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Peter Purves

TV presenter Peter Purves shares his musical passions with Michael Berkeley, and talks about his career on Blue Peter, Doctor Who and Crufts.

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor and TV presenter Peter Purves. Purves has been involved in two of TV’s longest-running and best-loved institutions - he was one of the earliest companions to travel in the TARDIS with Doctor Who (1965-66), and for ten and a half years from 1967 to 1978, alongside John Noakes, Valerie Singleton and Leslie Judd, he presented Blue Peter – entertaining the nation’s children with demonstrations in everything from competitive swimming to scaling the Fourth Road Bridge. A dog lover, he has also presented TV coverage of dog show Crufts for many years. Purves's musical passions include Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Sondheim, alongside tracks by Louis Armstrong and Count Basie - both of whom he remembers seeing perform live in concert.

Presenter: Michael Berkeley

Producer: Graham Rogers

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Marriner. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Sid Wyche

    Alright, Okay, You Win

    Composer: Mayme Watts. Singer: Joe Williams. Ensemble: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • The Complete Clef & Verve Fifties Studio Recordings.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations ('Nimrod')

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.

  • Spencer Williams

    Mahogany Hall Stomp

    Ensemble: Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars.
    • At Symphony Hall (Live) [2001 Remastered Version].
    • Dreyfus Jazz.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Capriccio italien Op.45

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Classic FM.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd"

    Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast. Director: Paul Gemignani.
    • Masterworks Broadway.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Moonlight)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra; Bournemouth Symph, Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 36.

Broadcast

  • Sunday12:00
    BBC Radio 3

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