Talk:Radio ballad

The "Missing" radio ballads
You know, I'm struggling to find much about these two 'lost' Radio Ballads, but I think they did exist but not under the titles listed:

The Genome Project has a programmed called "People Today" produced Charles Parker, broadcast on BBC Home Service, 12 April 1962 11.30 "A gallery of portraits in close-up. Caleb Moore, jeweller, talking of his experiences during a lifetime in the Birmingham jewellery quarter. Edited and introduced by Brian Vaughton"

It turns out 'A Cry from the Cut' is a mis-remembrance - it was Cry From the Cut: tribute to the Narrow Boats on the canals of Britain, broadcast on Home Service Midlands. It's mentioned in the BBC Annual Report and Accounts, 1962 - page 133.

Also in the Radio Times is a documentary called The Blind Set, which appears from the description to be another Radio Ballad - 9 October 1968 (or at least it's advertised with the team of Parker, Seager, McColl, etc) Rob (talk) 19:30, 25 June 2018 (UTC)


 * @Rob~enwiki The two "lost and forgotten" are actually quite alive and available for example at torrent sites under names:
 * Birmingham Radio Ballad - 01 - The Jewellery - BBC Midland Home Service
 * AND
 * Birmingham Radio Ballad - 02 - A Cry From The Cut - BBC Midland Home Service Fraktal (talk) 13:58, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

recordings are on torrent sites
The two "lost and forgotten" are actually quite alive and available for example at torrent sites under names: Birmingham Radio Ballad - 01 - The Jewellery - BBC Midland Home Service Birmingham Radio Ballad - 02 - A Cry From The Cut - BBC Midland Home Service 2A00:1028:96D3:CC42:A01A:9A29:E80F:AEA0 (talk) 13:49, 20 June 2023 (UTC)