM BRAY (bass)
FITZROY COLEMAN (guitar)
ALF EDWARDS
(concertina and ocarina)
KAY GRAHAM (fiddle)
PEGGY SEEGER (banjo, mandolin, and auto harp)
BRUCE TURNER
(alto sax and clarinet)
The hymn sung by Lewis Cardno of Cairnbulg
The poem The Elusive Herring written and read by James Burnett of Gardenstown
Orchestration and music by Peggy Seeger
Technical direction, John Clarke
Shortened version of the broadcast of August 16, 1960 (Midland Home Service)
An L.P. record of this programme. is available on Argo No. RG 502