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Don Maclean hosts an hour of fun and musical variety as Radio 2 celebrates the talents of the Choirgirl of the Year for 1994 Fiona Wight, now at the end of her reign. Joining Fiona at her farewell concert from All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent, are special guests Helen Shapiro, the Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra, and Sutton Valence School Choir, with a repertoire from the classics, spirituals and more

Contributors

Unknown:
Don MacLean
Unknown:
Helen Shapiro
Producer:
Ruth Price

Miles Kington's monthly review of books about music. Michael Freedland talks to Robin Ray about his book Jolson, and Stephen Brook , author of The
Penguin Anthology of Opera, talks to Richard Stilgoe , a former opera singer. Producer Dave Shannon

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Freedland
Unknown:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Stephen Brook
Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Producer:
Dave Shannon

The Cambridge Footlights return to the radio waves once again as Ken Bruce introduces the first of four episodes of the classic series. First broadcast in 1964, it features
John Cleese , Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie with pre-Python lunacy.
Producer Barry Littlechild Rpt

Contributors

Introduces:
Ken Bruce
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Producer:
Barry Littlechild Rpt

Recorded at the Marlowe
Theatre, Canterbury, the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday , conducted by Alfred Walter , with singer Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano). Music from the pens of Suppe,
Fall, Gluck, Mozart, Kreisler and, of course, the Strauss family. Introduced by Richard Baker.
Producer Alan Boyd Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Loveday
Conducted By:
Alfred Walter
Introduced By:
Richard Baker.
Producer:
Alan Boyd Rpt

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