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Front Row: Country star Glen Campbell on playing with Elvis

Country star Glen Campbell on playing with Elvis

29/04/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Country star Glen Campbell on playing with Elvis

Country star Glen Campbell and the cello piece fit for Prince Charles.

Country star Glen Campbell on playing with Elvis, the first CD of Walton's cello piece for Prince Charles, historical maps at the British Library, and Nicola Barker's new novel.

Country star Glen Campbell recalls playing for Elvis and reflects on his ancestral bond with Scotland. Novelist Lawrence Norfolk reviews an exhibition of maps from 1400 onwards at the British Library, including the largest atlas in the world. Cellist Tony Woollard on making the first ever recording of Theme for a Prince, written by Sir William Walton for the Prince of Wales in 1970. Nicola Barker, Booker nominated for her novel Darkmans, discusses her new book, Burley Cross Postbox Theft.

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