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A Handful of Songs - the Lionel Bart Story

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3/3. Joint presenters Barbara Windsor and Matt Lucas conclude a profile of songwriter Lionel Bart, who died in 1999, aged 68, following huge successes and a long period of personal troubles. This final instalment details Bart's failure to follow up the stage success of Oliver! (1960), with neither Blitz! (1962) nor Twang! (1965) hitting the bullseye. Plus a look at his career-numbing addiction to drugs and alcohol and his comeback in 1989, when he performed the song Happy Endings in a TV ad. Contributors include Ron Moody, Cameron Mackintosh, Don Black, Justin Hayward and Herbert Kretzmer.

Contributors

Presenter:
Barbara Windsor
Presenter:
Matt Lucas
Interviewee:
Ron Moody
Interviewee:
Cameron Mackintosh
Interviewee:
Don Black
Interviewee:
Justin Hayward
Interviewee:
Herbert Kretzmer
Source: Radio Times

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