Famous Gossips

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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

and

  • 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".