New series 1/5. A series that examines pieces of music that never fail to touch their audience.
Mad about the Boy. Noël Coward wrote Mad about the Boy in 1932 forthe review Words and Music to celebrate the powerful appeal of the silent movie star. Most recently it's been taken up as a gay anthem.
Sheridan Morley , Sir John Mills , Maria Aitken and Kit
Hesketh-Harvey explain why this has become the most recorded number of all Coward's work. producer Lucy Lunt