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2/3. Joint presenters Barbara
Windsor and Matt Lucas recall the life and career of songwriter
Lionel Bart , who died in 1999, aged 68, following huge successes and a long period of drug and alcohol addiction. Bart provided
Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele with career-boosting hits and wrote the 1960 big-hit musical Oliver!, whose 1968 filmed version won six Oscars. This instalment looks at
Oliver's impact on musical theatre. Contributors include Ron Moody, Cameron Mackintosh , Don Black and Herbert Kretzmer , plus archive interviews with Lionel Bart.

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Lucas
Songwriter:
Lionel Bart
Unknown:
Cliff Richard
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Cameron MacKintosh
Unknown:
Don Black
Unknown:
Herbert Kretzmer
Unknown:
Lionel Bart.

Martin Yates conducts the BBC
Concert Orchestra with guests
Jacinta Whyte and David Shannon , and James Pearson (piano) and Stephen Bell (French horn).
Presented by Paul Gambaccini.

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Yates
Unknown:
Jacinta Whyte
Unknown:
David Shannon
Piano:
James Pearson
Piano:
Stephen Bell
Presented By:
Paul Gambaccini.

Sex and the City star
Cynthia Nixon reads an abridged verson of Anita Loos 's satirical 1925 novel, which spawned numerous stage and screen adaptations, most famously Howard Hawks's 1953 Hollywood musical comedy. 3/8. Lorelei disembarks in London and continues her manhunt.
Abridged by Neville Teller

Contributors

Unknown:
Cynthia Nixon
Unknown:
Anita Loos
Abridged By:
Neville Teller

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