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Barry Humphries Forgotten Musical Masterpieces

Series 1

Episode 2: The Age of the Wireless

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Barry Humphries celebrates the age of the wireless and aims to transport listeners to a bygone era with a selection of vintage recordings by artists, who were once star names, but who are today rarely, if ever, heard on air. The show opens with Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing the song 'Radio Times' (a copy of the sheet music for which was issued with the 1934 Christmas edition of the magazine of the same name). Also musical comedians Norman Long and Stanelli perform an ode to the BBC Licence Fee with the song 'All For Ten Shillings A Year'. Show less

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