Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,743 playable programmes from the BBC

Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, with guest vocalists Gavin Carr and soprano Marilyn Hill Smith, plus guitar duo Gerald Garcia and Alison Bendy. Presented by Angela Rippon.

The interval features Richard Baker playing music on disc by the Choral Scholars of Kings College, Cambridge.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Balcombe
Unknown:
Gavin Carr
Soprano:
Marilyn Hill Smith
Unknown:
Gerald Garcia
Unknown:
Alison Bendy
Presented By:
Angela Rippon
Unknown:
Richard Baker

Anton Lesser reads from Tom Sharpe 's anarchic comedy about college lecturer Henry Wilt , whose calm life is repeatedly thrown into chaos. Tonight the henpecked husband starts a new academic year.
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Lesser
Unknown:
Tom Sharpe
Unknown:
Henry Wilt
Produced By:
Jane Marshall

Malcolm Laycock presents the story of William "Count" Basie, one of the greatest of all the big band leaders of the swing era and beyond. 5: Street of Dreams. A programme devoted to the Count's musical love affairwith singers, including Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett ,
Joe Williams and others.

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Laycock
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Tony Bennett
Unknown:
Joe Williams

BBC Radio 2

About BBC Radio 2

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More