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Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye star as Iris and Bernard in the series written by Vince Powell and Mike Craig.
With David Ross ,
Marlene Sidaway , Peter Wheeler and Julie Higginson.
A Mike Craig production
Repeated on Thursday at 7.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Su Pollard
Unknown:
Gorden Kaye
Written By:
Vince Powell
Written By:
Mike Craig.
Unknown:
David Ross
Unknown:
Marlene Sidaway
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Julie Higginson.
Unknown:
Mike Craig

A tribute to the colourful career of the maverick pop kid whose trademarks include a baseball cap and bow-tie. Jonathan talks about his chequered career under various names in different areas, and features clips from friends, colleagues and adversaries. Producer Sonia Beldom

Contributors

Producer:
Sonia Beldom

Julia Migenes stars in the fourth of Radio 2's series of Broadway musicals, the 1953 classic score by Robert Wright and George Forrest, based on themes of Alexander Borodin.
Kismet was subtitled "a musical Arabian night" and that it very much is with its setting in ancient Baghdad and its plot of romance and intrigue.

With the Stephen Hill Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn

Contributors

Composer:
Robert Wright
Composer:
George Forrest
Singers:
The Stephen Hill Singers
Musicians:
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor:
Kenneth Alwyn
Script Associate:
David Kelsey
Producer:
John Langridge
Hajj the Poet:
Ethan Freeman
Lalume:
Julia Migenes
Caliph:
Stephen Hill
Marsinah:
Katrina Murphy
Omar Khayyam:
Frank Middlemass
Wazir:
David Alder
Jawan:
David Healey
Hassan Ben:
Frank Jarvis
Chief Policeman:
David Kelsey
Widow Yussef:
Anny Tobin

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