David Dimbleby on charity and career

Title

David Dimbleby on charity and career

Genre

Interview; Music; Advertisement; Jingle

TX Date

19 Jan 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:25:29

Description

Frank Bough interviews broadcaster David Dimbleby, coinciding with a charity event entitled The Legend Lives On at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, celebrating the music of the late Glenn Miller with a performance by the UK Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Beverley Sisters. Money raised will go towards the Association of Combined Youth Clubs and Dimbleby talks about the work of the organisation. He also talks about his broadcasting career with the BBC; and new role as chairman of BBC television’s Question Time, his predecessor, Robin Day, and their different styles. Includes music by Glenn Miller; advertisements (including Flora margarine advert with music by Eartha Kitt); traffic news with Lynn Bowles; jingle. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk.

Contributors

David Dimbleby; Frank Bough; LBC Newstalk; Lynn Bowles

Keywords

London; Musicians; Television; BBC; Charities; Television programmes; Broadcasters; Jazz; Concerts; Royal Festival Hall; Robin Day; Question Time; Glenn Miller; David Dimbleby; Beverley Sisters; Association of Combined Youth Clubs

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