It was a Solid Killing Match

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Delia created music and effects known as "It Was a Solid Killing Match" for a 55-minute[1] BBC film Monty Returns to El Alamein, an outside broadcast for TV produced by Ray Colley and the "Film and music editor" credit goes to Norman Matthews.[2][3]

The Imperial War Museum has a copy of it with catalogue entry

Main title: MONTY RETURNS TO EL ALAMEIN
Catalogue number: PMM 16
Production date: 1967-10-19
Place made: GB
Creator: BBC Television (Production company)
         Colley, Ray (Production individual)

whose description includes the phrase:

national and personal tastes in fighting (eg. Australians like a "solid killing match")[4]

The programme is also the cover story of Radio Times issue #2292 for programmes broadcast from 14-20th Oct 1967.[5]

Track list

The following sequences seem to be Delia's work:

  • 00:00-Intro:

Availability

  • Broadast on the 19th October 1967 on BBC1.[5][4][6]
  • The BBC Sound Archive tape TRW 6718 is missing.[2]
  • On 16mm film at the Imperial War Museum.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Monty Returns to El Alamein on film.iwmcollections.org.uk
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6718.
  3. The credits at the end of the film.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Monty Returns To El Alamein on iwm.org.uk
  5. 5.0 5.1 The entry for Radio Times #2292 on radiotimesbacknumbers.com
  6. Monty Returns to El Alamein on the BBC Genome Project.