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2/2. To coincide with the 20th anniversary of EastEnders and the 45th year of Coronation Street, Martin Kemp presents a full-throttle history of British soap opera. This edition explores the impact of next-generation soaps like Brookside and EastEnders and looks at the degree to which the shows affect people's lives. Plus input from producers, writers and soap stars, who recall their favourite scenes of all time.

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Kemp

1/3. Guy Barker recalls the stormy life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, an eye-catchingly good-looking performer who emerged triumphantly in the early 1950s but who died in 1988, aged 58, following a 30-year run of drug addiction. Contributors include biographer Jeroen de Valk, singer Trudy Kerr, saxophonist Lennie Niehaus and Digby Fairweather.

Contributors

Presenter:
Guy Barker
Interviewee:
Jeroen de Valk
Interviewee:
Trudy Kerr
Interviewee:
Lennie Niehaus
Interviewee:
Digby Fairweather
Producer:
Nick St George

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