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3. Kathryn Crosby to Ethel Merman

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James Stewart, Gene Kelly, Ernie Wise and more. Michael Freedland shares his audio archives for the first time. From 2018.

Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, shares more from his star-packed audio archives.

In a programme made to mark the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Michael shares his extensive collection for the first time on 4 Extra.

As a writer, presenter and interviewer for over 50 years, he recorded many of the biggest Oscar-winning names, great entertainers and leading public figures.

Featuring extracts from Michael's radio documentaries, revealing some of the lesser-known tales of the great stars of stage and screen.

In the last of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:

Kathryn Crosby [Kathryn Grant]
Joe Spaccavento
Juliet Prowse
Azalea Smith-Moore
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Andre Previn
Eric Morecambe
Ernie Wise
Larry Adler
Gene Kelly
Topol
Joe Loss
Jennifer Jankel
Johnny Mercer
Don Black
Vera Lynn
Ethel Merman

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2018.

* Sadly Michael Freedland died aged 83, six months after the first broadcast.

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Sun 1 Sep 2024 05:00

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