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Delia is credited with music for a BBC television programme "[[Famous Gossips]]" produced by [[Patrick Garland]]. [[Alan Bennett]] is credited as Augustus Hare in "FAMOUS GOSSIPS: Augustus Hare - The Years With Mother".<ref name=screenonline/>
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Delia is credited with music for a BBC television programme "[[Famous Gossips]]" produced by [[Patrick Garland]].
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>
 
Six literary immortals brought to life by six actors of today
 
<BR>CHARLES APPERLEY<BR>
 
The Tribute to Squire Mytton 1796-1834 played by NIGEL STOCK who gossips about ... only one John Mytton ... his extraordinary frolics with his chaplain, his bear, his fox-hounds, his racing establishment, his wine cellars, and his wardrobe ... his enjoyment of life ... his ruin his death .. his funeral ... with the Huntsman and Whipper in of the New Forest Buckhounds<ref name=genome>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee4ac08b51124f9c87ecfe90647789dc [[Famous Gossips]] on the BBC Genome Project.</ref>
 
</BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 
 
Its tape is dated 1st May 1965 and it was broadcast on 22nd August of the same year.<ref name=TLL6302/>
 
  
 
The BBC Genome Project lists:<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22famous+gossips%22 A search for "Famous Gossips"] on the BBC Genome Project.</ref>
 
The BBC Genome Project lists:<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22famous+gossips%22 A search for "Famous Gossips"] on the BBC Genome Project.</ref>
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* 21 Feb, 1968 - The Years with Mother: Alan Bennett plays Augustus Hare, presumably a repeat.
 
* 21 Feb, 1968 - The Years with Mother: Alan Bennett plays Augustus Hare, presumably a repeat.
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Its tape is dated 1st May 1965 and its catalogue entry says it was first broadcast on 22nd August of the same year<ref name=TLL6302/> but we don't know if Delia's music was a theme for the whole series or only for the first episode.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:28, 19 December 2015

Delia is credited with music for a BBC television programme "Famous Gossips" produced by Patrick Garland.

The BBC Genome Project lists:[1]

  • 22 Aug. 1965 - John Aubrey: The Antiquary
  • 29 Aug. 1965 - Parson Yorick: The Sentimental Traveller
  • 01 Sep. 1965 - Harriette Wilson: Angelic Harry
  • 12 Sep. 1965 - Charles Apperley: The Tribute to Squire Mytton
  • 19 Sep. 1965 - Augustus Hare: The Years with Mother
  • 26 Sep. 1965 - Oscar Wilde: Monsieur Sebastian Melmoth

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  • 21 Feb, 1968 - The Years with Mother: Alan Bennett plays Augustus Hare, presumably a repeat.

Its tape is dated 1st May 1965 and its catalogue entry says it was first broadcast on 22nd August of the same year[2] but we don't know if Delia's music was a theme for the whole series or only for the first episode.

Credits

  • Unknown: Squire Mytton
  • Played By: Nigel Stock
  • Unknown: John Mytton
  • Introduced By: Hugo Dyson
  • Designer: Julia Trevelyn Oman
  • Produced By: Patrick Garland[3]

Availability

  • Broadcast on BBC1 on 22nd August 1965 at 10.40pm[2] or 12th September 1965[3] or 19th September 1965.[4]
  • In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6302.[2]
  • In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 4.[2][5]

References

  1. A search for "Famous Gossips" on the BBC Genome Project.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Tape Library List entry for TRW 6302: "Famous Gossips".
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named genome
  4. Alan Bennett's entry] on screenonline.org.uk
  5. The Tape Library List entry for TRW 4: "Radiophonic Workshop Archive Tape 4".