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Radio 3, BBC Radio 4
First broadcast:
Radio 3 in 1978, a feature about the pianist Leopold Godowsky.
1978-91: Radio
4 'Stop The Week' with Robert Robinson. Wrote the words and music to over 150 humorous, topical songs.
RADIO FEATURES AND SERIES
Features:
- Green
and Pleasant Land A Portrait of England in Words and Music
Winner of Sony Gold Award. Best Speech and Music
Programme, 1996
- Maybe
It's Because... A celebration of London
- The
Communication Chord Steam trains in words and music
- The
Movies' Master Musician Erich Korngold centenary tribute
- The
Blue Boy of Variety Ronald Frankau centenary tribute
'Jeremy Nicholas's portrait of this highly skilled skater on thin ice is an
unmissable treat' The Times
- The
Titan of the Organ George Thalben-Ball
'A terrific centenary tribute' The Times
- Seated
One Day At The Organ A celebration of the organ
- The
Twelve Days of Christmas in music!
Series:
- The
Jeremy Nicholas Anthology music linked by a common theme
- Distant
Voices Historic voices from the archives
'A marvellous series' The Times
'Eerie, inconsequential and utterly compelling' The Independent
'A gem of a series, compiled with care, presented with grace' Daily Telegraph
Presenter:
- 1992-97 - Mainly
For Pleasure and In Tune
Series:
- The
Shellac Show Four series devoted to listener's 78 rpm requests
'One of the most entertaining, informative and thought-provoking programmes
on offer' The Independent
Features:
- Vintage
Years: Shura Cherkassky
- Vintage
Years: George Cziffra
- Chopin
By Arrangement Four programmes on arrangements of Chopin's
music
- Contributor
to Record Review
Presenter:
- 1992-1997
The Tingle Factor (four series) and Personal Records
(five series)
- 1978
- 1991 Songwriter for Stop the Week
Features:
- Funny
You Should Sing That Comic songs and their writers, 6 x 30 mins.,
4 x 60 mins.
- Hello
Children... Everywhere Children's Favourites, 5 x 60 mins.
'Most of us would be more than happy to see the programme given a regular
slot - with Uncle Jeremy at the controls' The Independent
'There was nothing to match any of the delights in Jeremy Nicholas's glorious
potpourri' Daily Mail
- Tumpty-Tumpty-Tumpty-Tum
Signature tune
- With
A Song In My Heart Two-Way Family Favourites
- Something
Borrowed, Something New Musical plagiarism
- Nymphs
and Shepherds 60 years after Manchester Schoolchildren's
Choir's record
- Who'd
Have Thought It? Peculiar recordings
- The
Boy Who Sang 'O For the Wings of a Dove' 60 years after
Ernest Lough's record
- The
Ruthless Rhymer Lyricist Harry Graham
- Nicholas's
Latin Primer Latin in the 1990s
'One of those rare programmes which cause people to ring friends to make sure
they are listening too. It was original, instructive, entertaining and thoughtful
as well as being funny and provocative... If you missed it, phone to ask for
a repeat. It was a programme where pains had been taken to make it a pleasure
to listen' Daily Telegraph.
'New Year's Day was brightened up by Nicholas's Latin primer... unquenchably
jolly' Sunday Independent
- Who's
Afraid of the Big Bad Bard Shakespeare in the 1990s
- The
High Priest of Latin
'A spirited programme about the remarkable Father Reginald Foster' Sunday
Times
- The
Jeremy Nicholas Morning programme How we start the day
- Boards
and lodgings Actors on the road
- Storm
Ten, Rain Later, Good Shipping Forecast
- The Piano Lesson Mini series on the way the piano is taught
‘An inspired idea for a radio series’ (Observer)
‘One of the season’s unexpected and richly-deserved hits’ (Daily Telegraph)
‘A charmingly quirky little series presented by the genial Jeremy Nicholas’
(Daily Mail)
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