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Cerys takes listeners on a global journey of discovery with music of all genres and eras.

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BBC Music on the World Service with Cerys Matthews: Sir Peter Blake

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Peter Blake

12/08/2017 GMT

Sir Peter Blake

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Pop artist and co-creator of the iconic sleeve design for The Beatles Sgt Pepper album

Cerys’s guest is the English pop artist Sir Peter Blake, best known for co-creating the iconic sleeve design for The Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.

The English pop artist Sir Peter Blake, best known for co-creating the iconic sleeve design for The Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, is Cerys's guest. As this cultural masterpiece celebrates its half century, Sir Peter, knighted at Buckingham Palace in London in 2002 for his services to art, tells Cerys about his career as a cutting edge artist, how he came to be associated with The Beatles, and shares his love of music, including key tracks and reminiscences from the album as well as his youth,  and delves into his own much loved collection of jazz music.

Picture: Peter Blake, Credit: Getty Images

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