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Tom Jenkins and the Grand Hotel

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

For more than 20 years, up to ten million listeners let their imaginations drift into the idyllic surroundings o
Eastbourne's Grand Hotel, when memories of Edwardian splendour were evoked in broadcasts led by the violinist Tom Jenkins. A household name in his day, Jenkins evaporated from public awareness with his premature death in 1957. Simon Townley goes in search of this lost icon of British light music.
Producer Paul Evans Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Contributors

Violinist:
Tom Jenkins.
Unknown:
Simon Townley
Producer:
Paul Evans
Source: Radio Times

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