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Barbara Windsor features music written for great British comedy films, including scores from The Belles of St Trinians, Chicken Run and the Carry On Suite.

Barbara Windsor presents a selection of comedy film classics. As part of Friday Night is Music Night's film season, Carry On Maestro features music written for Great British Comedy films. The show includes film scores from The Belles Of St Trinians (Malcolm Arnold); Genevieve (Larry Adler); Carry On Suite (Eric Rogers); Chicken Run (Harry Gregson-Williams/John Powell) and The Ladykillers (Tristram Cary).

The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Gavin Sutherland, with guest vocalists Mary Carewe and Michael Dore on hand to perform movie songs from The Italian Job; Notting Hill and Alfie. Plus memories of a Great British comedian who was hailed as a superstar in Albania - Sir Norman Wisdom.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Fri 2 Nov 201220:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

    (Goodwin)

  • Michael Dore

    On Days Like These

    (Jones/Black) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Waltz – Blithe Spirit

    (Addinsell)

  • Julian Jackson

    Genevieve Suite

    (Adler) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • Mary Carewe

    Alfie

    (Bacharach) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Plots and Preparations/The Robbery

    (Cary/Boccerini)

  • Julian Jackson

    Carry on Cabby

    (Rogers) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • Glenn Ford

    Don't Laugh At Me

    Tremayne/Wisdom (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Belles of St Trinians

    (Arnold)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Overture – Kind Hearts and Coronets

    (Mozart)

  • Michael Dore

    Have You Met Miss Jones

    (Rodgers) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    The Pink Panther

    (Mancini)

  • Mary Carewe

    But Not For Me

    (Gershwin) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • Michael Dore

    She

    (Aznavour) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Monte Carlo or Bust

    (Goodwin)

  • Mary Carewe

    Mama Mia

    (Ulvaeus/Andersson) (Ft. BBC Concert Orchestra)

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Carry on Doctor Suite

    (Rogers)

Broadcasts

  • Fri 29 Jul 201120:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Fri 2 Nov 201220:00
    BBC Radio 2