Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, opens his star-packed audio archives.

In a programme made to mark the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Michael shares his extensive collection for the first time on 4 Extra.

As a writer, presenter and interviewer for over 50 years, he recorded many of the biggest Oscar-winning names, great entertainers and leading public figures.

Featuring extracts from Michael's radio documentaries, revealing some of the lesser-known tales of the great stars of stage and screen.

In the first of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:

Vera Lynn
The Reverend William Gowland
Maurice Chevalier
George Burns
Jack Benny
Walter Matthau
Jack Lemmon
Frankie Vaughan and his wife Stella Shock
Gregory Peck
Julie Andrews
George Raft

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2018.

* Sadly Michael Freedland died aged 83, six months after the first broadcast. Show less