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The Big Broadcast

01/06/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Big Broadcast

Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1932 Chicago radio studio.

Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1932 Chicago radio studio stars Josie Lawrence and Nigel Harman as an acrimonious songwriting couple who need a new song to save the day.

The Big Broadcast 

Words and music by Neil Brand

It's 1932, and the Chicago Beefsteak's Hour of Charm is the most successful programme on Midwest US radio. Tonight's live broadcast stars famous husband and wife team of composer/lyricists Grant Thornhill and Jean Forsythe. Gambling Grant is in debt to gangster Brannigan but a new song might just save the day.

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Olivia Robinson, Stephen Jeffes

Director: David Hunter.

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