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[[The Long Distance Piano Player]] was the first ever programme in the BBC's ''Play for Today'' series, broadcast on 15th October 1970<ref name=screenonline>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/454719/index.html ''Play For Today'''s entry at screenonline.org.uk]</ref> starring Ray Davies and directed by [[Philip Saville]] about a several-day marathon of non-stop piano playing.

Mark Ayres' [[Initial Catalogue]] describes one of Delia's tapes as "Long Distance Piano Player?"<ref>[[DD232]]</ref> and it is listed in Briscoe's ''[[Radiophonic Workshop Television and Radio Commitments 1970]]''<ref>[[DD072643]]</ref> but all the music is orchestral, solo piano or jazz and the Radiophonic Workshop is not credited<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414239/fullcredits ''The Long Distance Piano Player'''s entry in imdb.com]</ref>.

=Papers=
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Image:DD072643.jpg|[[DD072643]]: ''[[Radiophonic Workshop Television and Radio Commitments 1970]]'' listing [[Long Distance Piano Player]]
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=Tapes=
* [[DD166]]: Ray Davies' ''Got To Be Free'', for inclusion in this
* [[DD232]]: Ray Davies Marathon Copy (Long Distance Piano Player? TRW 4069?) 

=Availability=
* First broadcast on 15th October 1970.<ref name=screenonline/>

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