The Freedland Files

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The Freedland Files: 1. Vera Lynn to George Raft

1. Vera Lynn to George Raft

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Freedland Files, 1. Vera Lynn to George Raft

Gregory Peck, Julie Andrews and more.  Michael Freedland opens his audio archives.

Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews and more. Michael Freedland shares his audio archives for the first time. From 2018.

Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, opens his star-packed audio archives. 

In a programme made to mark the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Michael shares his extensive collection for the first time on 4 Extra. 

As a writer, presenter and interviewer for over 50 years, he recorded many of the biggest Oscar-winning names, great entertainers and leading public figures.

Featuring extracts from Michael's radio documentaries, revealing some of the lesser-known tales of the great stars of stage and screen. 

In the first of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:

Vera Lynn
The Reverend William Gowland
Maurice Chevalier
George Burns
Jack Benny
Walter Matthau
Jack Lemmon 
Frankie Vaughan and his wife Stella Shock
Gregory Peck
Julie Andrews
George Raft

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2018.

*   Sadly Michael Freedland died aged 83, six months after the first broadcast.

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Tales of the great stars of stage and screen. Michael Freedland opens his audio archives.

Tales of the great stars of stage and screen. Michael Freedland opens his audio archives featuring the Academy Awards.

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