What Do I Do If I Get This Job?
Jobs & Education0 min ago
BBC 4 21.25. I was delighted to watch this tonight - one of my favourite programmes of the 1970s with Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker.
Magic
Its been wonderful - still going on, dummy keyboard round - just finishing.
That was 'proper' TV - I never missed 'Call My Bluff' either. I have to admit that I was in love with Frank Muir from the age of 9 when he and Denis Norden battled it out in 'My Word' - I was home for lunch from Juniorschool and if I stood at the door, ready, I could just hearthe punch lines to the stories before I bust a gut sprinting up to school in order to get there for 1.00p.m. and registration.
Something precious has been lost.
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Robin Ray was a sort of concert pianist and certainly knew his Chopin. - as well as everything else
I remember seeing him on HOW? 1965, where they had the orchestral backing
and he sat down at the piano as a 'walk in' and belted out the piano part - bashed out the part on the Joanna
and the interviewee said 'christ that's not bad'
Robin Ray, who was a very entertaining showoff, (he once wore a kaftan), related how he was taken to the newly-built Royal Festival Hall in London in 1951 where he sat on the stage (with an aunt?), and heard a piano recital given by the Chliean pianist Claudio Arrau.
Improbable as it may seem, I sat on the stage with an aunt to hear Arrau play ... .
Indeed he was. I watched Call My Bluff and really enjoyed it. Memories of yesteryear! I started watching FTM but quickly got bored, unfortunately. Unlike years ago, when it was on. I used to watch it regularly. I actually got the right answer to the first question last night, about the cities and the composer, London and Elgar. Thought I'd quit while I was ahead!