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A Handful of Songs - theLionel Bart Story

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2/3. Joint presenters Barbara
Windsor and Matt Lucas recall the life and career of songwriter
Lionel Bart , who died in 1999, aged 68, following huge successes and a long period of drug and alcohol addiction. Bart provided
Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele with career-boosting hits and wrote the 1960 big-hit musical Oliver!, whose 1968 filmed version won six Oscars. This instalment looks at
Oliver's impact on musical theatre. Contributors include Ron Moody, Cameron Mackintosh , Don Black and Herbert Kretzmer , plus archive interviews with Lionel Bart.

Contributors

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Matt Lucas
Songwriter:
Lionel Bart
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Cliff Richard
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Tommy Steele
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Cameron MacKintosh
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Don Black
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Herbert Kretzmer
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Lionel Bart.
Source: Radio Times

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