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with Folk on 2 Jim Lloyd welcomes two old friends to the studio -
Gary and Vera Aspey from Leigh in Lancashire. Their live performances celebrate the traditions and heritage of the north of England, and tonight's set includes a 19th-century hunting song, a dialect poem, a mill girl's lullabye and a canal boat song.
Plus Young Tradition Award winner Michael McGoldrick.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Lloyd
Unknown:
Vera Aspey
Unknown:
Michael McGoldrick.

"A can of worms' is how
Peggy Seeger describes the Critics. Tonight she explains to Jim Lloyd how, through her work with the Critics, she developed as a singer and songwriter. The programme ends with New Spring Morning, written for Ewan MacColl when she knew her life-long partner was dying.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Seeger
Unknown:
Jim Lloyd
Unknown:
Ewan MacColl

In a four-part series, Joe Brown looks back at the story of skiffle.
2: Coffee Bars and Quiffs
Reminiscences from Cliff Richard, Wally Whyton, Adam Faith, Paul Lincoln - and a hair-raising tale from Wee Willie Harris.
Producer Barbara Wallace

Contributors

Presenter:
Joe Brown
Speaker:
Cliff Richard
Speaker:
Wally Whyton
Speaker:
Adam Faith
Speaker:
Paul Lincoln
Speaker:
Willie Harris
Producer:
Barbara Wallace

4: The Modem Age
Barbara Dickson continues her five-part series exploring the history of hymns by looking at the hymns of our time, from Youth Praise to Graham Kendrick and Martyn Joseph. She also finds much to admire in the music of spiritual renewal being pioneered by, for example, the Taize
Community in France. A Presentable production

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Dickson
Unknown:
Graham Kendrick
Unknown:
Martyn Joseph.

The Organist Entertains
Tonight, a visit to the Organ Museum at St Albans - the home for a number of theatre organs, mechanical organs and other mechanical musical instruments, lovingly tended by the curator Bill Walker. QUARTERLY FACTSHEET: send A4 sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Walker.

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