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The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night Is Music Night

Sunday Night is Music Night: 60th Anniversary Concert

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20/09/2013

60th Anniversary Concert

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, 60th Anniversary Concert

Featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra with special guests live in concert.

A 60th anniversary broadcast paying tribute to the world's longest running live orchestral show. Special guests include Russell Watson and London Voices.

Ken Bruce joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Roderick Dunk as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night - with special guests Russell Watson, Wynne Evans Marilyn Hill-Smith, Mary Carewe and London Voices.

The first presenters of the show were all BBC staff announcers allocated on a rota basis. The first presenter of the show was ex-Variety Bandbox presenter Philip Slessor followed by wartime newsreader Frank Phillips, then Jimmy Kingsbury and James Alexander Gordon, Eugene Fraser, Richard Baker, Brian Kay, Angela Rippon, Helen Mayhew and briefly John Marsh. Robin Boyle was at the microphone from the 1970's until the 1990's. Today Ken Bruce is the main FNIMN presenter as well as guest presenters who have included - Sir Michael Parkinson;Paul Gambaccini; Michael Ball; Paul O'Grady; Barbara Windsor and John Barrowman .

Today Friday Night is Music Night is one of BBC Radio's longest running programmes and it is the world's longest running live orchestral music show. The longest running live music show being the Grand Ole Opry which has been broadcast since 1925.

Tonight's special 60th anniversary broadcast pays tribute to some of the great stars who appeared at the microphone and the many fine orchestral pieces arranged specially for the BBC Concert Orchestra. The programme includes music by Ivor Novello, Cole Porter, Eric Coates, John Williams and Antonin Dvorak.

This programme was first broadcast on 20th September 2013.

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