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Paul Gambaccini presents radio's widest-ranging music quiz.

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Counterpoint: Series 31

Counterpoint: Series 31: Episode 11: Semi-Final 2, 2017

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Episode 11: Semi-Final 2, 2017

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Semi-Final 2, 2017

BBC Radio 4 - Counterpoint, Series 31, Semi-Final 2, 2017

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

Paul Gambaccini asking the questions as three heat winners compete for a place in the 2017 final.

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Which jazz drummer was a child prodigy in the 1920s, reputedly earning more than any child performer apart from the film actor Jackie Coogan? And in which film did Marni Nixon, whose singing voice had doubled for many a famous film star down the years, finally first appear on screen?
Paul Gambaccini has the answers to these and many other questions in the second semi-final of Counterpoint - but will the competitors know? Another of the places in the 2017 Final awaits the winner of today's contest. To get that far, as always, they'll have to put in a creditable performance on a musical 'specialist subject' which they've had no chance to prepare.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.

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Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz.

Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz, with contestants from all over the UK competing to become Radio 4's musical mastermind for 2017.

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