My Dream Dinner Party

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Presenters host guests from beyond the grave, brought to life through the radio archive.

Presenters host a gathering with a twist - all their guests are from beyond the grave, long-time heroes brought back to life by the wonders of the radio archive.

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My Dream Dinner Party: Jane Horrocks's Dream Dinner Party

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Actor Jane Horrocks in conversation with her heroes, brought back to life.

Actress Jane Horrocks’s dinner party with a twist with guests from beyond the grave, helped by the BBC radio archive. From 2019.

Actor Jane Horrocks hosts a dinner party with a twist - all her guests are from beyond the grave! 

But her heroes are brought back to life by the magic of the BBC radio archive.

An all-star line-up is joining Jane for dinner:  

* Singer and entertainer Cilla Black
* Poet and novelist Sylvia Plath
* TV celebrity chef Fanny Craddock (and her sidekick, Jonny)
* Singer-songwriter Ian Dury
* Underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. 

While the Lancashire hotpot bubbles in the oven, the dinner party conversation becomes loud and mischievous – from the thrill of breaking taboos on stage, to the wonder of the sea, from the loneliness of fame to the joy of English eccentricity -  and plenty of singing/performance around the dinner table.  

Producer: Sarah Peters & Peregrine Andrews

A Tuning Fork and Open Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

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