R2OK! Forum Index R2OK!
Contact R2OK! admin

Click here for R2OK! Website


 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be:

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    R2OK! Forum Index -> Other radio stations and Podcasts
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
becky sharp



Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 6847

PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:46 pm    Post subject: Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be: Reply with quote

The Lionel Bart Story...the Radio 4 Book of the Week.

I'm enjoying listening to this adaptation of a new biography about Lionel Bart

Interesting to hear that the Guardian reviewer of the day didn't rate Oliver at all ...wonder if he/she changed their mind.... Smile

Lionel Bart was a unique musical talent. He found fame with the hugely successful musicals Oliver! and 'Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be', but he was also a hit-making machine for some of Britain's first rock'n'roll stars - Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard, as well as giving the James Bond movie franchise its first song.

He socialised with figures from both serious and populist culture, and experienced a downfall that was as spectacular as his theatrical triumphs.

David and Caroline Stafford's new biography of Bart draws on previously unseen archive sources and interviews with those closest to him.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018g2z1
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
FleetingEileenM



Joined: 30 Mar 2010
Posts: 5784
Location: Hampshire

PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Becky, I'm enjoying it too. I haven't heard today's yet. I wonder what made Ron Moody choose Nessun Dorma for his audition? Thank goodness he was called back to re-audition and won the part of his lifetime!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
becky sharp



Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 6847

PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FleetingEileenM wrote:
Becky, I'm enjoying it too. I haven't heard today's yet. I wonder what made Ron Moody choose Nessun Dorma for his audition? Thank goodness he was called back to re-audition and won the part of his lifetime!

Yes,Eileen, that did seem a strange choice.....Smile .but despite it, as you say, he was called back to re-audition ..they obviously saw something that appealed to them.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    R2OK! Forum Index -> Other radio stations and Podcasts All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com