RADIO APPEARANCES


All listings broadcast in the UK, except as noted.
Maroon colored titles indicate shows in which Petula was a series regular.

THE NINETIES

1990

STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON
BBC Radio 1

19/7/90

Today's Star-a-Gram is Petula Clark.

STRIKE A BRITISH NOTE
BBC Radio 2

10/9/90

John Benson with more music from British films, Plus Petula Clark reminiscing about her early years as a child star.

1991

THE GREAT MUSICALS
BBC Radio 2

6/5/91

Finian's Rainbow

SUCCESS STORY
BBC Radio 2

29/5/91

Petula in conversation with John Benson.

BRIAN MATTTTHEW
BBC Radio 2

8/6/91

Sounds of the 60s. Including an archive interview with Petula

1992

JOHNNY WALKER
BBC Radio5

5/10/92

With The AM Alternative. Special guest Petula Clark.

WOMEN'S HOUR
BBC Radio5

6/10/92

Jenni Murray meets Petula Clark, who is celebrating 50 years in showbusiness.

PETULA CLARK IN CONCERT
BBC Radio 2

24/10/92

Recorded 16 October, 1992 at the Concert Hall, Nottingham, in her first UK concert tour for ten years. Producer Mel House.

Tour Programme

Tour Itinerary

  • October 9 ~ Apollo, Oxford, England
  • October 10 ~ Alban Arena, St. Albans, England
  • October 11 ~ Bristol Hippodrome, England
  • October 13 ~ Birmingham Hippodrome, England
  • October 16 ~ Concert Hall, Nottingham, England
  • October 17 ~ St. George's Hall, Bradford, England
  • October 18 ~ Southport Theatre, England
  • October 22 ~ Ipswich Regent, England
  • October 24 ~ Central Hall, Chatham, England
  • October 25 ~ Chichester Festival Hall, England
  • October 28 ~ Guildford Civic Hall, England
  • November 2 ~ The Orchard, Dartford, England
  • November 3 ~ St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
  • November 6 ~ Glasgow Pavilion Theatre, Scotland
  • November 7 ~ Sheffield City Hall, England
  • November 8 ~ Davenport Theatre, Stockport, England
  • 1993

    SALUTATIONS
    BBC Radio 2

    9/10/93

    Moira Stuart pays tribute to Edric Connor, singer, actor, and one of Britain's earliest celebrities. The programme includes a feast of song, and the memories of Petula Clark.

    1994

    KQQL 108
    BBC Radio 2

    10/27/94

    While touring the US in Blood Brothers, Petula appeared as Guest Disc Jockey on this Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station.

    1995

    DESERT ISLAND DISCS
    BBC Radio 4

    24/12/95

    For the third time, Petula played selections from the recordings she would take if stranded on a desert island.

    1996

    DEBBIE THROWER
    BBC Radio 2

    27/3/96

    Joined by special guest Petula Clark.

    PETULA CLARK
    BBC Radio 4

    2/11/96
    27/9/97

    Recorded 25 October, 1996.
    A gala concert from the Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday, conducted by Kenny Clayton and Martin Yates. At 8.20, during the interval, Sheridan Morley chats to Petula Clark about her career.




    Golder's Green
    2 November, 1996
    BBC 2 Radio Broadcast



    Part I
    • Here We Are
    • I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
    • This is My Song
    • Elton John Medley
      (Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word/Crocodile Rock/Your Song/The One/Honky Cat)
    • Losing My Mind
    • I Concentrate on You
    • The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
    • Tell Me It's Not True
    • Don't Give Up/Tomorrow/Look for the Silver Lining
    Part II
    • With One Look
    • The Perfect Year
    • As if We never Said Goodbye
    • Don't Sleep in the Subway
    • Strangers Once Again
    • La Petite Valse Parisienne--French medley
    • Let it Be Me
    • Beat Out That Rhythm on a Drum
    • Comme Une Priere
    • I Know You're Out There Somewhere
    • The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener
    • Downtown

    KIDS GLORIOUS KIDS: RADIO 2 ARTS PROGRAMME
    BBC Radio 2

    15/2/96

    Bonnie Langford looks at the kids who have entertained, enthralled and engaged our attention over the decades. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, of course, Julie Andrews and Petula Clark,Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret O'Brien, Tatum O'Neal and Macaulay Culkin, along with Lena Zavaroni, Shirley Temple, Hayley Mills and, naturally, Bonnie Langford herself.

    MICHAEL ASPEL'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT
    BBC Radio 2

    25/12/96

    With guests Gene Wilder & Petula Clark.

    1997

    CHARLIE CHAPLIN - COMPOSTER
    BBC Radio 2

    18/8/97

    Chaplin wrote the music for all his films. His daughter Josephine introduces this celebration of his music, featuring contributions from Petula Clark and Chaplin's biographer David Robinson.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    11/7/97

    Six part radio series narrated by Petula who talks about and plays the music of many of the famous stars of British musicals. Programme One recalls some of the great women of Britain's Silver Screen, including Cicely Courtnedge, Evelyn Laye, Betty Driver, Jessie Matthews.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    18/7/97

    Programme two
    concentrates on several of the great male stars of British film musicals including Jack Buchanan, Jessie Matthews, Jack & Claude Hulbert, & Richard Tauber.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    25/7/97

    Programme Three:
    Black song and dance legends: Leslie Hutchinson, Turner Layton, Mabel Mercer, Elisabeth Welch, Paul Robeson.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    1/8/97

    Programme Four:
    Leading ladies of the silver screen: Gertrude Lawrence, Mary Ellis, Gracie Fields.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    8/8/97

    Programme Five:
    Stars of the war-time musicals: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Pat Kirkwood, Anne Shelton, Arthur Askey, Bertha Willmot.

    GOTTA SING, GOTTA DANCE
    BBC Radio 2

    15/8/97

    Programme Six:
    More popular stars of wartime musicals: Vera Lynn, Jean Simmons, Patricia Burke, Sid Field, Tessie O'Shea.

    1998

    DEBBIE THROWER
    BBC Radio 2

    23/10/98

    I'll Imagine You a Song, Rise & Seize the Day, America the Beautiful.

    PETE MURRAY SHOW
    LBC

    25/1/98

    Interview. UK tour promotion.

    STEVE ALLEN SHOW
    LBC

    28/1/98

    Interview. UK tour promotion.

    LBC Interview
    LBC

    23/8/98

    Interview. UK tour promotion.

    TWIST AND SHOUT
    BBC Radio 2

    31/10/98

    Lynn Parsons tells the story of the Twist, one of Britain's most energetic and enduring dance crazes. Short interview revolving around Petula's contribution to the dance crazes of the sixties.

    POSTSCRIPT
    BBC Radio 3

    9/12/81

    The Kitsch Show!
    Four illustrated reflections on kitsch. Richard Dyer, professor of film studies at Warwick University, asks how intellectuals can enjoy what they know to be kitsch without resorting to inverted commas. He wonders if he can ever return to a simple appreciation of the Queen, The Waltons or The Sound of Music. He finds an answer in two different versions of Could It Be Magic? (by Take That and Petula Clark ) and the Italian love song Grazie Dei Fiori.

    1999

    OUR PET
    BBC Radio 3

    26/1/99

    Petula Clark celebrates 50 years in the record business with friends and colleagues, including Sacha Distel, Sir Peter Ustinov, Honor Blackman, Tony Hatch and Don Black. Producer Alison Quinn.

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