Music Hall Reclaimed

Barry Cryer investigates the cottage industry of Music Hall recording restoration, as well as the lives and works of some of its stars.

Thanks to modern computer technology we’re now able to hear some of the rarer works of artists such as Mark Sheridan, Ernest Shand, Vesta Victoria and Albert Chevalier who originally recorded this material at the turn of the 20th century.

Written by Glenn Mitchell

Producer: Karl Phillips

Barry Cryer sadly died in January 2022.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.