The Freedland Files

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The Freedland Files: 2. Fred Astaire to Harry Belafonte

2. Fred Astaire to Harry Belafonte

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Freedland Files, 2. Fred Astaire to Harry Belafonte

Stars galore as author Michael Freedland opens his audio archives.

Ginger Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney and more. Michael Freedland shares his audio archives for the first time. From 2018.

Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, shares more from 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 second of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:

Fred Astaire
Adele Astaire
Ginger Rodgers
Chuck Walters
Nanette Fabray
Rita Hayworth
Sammy Khan
Margaret Thatcher
Harold Wilson
Julius Epstein
Ingrid Bergman
Milton Sperling
Hal Wallis
Stevie Phillips
James Cagney
Harry Belafonte

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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