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  3. Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round
  4. Episodes
  5. 2009

Episodes from Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round broadcast in 2009

December
  1. 15/12/2009
    Desmond marks the week before Christmas with seasonal songs.
  2. 08/12/2009
    Desmond marks the 99th birthday of Edmundo Ros on 7 December 2009.
  3. 01/12/2009
    Desmond is boldly going into space with a science fiction theme.
November
  1. 24/11/2009
    The show takes a retrospective theme, as Desmond plays hits from the 1950s.
  2. 17/11/2009
    Desmond shares good tunes, unexpected ones and few you may never have heard before.
  3. 10/11/2009
    Desmond takes Berlin as his theme, marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.
  4. 03/11/2009
    The show is a winter warmer with Desmond taking the theme of 'by the fireside'.
October
  1. 27/10/2009
    Desmond shares some good tunes and some unexpected ones on a supernatural theme.
  2. 20/10/2009
    Desmond's theme is 'village green preservation', with cricket, warm beer and The Kinks.
  3. 13/10/2009
    Desmond shares some good tunes and some unexpected ones, taking 'in the mood' as his theme
  4. 06/10/2009
    Desmond plays a collection of standards and some new releases.
September
  1. 29/09/2009
    Desmond rummages through his record collection and remembers composer Hoagy Carmichael.
  2. 22/09/2009
    Desmond shares tunes on the theme of the 'boot fair' from his collection of 250,000 titles
  3. 15/09/2009
    Desmond shares tunes from his collection of 250,000 titles on the theme of 'books'.
  4. 08/09/2009
    Desmond shares tunes from his collection on the theme of the 'deep blue sea'.
  5. 01/09/2009
    Desmond plays a selection of songs on the theme of war and peace.
August
  1. 25/08/2009
    Desmond invokes the nostalgia of the 'wireless days'.
  2. 18/08/2009
    Desmond Carrington celebrates the music of Jimmy Kennedy in a composer special.
  3. 11/08/2009
    Desmond plays tracks from his collection of 250,000 titles.
  4. 04/08/2009
    Desmond plays tracks from his collection of 250,000 titles on the theme of 'London'.
July
  1. 28/07/2009
    Desmond plays tracks from his collection of 250,000 titles on the theme of Summer.
  2. 21/07/2009
    Desmond plays tracks from his collection of 250,000 titles. The theme is Hats.
  3. 14/07/2009
    Desmond shares some good tunes on the theme of lawyers and crime.
  4. 07/07/2009
    Desmond Carrington presents music on the theme of Naturism.
June
  1. 30/06/2009
    Desmond celebrates the work of lyricist Sammy Cahn.
  2. 23/06/2009
    Desmond Carrington's theme is footwear.
  3. 16/06/2009
    The theme is 'down on the farm'.
  4. 09/06/2009
    Desmond shares some good tunes and a few you may have never heard. The theme is cookery.
  5. 02/06/2009
    Desmond's theme is 'friendly persuasion'.
May
  1. 26/05/2009
    The theme is 'in the camera's eye'.
  2. 19/05/2009
    Desmond marks the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards by looking at past winners.
  3. 12/05/2009
    The theme is 'a long journey'.
  4. 05/05/2009
    The theme is 'animals'.
April
  1. 28/04/2009
    The theme is 'games people play'.
  2. 21/04/2009
    The theme is 'father and son'.
  3. 14/04/2009
    Desmond's theme in this edition is trains.
  4. 07/04/2009
    Desmond's theme is Springtime Joy.
March
  1. 31/03/2009
    This programme's theme is What's in A Name?
  2. 24/03/2009
    The theme is the telephone call, as Desmond celebrates the good old-fashioned landline.
  3. 17/03/2009
    The theme is lepidoptera, the group of insects which includes butterflies and moths.
  4. 10/03/2009
    Desmond celebrates the songwriting partnership Rodgers and Hart.
  5. 03/03/2009
    Desmond Carrington plays a selection of old favourites on the theme of Teachers.
February
  1. 24/02/2009
    Desmond Carrington plays a selection of old favourites, on the theme of Sleep.
  2. 17/02/2009
    Desmond Carrington plays a selection of tunes on the theme of Signs of the Zodiac.
  3. 10/02/2009
    Desmond Carrington celebrates singers from the North of England.
  4. 03/02/2009
    Desmond Carrington plays a selection of old favourites on the theme of Precious Metals.
January
  1. 27/01/2009
    Desmond Carrington features a a Composer Special on Noel Gay.
  2. 20/01/2009
    Desmond Carrington has a Burns Night special marking 250 years since the birth of the poet
  3. 13/01/2009
    Desmond Carrington plays a selection on theme of 'compassionate songs'.
  4. 06/01/2009
    Desmond Carrington focuses on cinema themes.

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