Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.

Commended by critics for his gritty realism and strong dialogue, Stephen King places Leonard in the same company as John D. MacDonald, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, but Leonard himself felt more influenced by Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck.

This audio collection includes BBC Radio dramatisations of Leonard novels Hombre and The Hot Kid, plus readings of nine of his novellas and short stories.

Hombre – John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he’s on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him. That is, until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell to lead them out of the desert.

The Hot Kid – A criminal odyssey set against the dusty, sun-kissed backdrop of Oklahoma and Kansas during America’s Great Depression. Carl Webster is a rising star in the US Marshals Service, one of the elite man-hunters currently chasing the likes of Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd across America’s Depression-ravaged heartland.
Meanwhile, Jack Belmont, the wayward son of an oil millionaire, wants to be public enemy number one. The lives of the cop and robber criss-cross repeatedly before finally confronting in an inevitable showdown.

When the Women Come Out to Dance – An exotic dancer marries a wealthy Pakistani doctor. A year later, sitting in the lap of luxury, she starts to worry that she’ll meet the gruesome fate of other wives no longer desired by their traditional Pakistani husbands – being burned to death. Her new Colombian maid might be the solution to her problem. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.

Hanging Out at the Buena Vista – At the Buena Vista hospice, cancer patients Natalie and Vincent meet each other and decide how to live the rest of their lives. Narrated by Henry Stroger.

Chickasaw Charlie Hoke – A colorful story about how Charlie Hoke lands a job as celebrity greeter for a Las Vegas casino. A prequel to Leonard’s 2002 book, Tishomingo Blues. Narrated by Henry Stroger.

Sparks – The widow of a famous record producer is grilled by an insurance company adjuster following the suspicious destruction of her house during a California brush fire. Narrated by Richard Poe.

Fire in the Hole – Raylan Givens is a US martial, but he used to work in the Harlan County, Kentucky mines, digging coal for a living. A friend from there, Boyd Crowder, has also changed his business: he now heads up a neo-Nazi group that’s threatening to get out of control. When they come head to head, Raylan has to decide how far he’ll go in pursuit of justice. This story formed the basis for the TV series Justified. Narrated by Richard Poe.

Karen Makes Out – U.S. Marshall Karen Sisco has a brief fling with a man who may or may not be a bank robber. Sisco is featured in Leonard’s 1996 novel Out of Sight. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.

Hurrah for Captain Early – The tale of a black U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American war, and the myth of the Rough Riders. Narrated by Tom Stechschulte.

The Tonto Woman – A woman is kidnapped by Indians who tattoo her face. Many years later, she escapes and makes it back home only to be shunned by her husband – until a crafty and honorable Mexican cattle rustler comes along. Narrated by Henry Stroger.

Tenkiller – A rodeo star turned Hollywood stuntman returns to his tiny hometown in Oklahoma following the death of his wife. He finds a family of white trash thugs have conned their way onto his land and into his house. Narrated by Tom Stechschulte.

01 – Hombre

02 – The Hot Kid -True American Lawman

03 – The Hot Kid -Shoot-out at Bald Mountain

04 – The Hot Kid -Teddy’s on 18th and Central’

05 – The Hot Kid -Public Enemy Number One

06 – When the Women Come Out to Dance

07 – Hanging Out at the Buena Vista

08 – Chickasaw Charlie Hoke

09 – Sparks

10 – Fire In The Hole

11 – Karen Makes Out

12 – Hurrah for Captain Early

13 – The Tonto Woman

14 – Tenkiller

They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice.

Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in these powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Raymond Chandler’s novels.

The Big Sleep – General Sternwood’s daughters came in both the colours of trouble – blonde and brunette – and they had all the usual vices. With four million dollars behind them, blackmail was only a matter of time. And blackmail can be murder.

The High Window – Linda Conquest was very tough, very kissable and very missing, along with one very valuable old coin. But soon Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead.

The Lady in the Lake – Blonde, beautiful and wild, Crystal Kingsley had never been the faithful little wife. But when she goes missing for a month, and then a womans body surfaces in an isolated mountain lake, murder-a-day Marlowe is back in business.

The Little Sister – Marlowe is on the case of a missing brother from a two-bit Kansas town, who had the embarrassing habit of knowing guys who finished up on the wrong end of an ice-pick. Until, that is, he did too.

The Long Goodbye – Terry Lennox seemed like a nice guy. Okay, he was a drunk but maybe that could happen to anyone with too much money, too much time and a wife who played the field in a big way. Trouble was, when she ended up dead, it wasn’t money that got Lennox to Mexico. It was Marlowe.

Farewell My Lovely – At six feet five, Moose Malloy is a big man who looks about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food and about as dangerous. His girl Velma disappeared eight years ago, and now he wants to find her.

01 – The Big Sleep

02 – The High Window

03 – The Lady in the Lake

04 – The Little Sister

05 – The Long Goodbye

06 – Farewell My Lovely

07 – Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming discuss thrillers

he Blandings radio series is a series of radio dramas based on the Blandings Castle stories by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. The stories were dramatised by Wodehouse biographer Richard Usborne. The series ran between 1985 and 1992 on BBC Radio 4.

The 1985 episodes are based on six short stories. The first five of these short stories were featured in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935), while the sixth, “The Crime Wave at Blandings”, was collected in Lord Emsworth and Others (1937). The later episodes are based on four novels published between 1929 and 1965.

Short stories
The additional cast for the short stories included Michael Goldie as Mr Donaldson (“The Custody of the Pumpkin”), Phillada Sewell as Mrs Twemlow, Fiona Mathieson as Aggie Threepwood, Valerie Colgan as Jane Yorke (“Lord Emsworth Grows a Beard”), Peter Tuddenham as the magistrate, Diana Martin as Angela, and Edward Duke as James Belford (“Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey!”), Sheila Keith as Lady Marshall, Nicholas Courtney as the Rev. Rupert “Beefy” Bingham, Wendy Murray as Gertrude (“Company for Gertrude”), Susanna Dawson as Gladys (“Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend”), Helen Atkinson-Wood as Jane, Michael McClain as Baxter (“The Crime Wave at Blandings”) and Henry Stamper as McAllister.

Summer Lightning
Adapted from Summer Lightning (1929). In addition to the regular cast, the voice actors included Graham Seed as Ronnie Fish, Royce Mills as Hugo Carmody, Wendy Murray as Millicent, Susannah Fellows as Sue Brown, Christopher Godwin as Baxter, and Roger Sloman as Pilbeam.

Heavy Weather
Adapted from Heavy Weather (1933). Additional voice actors included John Savident as Lord Tilbury, Josephine Tewson as Lady Julia, Royce Mills as Monty Bodkin, Jeremy Nicholas as Hugo, Charles Collingwood as Ronnie Fish, Moir Leslie as Sue Brown, Norman Bird as Pirbright, and Roger Sloman as Pilbeam.

Pigs Have Wings
Adapted from Pigs Have Wings (1952). Additional voice actors included Joan Sims as Maudie Digby, Susannah Fellows as Penny Donaldson, Royce Mills as Jerry Vail, Charles Collingwood as Orlo Vosper, David Graham as Binstead, and Moir Leslie as Gloria Salt.

Galahad at Blandings
Adapted from Galahad at Blandings (1964). Along with the man cast, the episodes featured Elizabeth Spriggs as Lady Hermione, Harold Innocent as Egbert as well as Beach, Jonathan Cecil as Wilfred, Alan Marriott as Tipton, Susannah Fellowes as Sandy, Simon Treves as Sam, Vivian Pickles as Daphne, Colin McFarlane as the US policeman, Moir Leslie as Monica, Richard Pearce as Huxley, and Chris Emmett as Constable Evans.1111111111

S01E01 – Short Stories – The Custody of the Pumpkin

S01E02 – Short Stories – Lord Emsworth Grows a Beard

S01E03 – Short Stories – Pig hoo o o o ey

S01E04 – Short Stories – Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend

S01E05 – Short Stories – The Crime Wave at Blandings

S01E06 – Short Stories – The Crime Wave at Blandings

S02E01 – Summer Lightning – Trouble Brewing at Blandings

S02E02 – Summer Lightning – Sensational Theft of a Pig

S02E03 – Summer Lightning – A Job for Percy Pilbeam

S02E04 – Summer Lightning – Activities of Beach the Butler

S02E05 – Summer Lightning – Painful Scene in a Bedroom

S02E06 – Summer Lightning – Gally Takes Matters in Hand

S03E01 – Heavy Weather – The Wrath of Lord Tilbury

S03E02 – Heavy Weather – Lady Julia Enters the Fray

S03E03 – Heavy Weather – Gally Manuscript up for Grabs

S03E04 – Heavy Weather – Cheque Books at the Ready

S04E01 – Pigs Have Wings – Tangled Webs

S04E02 – Pigs Have Wings – Love Comes to the Ninth Earl

S04E03 – Pigs Have Wings – Maudie and Tubby Make It Up

S04E04 – Pigs Have Wings – Survival of the Fattest

S05E01 – Galahad at Blandings – New York and After

S05E02 – Galahad at Blandings – Sundered Hearts

S05E03 – Galahad at Blandings – Yoo Hoo, I’m Whipple

S05E04 – Galahad at Blandings – Houdini Galahad

 Brian Matthew presents a documentary about The Beatles

The Beatles Story - 1973 BBC Special

The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio station studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on November 28, 1925. On October 18, 1925, management began a program featuring "Dr. Humphrey Bate and his string quartet of old-time musicians." On November 2, WSM hired long-time announcer and program director George D. "Judge" Hay, an enterprising pioneer from the National Barn Dance program at WLS Radio in Chicago, who was also named the most popular radio announcer in America as a result of his radio work with both WLS in Chicago and WMC in Memphis. Hay launched the WSM Barn Dance with 77-year-old fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson on November 28, 1925, which is celebrated as the birth date of the Grand Ole Opry.

Some of the bands regularly featured on the show during its early days included the Possum Hunters (with Dr. Humphrey Bate), the Fruit Jar Drinkers, the Crook Brothers, the Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers, Uncle Dave Macon, Sid Harkreader, Deford Bailey, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, and the Gully Jumpers.

However, Judge Hay liked the Fruit Jar Drinkers and asked them to appear last on each show because he wanted to always close each segment with "red hot fiddle playing". They were the second band accepted on the "Barn Dance", with the Crook Brothers being the first. And when the Opry began having square dancers on the show, the Fruit Jar Drinkers always played for them.

In 1926, Uncle Dave Macon, a Tennessee banjo player who had recorded several songs and toured the vaudeville circuit, became its first real star. The name Grand Ole Opry came about on December 10, 1927. The Barn Dance followed NBC Radio Network's Music Appreciation Hour, which consisted of classical music and selections from the Grand Opera genre. Their final piece that night featured a musical interpretation of an onrushing railroad locomotive. In response to this Judge Hay quipped, "Friends, the program which just came to a close was devoted to the classics. Doctor Damrosch told us that there is no place in the classics for realism. However, from here on out for the next three hours, we will present nothing but realism. It will be down to earth for the 'earthy'." He then introduced the man he dubbed the Harmonica Wizard - DeFord Bailey who played his classic train song "The Pan American Blues". After Bailey's performance Hay commented, "For the past hour, we have been listening to music taken largely from Grand Opera. From now on we will present the 'Grand Ole Opry'".

As audiences to the live show increased, National Life & Accident Insurance's radio venue became too small to accommodate the hordes of fans. They built a larger studio, but it was still not large enough. After several months of no audiences, National Life decided to allow the Opry to move outside its home offices. The Opry moved, in October, 1934, into then-suburban Hillsboro Theatre (now the Belcourt), and then on June 13, 1936, to the Dixie Tabernacle in East Nashville. The Opry then moved to the War Memorial Auditorium, a downtown venue adjacent to the State Capitol. A 25-cent admission was charged in an effort to curb the large crowds, but to no avail. On June 5, 1943, the Opry moved to the Ryman Auditorium. It was used for Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from 1943 until 1974.
Top-charting country music acts performed there during the Ryman years, including Roy Acuff, called the King of Country Music, Red Foley, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Martha Carson, Lefty Frizzell, and many, many others.

Doreen Estall abridges the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, brought to the big screen in the 1969 western starring John Wayne and more recently by the Cohen brothers. Read by Nancy Crane. BBC Radio 4  Book at Bedtime

True Grit.mp3

Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs....

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Devil in a Blue Dress - by Walter Mosley.mp3

"Shane" from Hollywood Radio Theater aired February 22, 1955. Shane tells the story of a gunfighter who comes to a recently settled farm area near a quiet town and fights for the rights of homesteaders against the long-entrenched hard-bitten open-range cattlemen who control the majority of the land. Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Parley Baer and Howard McNear.land.

Hollywood Radio Theater 55-02-22 Shane.mp3

A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense.

The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.

But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds – that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer.

Performed by Steve Hodson.

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Williams auditions for a show sponsored by Aunt Jemima

Hank Williams Show 51.xx.xx First Song - Why Don't You Love Me

Renowned professor, Otto Lidenbrock, discovers a mysterious, runic cryptogram in a rare manuscript he’s bought.

It’s his nephew, Axel, who accidentally cracks the message, which is by a 16th-century alchemist who claims to have found a pathway to the centre of the earth!

"Descend, bold traveller into the crater of the Jokul of Snæfell, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July and you will attain the centre of the earth."

Lidenbrock decides he must see for himself if such a journey is possible and with the reluctant Axel in tow, and the help of their guide, Hans, the three venture into the heart of a dormant, Icelandic volcano on a dangerous expedition beneath the earth's layers.

Jules Verne's novel is the ultimate adventure story in the best Victorian tradition with plenty of action, science, knowledge, discovery and surprise.

Adapted in two parts by Moya O'Shea.

Starring Joel MacCormack and Stephen Critchlow.

The three attempting this tremendous feat are:

* The somewhat cowardly, dewy-eyed romantic, Axel
* The highly strung and oh, so eccentric, Otto Lidenbrock
* The calm, phlegmatic Danish speaking, Icelandic guide, Hans.

Axel ...... Joel MacCormack
Professor Lidenbrock ...... Stephen Critchlow
Hans ...... Gudmundur Thorvaldsson
Grauben ...... Nicola Ferguson
Martha ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Newspaper Seller ...... Nick Underwood
Porter ...... Sam Rix
Icelandic Man ...... Tom Forrister
Street Vendor ...... Scarlett Brookes

Composer: Neil Brand

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth By Jules Verne.mp3

A Streetcar Named Desire

In Tennessee Williams's masterpiece set in New Orleans, Blanche Dubois’s tender feelings are destroyed by Stanley Kowalski's brutal desire as they battle for the control of those close to them.

Blanche: Glenne Headly

Stanley: Vincent D'Onofrio

Stella: Amy Brenneman

Mitch: David Selby

Steve: Fred Coffin

Eunice: Rondi Reed

Pablo: Armondo Molina

Doctor: Jamie Hanes

Matron: Lyvingston Holmes

Music by John Roby. Director Martin Jenkins

Sunday Play: A Streetcar Named Desire

Sun 14th Jun 1998

19:30 on BBC Radio 3

A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams.mp3

In Beyond the City, the desire for money and romance drives the characters beyond the typical boundaries of their middle class Victorian lives. Lust, deceit, and financial scandals rock their placid world.

Source: Doyle, A.C. (1892) Beyond the City London, England: Simpkin, Hamilton, Kent

Chapter I: “The New-Comers”

Two women, Bertha and Monica, are watching their new neighbors move in. The woman does not act lady-like and her nephew is quite broad. The cabman unloads a good amount of various types of sports equipment.

Chapter II: “Breaking the Ice”

Monica and Bertha visit their new neighbors, Mrs. Westmacott and her nephew, and determine she is a very unpleasant woman.

Chapter III: “Dwellers in the Wilderness”

New characters are introduced, such as Hay Denver and Dr. Walker and his two daughters, all acquainted with Mrs. Westmacott and her nephew. Their relationships are developed through dialogue as they head to the country to get fresh air and exercise.

Chapter IV: “A Sister’s Secret”

Charles Westmacott is in the care of his aunt because his parents were killed in the Mutiny. Clara and Charles have been talking and as Clara leaves she sees her sister conversing with Harold Denver. Clara presses Ida to tell her what happened between them, but Ida will not allow herself to be looked after. Clara has placed herself in the role of a mother to Ida and cares for her future.

Chapter V: “A Naval Conquest”

Mrs. Westmacott convinces the admiral to join the women’s rights platform. It exhibits her use of flattery and cunning to win him over.

Chapter VI: “An Old Story”

Mrs. Westmacott wishes Charles to marry Ida and talks to Clara about arranging it as such. Clara has a conflict between her thoughts of Charles and Harold for Ida, but resolves to let things play out their natural course. Shortly after, Harold approaches Clara and, expecting him to propose marriage to Ida, proposes to her instead.

Chapter VII: “Venit Tandem Felicitas”

Charles sends a clumsily written letter to Ida asking her if she would accompany him on his tandem tricycle. She accepts and as they ride, he asks her to marry him. She pities him and concedes that she will think about it. However, when he grabs her hand, she does not pull away.

Chapter VIII: “Shadows Before”

Mrs. Westmacott becomes more acquainted with the Doctor, until it appears they plan to marry. Clara and Ida decide to convince their father not to marry Mrs. Westmacott by imitating her emancipated dress and liberal beliefs.

Chapter IX: “A Family Plot”

Clara and Ida carry out their scheme. Ida plays with chemicals in the kitchen while Clara reads maps and aspires to be a pilot. Meanwhile, they are learning to smoke and drink, all to their father’s horror.

Chapter X: “Women of the Future”

The two girls get more eccentric in their ways. Clara begins to wear knickers and Ida wears a short skirt. The two girls then throw a dinner party for Harold and Charles. That is the last straw for the Doctor and he realizes the error of his ways.

Chapter XI: “A Blot from the Blue”

Harold faces destruction when his partner, Mrs. Westmacott’s brother, abandons him with a massive debt that he may never be able to pay back. He tries to take a noble stand for his creditors and Clara vows to stay by him.

Chapter XII: “Friends in Need”

Clara wants to help Harold in the only way she can. She offers her money to him which amounts to L5000. However, her father knows Harold will not accept it and gives it to his parents to use in the most prudent way.

Chapter XIII: “In Strange Waters”

The Admiral sets out to go back to sea and instead sees a moneylenders advertisement. He decides to borrow the money to pay the enormous debt and ends up in the shabby office of two scam artists. They try to make a deal and the Admiral refuses with the advice of Charles. Charles resolves to take him to Mrs. Westmacott’s lawyer.

Chapter XIV: “Eastward Ho!”

He goes to the suggested lawyer and he says that he cannot give out a loan to an older man without life insurance. The Admiral is inspected by a doctor and is found to be in excellent help. The Admiral intervenes in a fight on the way to sell his pension.

Chapter XV: “Still Among Shoals”

The Admiral sells his pension and gets £5,000. Harold returns to his parents after meeting with his creditors and tells them the sum owed is less than expected. They rejoice and Harold runs to Dr. Walker to return his cheque. Dr. Walker tells Harold how his father obtained the money and he runs back to the Admiral and demands that he get his pension back.

Chapter XVI: “A Midnight Visitor”

The two sisters witness a man enter through the window of Mrs. Westmacott’s home and see her fall to the ground. They think the visitor was expected, however when she falls they immediately call for help. He hit her on the back of the head with a life preserver, but she is alright.

Chapter XVII: “In Port at Last”

Mrs. Westmacott recounts the story to the Doctor and the Admiral after giving the Admiral his pension papers back. She spent the money that she was going to give to her brother on the Admiral’s papers. Her brother returned to her and was the one who struck her on the head. Harold is able to clear his name, the Admiral does not have to return to sea or move from his villa, both couples get married, and all live a full and happy life.

BBC radio have produced over 70 full cast adaptations of Agatha Christie’s beloved crime stories, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time, known for his Belgian accent, waxed moustaches, perfectionism and “little grey cells”. Poirot would be the first to call himself a great man – he has never been known for his modesty – but with such success in his career, it is difficult to argue with him.

Miss Marple doesn’t look like a detective. But looks can be deceiving… this apparently unassuming woman from the small village of St Mary Mead is surprisingly worldly and uses the fact people underestimate her to full advantage when investigating.

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By Mark Twain, dramatised by Marcy Kahan. One of the great American novels comes into rich and multilayered life in the most complete dramatisation yet. This BBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation co-production evokes pre-Civil War America, and follows Huck and the runaway slave Jim on their journey down the Mississippi on a raft. Twain's wise and affectionate writing gives voice to Huck's growing understanding of Jim's humanity, and remains controversial. This programme contains language that some listeners may find offensive.

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Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name "Black Museum" was coined in 1877 by a reporter from "The Observer", a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. It is this museum that inspired The Black Museum radio series, produced in London by Harry Alan Towers.

From Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", the earliest US broadcast date was January 1, 1952. Thirty nine shows, from the full syndication of fifty two shows, aired over Mutual stations from January 1, 1952 through June 24, 1952 and September 30, 1952 through December 30, 1952.

This murder mystery series was based on true life cases from Scotland Yard's files. Each episode was based on an item or items of evidence in the museum. Hosted and narrated by Orson Welles.

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7. A Can Of Weedkiller (6.1Mb)
8. The Car Tire (11.4Mb)
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14. A French-English Dictionary (11.8Mb)
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17. The Hammerhead (10.9Mb)
18. The Jack Handle (6.2Mb)
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Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall is a 2022 documentary film directed by Bob Smeaton. The film documents the origins of the American swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and their 1970 European tour, culminating in an April 14, 1970, performance at London's Royal Albert Hall. The movie takes its name from the band's song "Travelin' Band".

A 40-minute history narrated by actor Jeff Bridges documents the band's formation in El Cerrito, California, their early efforts under as Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets and The Golliwogs, and their signing by Fantasy Records.[2] At the time they toured Europe, the Beatles broke up, leaving Creedence as, as Bridges puts it, "the biggest group in the world."

Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall

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Big Ben Calling is a 1935 British musical drama film. It features Leslie French, Mary Lawson, Warren Jenkins, and Enid Stamp-Taylor.

A music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.

Directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Leslie French, Mary Lawson and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was written by Donovan Pedelty, with music and lyrics by Mark Lubbock, and made at Shepperton Studios

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Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.