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Happy Birthday, Sir Peter

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Sir Peter Pears is 70 today. We celebrate the great tenor's birthday by repeating a recital of English songs which he gave with Benjamin Britten in the early days of BBC2. The songs, arranged by Britten, include such favourites as ' The foggy, foggy, dew', ' Sweet Polly Oliver ', ' Sally in our alley '. Introduced by HUMPHREY BURTON and WALTER TODDS

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Sir Peter Pears
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Benjamin Britten
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Polly Oliver
Introduced By:
Humphrey Burton
Introduced By:
Walter Todds
Source: Radio Times

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