Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, shares more from 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 last of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:

Kathryn Crosby [Kathryn Grant]
Joe Spaccavento
Juliet Prowse
Azalea Smith-Moore
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Andre Previn
Eric Morecambe
Ernie Wise
Larry Adler
Gene Kelly
Topol
Joe Loss
Jennifer Jankel
Johnny Mercer
Don Black
Vera Lynn
Ethel Merman

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