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| Archive Hour, The | ...Paul Vaughan profiles jingle writer Johnny Johnston, who wrote more than 4,000 catchy tunes from `Beanz Meanz Heinz' to `Softness Is a Thing Called Comfort' after independent television went on air in Britain in 1955. In the trade he became known as the king of the jingles. With contributions from Dame VERA LYNN, Bill Cotton, Denis Norden and Cliff Adams ... |
| Bands That Mattered, The | ...He begins with Bert Ambrose, who held sway at The Embassy Club and The Mayfair Hotel, was the favourite of royalty and employed, among others, Ted Heath, Anne Shelton, Stanley Black and VERA LYNN. With the help of many interviews from the BBC archives and historic recordings of his various bands, Brian reveals how Benjamin Baruch, the son of a Jewish wool merchant, became Ambrose - leader of the West End's foremost dance orchestra and one of the most glamorous figures of his day.... |
| Bill Cotton's Double Bill | ...The second in a five-part series in which Bill Cotton CBE talks to Colin Morris about his fifty years in show business. This week, `Tin Pan Alley', featuring Steve Conway, Frank Sinatra, Teresa Brewer, VERA LYNN and Alma Cogan.... |
| Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs Of Dover | ...Surely, Dame VERA LYNN's wartime classic is British, original and entirely without controversy. Or perhaps not. Ian Hislop discovers the chequered history of this musical mainstay of the British nation in its finest hour. Could it really be a song weighed down by politics, propaganda and even a touch of plagiarism? And what about those bluebirds - have you ever seen any in the Dover area? Ian meets Dame VERA LYNN, veterans, musicologists and yes, an ornithologist in his quest to find the hidden meaning of this classic wartime song.... |
| Desmond Carrington After Seven | ...VERA LYNN has been singing all her life. She began in working men's clubs when she was seven, sang with professional dance bands when she was a teenager, and became a soloist in her 20s. In the 1940s her wartime radio series, Sincerely Yours, helped to make her the "Forces' Sweetheart" when she regularly broadcast messages from home to servicemen and women overseas. Memorable recordings of songs like The White Cliffs of Dover and We'll Meet Again quickly established her as the most popular singer in Britain and she was constantly featured on radio and TV throughout the 50s and 60s.By 1975, when she was created a Dame of the British Empire, Vera had become a showbusiness icon. And in 2009 she topped the UK Album Charts at the age of 92, with an album of greatest hits which beat off competition from the re-mastered Beatles. This is another chance to enjoy Desmond Carrington in conversation with VERA LYNN at her Sussex home in 2005. In this revised repeat, extracts from their conversation feature alongside some of her many hundreds of records.... |
| Divas Of Their Day | ...The first programme tells the story of the singer who is remembered for her classic English recording of `Lili Marlene', and for her chart-topping hit `Lay Down Your Arms'. With contributions from Dame VERA LYNN, Bill Cotton, Don Lusher and her manager Johnny Mans.... |
| In The Mood | ...VERA LYNN (Speaker)... |
| Vera Lynn - Still Our Sweetheart | |
| Week's Good Cause, The | ...Next in series: DAME VERA LYNN... |