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1/4. Jazz singer Claire Martin celebrates the centenary of songwriter Harold Arlen, whose hits include It's Only a Paper Moon, Stormy Weather, That Old Black Magic,
The Man That Got Away and, most famously, Over the Rainbow.
Featuring new interviews with Tony Bennett, Michael Feinstein and Richard Rodney Bennett, who takes to the piano to illustrate Arlen's art and style.

Contributors

Presenter:
Claire Martin
Interviewee:
Tony Bennett
Interviewee:
Michael Feinstein
Interviewee/Pianist:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Producer:
Mark Rowles

A re-run of an abridged version of Evelyn Waugh 's satire, published in 1928 and read here by Rik Mayall. 1/8. At Scone College, Oxford, Paul Pennyfeather has an encounter with Digby-Vaine-Trumpington. Abridged by Neville Taylor Producer Clive Stanhope

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Rik Mayall.
Unknown:
Paul Pennyfeather
Abridged By:
Neville Taylor
Producer:
Clive Stanhope

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