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[[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> and starring Ray Davies and directed by [[Philip Saville]] about a several-day marathon of non-stop piano playing.
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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 on Briscoe's 1971 list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop productions.<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 ''Long Distance Piano Player'''s entry in imdb.com]</ref>.
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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>.
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=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=
 
=Tapes=
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* [[DD166]]: Ray Davies' ''Got To Be Free'', for inclusion in this
 
* [[DD232]]: Ray Davies Marathon Copy (Long Distance Piano Player? TRW 4069?)  
 
* [[DD232]]: Ray Davies Marathon Copy (Long Distance Piano Player? TRW 4069?)  
  
 
=Availability=
 
=Availability=
 
* First broadcast on 15th October 1970.<ref name=screenonline/>
 
* First broadcast on 15th October 1970.<ref name=screenonline/>
* The entire episode is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x320Zh3apQ on YouTube]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 18 April 2023

The Long Distance Piano Player was the first ever programme in the BBC's Play for Today series, broadcast on 15th October 1970[1] 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?"[2] and it is listed in Briscoe's Radiophonic Workshop Television and Radio Commitments 1970[3] but all the music is orchestral, solo piano or jazz and the Radiophonic Workshop is not credited[4].

Papers

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.[1]

References