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"George Melly"

was found in the details of the these programme(s)

There are omissions, mainly due to the BBC not always completely listing the cast and crew for a programme.

Programme Name:	Details:
Archive Hour, The	...In 1967 three young poets found fame as well as enduring popularity with the publication of the Penguin modern poets collection, The Mersey Sound. Pete Mccarthy takes stock of the work of Roger Mcgough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, as writers, performers and broadcasters. With contributions from critic, GEORGE MELLY, musician, Andy Roberts, and writer Phil Bowen....
Archive On 4	......
Behind Every Great Man	...Dr Margaret Cook speaks to Diana Melly, wife of the late jazz musician GEORGE MELLY. Diana discusses her life with George, their open marriage and the complications it brought....
Blue Note - A Story Of Modern Jazz	...GEORGE MELLY traces the story of Blue Notes Records. This programme looks at the 1970s which despite the critics, produced some of the finest crossover soul music of the time....
Boogie-woogie With George Melly
Cotton Club, The	...A four-part series in which GEORGE MELLY explores the history of the world's most famous nightclubs. This first programme looks at how the Cotton Club was set up by a notorious gangster in 1923, and quickly gained a reputation for the excellence of its music and entertainment....
Echoes Of Harlem	...GEORGE MELLY presents a five-part series tracing the development of jazz and blues in Harlem. In this first programme, he takes in a gospel tour of the area, goes to a service at the Shiloh Baptist Church, talks to Dan Morgenstern, director of the Jazz Institute at Rutgers University, and renews his acquaintance with Al Casey....
Eel Pie Island Hotel, The	...Demolished in a mysterious fire in 1971, the hotel's history is preserved in the stories, poems and songs of the old islanders and musicians who played there - like GEORGE MELLY, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Wood....
Empress Of The Blues
02	20040608
03	20040615
04	20040622	Looking at Edward Albee's play, The Death of Bessie Smith, including an interview with Albee himself.
05	20040629	This edition chronicles the strange circumstances surrounding her death.
06 LAST	20040706	This edition chronicles the strange circumstances surrounding her death.

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...GEORGE MELLY presents a series dedicated to the life and work of Bessie Smith, going behind the myths to debunk some of the untruths that surround the blues legend.... Filthy Jazz...GEORGE MELLY takes a tour of the sleazier side of blues and jazz.... Front Row...Mark Lawson meets the singer GEORGE MELLY, now aged 79 and about to publish Slowing Down, an account of growing old.... Gargoyle Club, The...With GEORGE MELLY and other regulars of its clubs and dives, Nigel Richardson challenges the comforting myths of London's Latin quarter.... It's Trad, Dad...Britain's legendary blues-singer, commentator and social icon GEORGE MELLY tells the story of the time when, for a short period, Traditional Jazz ruled the pop-music airwaves.... Jazz Club [radio Ulster]...With Walter Love. Including some GEORGE MELLY recordings made in the 1950s with the Mick Mulligan Band and baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley paying tribute to Frank Sinatra ... Joy Of Gibberish, The...Stephen sets out to unravel some of these threads in the company of Stanley Unwin, GEORGE MELLY, Gryff Rhys-Jones, Eric and Ernie, Max Bygraves, The Goons, Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men, and Frank Sinatra, along with experts in language development, in the first ever Radio 4 programme intentionally devoted to the totally unintelligible.... Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats...She was born in abject poverty. Singing on street corners before her tenth birthday and tragically killed just thirty-two years later, she had nevertheless crammed a lot of hard living into that relatively short life. Ken Clarke talks to GEORGE MELLY about the woman who brought together the blues and ragtime traditions to forge a new sound in jazz.... Melly On Jelly...GEORGE MELLY traces the colourful life and career of the man who claimed to have invented jazz - Jelly Roll Morton.... Melly Talks Jazz...GEORGE MELLY hosts six programmes of jazz and chat in which celebrity jazz fans play the music of their choice. In the first programme, his guest is Ian Dury ... Mellymania...Don Black presents a six-part series celebrating the colourful life of singer, art expert, author, broadcaster and critic GEORGE MELLY. 1: `A Liverpool Childhood'. Radio days, dressing up in drag and `filthy jazz'.... Melly's Jazz Pioneers...GEORGE MELLY presents a six-part series profiling great jazz figures.... Melly's Jazz Showmen...GEORGE MELLY celebrates the music and lives of those jazz performers who unashamedly mixed show-stopping entertainment with great art.... Melly's Maidens...GEORGE MELLY takes a critical look at the life and art of six great 20th century female vocalists. This first programme focuses on blues singer Ma Rainey.... Memories Of The Blues...GEORGE MELLY presents a six-part blues series.... Mob Rules, The...A six-part series in which GEORGE MELLY describes how the influence of the American Mafia spread into all walks of life, especially show business. In the first programme, a look at how the Syndicate gradually began to infiltrate America's booming entertainment industry after Prohibition ended.... Night Waves...Artist Maggi Hambling discusses John Constable's portraits, the focus of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Celebrated for his landscape paintings such as The Hay Wain, Constable's work as a portrait painter is far less well-known and, in fact, he produced more than 100 during his career. Hambling - now best-known for her controversial scallop sculpture dedicated to Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh, and her memorial to Oscar Wilde in central London - talks about this less-explored part of Constable's work and discusses her own portraits - particularly of the jazz musician GEORGE MELLY.... Night With George Melly, A...A Night With GEORGE MELLY... Private Views...Second of three programmes examining how the views from windows affect people. Susannah Clapp talks to jazz singer GEORGE MELLY ... Prohibition Years, The...GEORGE MELLY introduces more stories and records from America's PROHIBITION era. 1:`Selling That Stuff'. This programme looks at how bootleg liquor was secretly manufactured, or smuggled into the UNITED STATES... Ronnie Scott's...GEORGE MELLY explores the history of the world's best known jazz club.... Slightly Foxed...The first of two light-hearted canters through the literary meadow with Sue LIMB, Tom ROSENTHAL, Denise COFFEY, GEORGE MELLY and Libby Purves in the chair. Produced by David Benedictus.... Softly Croons The Radiogram...GEORGE MELLY tells the story of the successful collaboration between poet John Betjeman and composer Jim Parker in the 1970s, which resulted in four albums including `Banana Blush' and `Late Flowering Love'. The music brilliantly captures the sound of the periods about which Betjeman wrote so nostalgically - from music hall to 1920s palm court orchestra and 40s big band.... Strange Death Of The Establishment, The...But this is the true story of the gangsters who closed it down. Presented by Peter Cook's biographer Harry Thompson, with contributions from John Fortune, Wendy Cook, GEORGE MELLY and Roger Law.... Talking Head...John Sergeant presents a profile of Alan Bennett, one of Britain's most popular writers. Featuring interviews with Thora Hird, David Hockney, GEORGE MELLY, Michael Frayn and John Fortune ... That Reminds Me...GEORGE MELLY... There'll Never Be Another...A celebration of Max Miller, recalling his bawdiness, outrageous jokes and off-stage antics with the help of Harry Hill, Josie Lawrence, GEORGE MELLY and Roy Hudd.... Twist And Shout...Lynn Parsons tells the story of the Twist, one of Britain's most energetic and enduring dance crazes. With contributions from Chubby Checker, Frankie Vaughan, Petula Clark, GEORGE MELLY and the twisting teenagers of the sixties.... Up A Lazy River With George Melly Walking To New Orleans...A celebration of the life and music of Fats Domino, who took New Orleans R & B to a worldwide audience. Presented by GEORGE MELLY ... We Built The Mersey Tunnel Boys...Stewart Henderson presents a 70th anniversary look at one of the most pioneering construction projects of the modern age, The Mersey Tunnel. Among those paying tribute are Peter Sissons, GEORGE MELLY, and many of those who were there on the day the tunnel opened in 1934....