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Vanessa Feltz Educating, informing and entertaining, Vanessa has the week's penultimate Early Breakfast.

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24/05/2009

Duration:
2 hours
First broadcast:
Sunday 24 May 2009

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Elaine celebrates the best of Broadway, Hollywood and the West End.

This week's special guest is actress Barbara Windsor who made her musical debut in 1952's Love From Judy. Other shows remembered today include: Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be (1959), Oh, What a Lovely War! (Barbara's Broadway debut in 1964) and Sing A Rude Song - The Marie Lloyd Story (1970).
Barbara's Essential Musicals include:
- 'Sweet Charity'
- 'South Pacific'
- 'Calamity Jane'
- 'Jersey Boys'
- 'Guys & Dolls'

And Malcolm's Big One comes from Disney's High School Musical.

Music Played

20 items
  • Image for a‐ha

    a‐ha The Living Daylights

    Headlines And Deadlines, WARNER BROS

  • Schofield, Phillip And Julie Andrews Talk To The Animals

    Doctor Dolittle, FIRST NIGHT RECORDS

  • Image for The Universal-International Orchestra

    The Universal-International Orchestra In The Mood

    OST The Glenn Miller Story, Classic Soundtrack

  • Image for Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong When You Wish Upon A Star

    Disney's Greatest Hits, DISNEY

  • Image for Barbra Streisand

    Barbra Streisand I'm The Greatest Star

    Funny Girl, BROADWAY

  • Image for Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pelagia's Song

    Classic cinema Part 2, Sony Classical

  • Image for Steve Balsamo

    Steve Balsamo Gethsemane

    Jesus Christ Superstar, POLYDOR

  • London Company Introduction/Mardi Gras

    Love From Judy, SEPIA

  • Edwards, Glynn With Miriam Karlin Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be

    Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be (London, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

  • Barbara Windsor (OA); Sparrows Can't Sing

    Geoff Love And His Orchestra, CD Single

  • Image for Robbie Williams

    Robbie Williams It's De Lovely

  • Gregory Hines and Company Dr Jazz

    Broadway: The American Musical, Sony

  • Cast Recording Your King And Country Want You

    Oh, What A Lovely War S/T, DECCA

  • Image for Gwen Verdon

    Gwen Verdon I'm A Brass Band

    Sweet Charity, COLUMBIA

  • Paulo Szot Some Enchanted Evening

  • Image for Doris Day

    Doris Day The Deadwood Stage

    Calamity Jane/The Pajama Game, CBS

  • Image for Broadway Cast

    Broadway Cast The Medley

    Jersey Boys, Rhino

  • Image for Nathan Lane

    Nathan Lane Sit Down You're Rockin The Boat

    Guys And Dolls, RCA VICTOR, ,

  • Aline Mowat Waiting and Hoping

    Napoleon, Stage Door

  • Image for High School Musical Cast

    High School Musical Cast Breaking Free

    High School Musical OST, EMI

  • Miss Barbara Windsor joins us!

    Miss Barbara Windsor joins us!

    A British legend stops by to chat about her remarkable career on stage and screen. Barbara Windsor chats to EP about her favourite Essential Musicals which include:
    • Sweet Charity
    • South Pacific
    • Calamity Jane
    • Jersey Boys
    • Guys & Dolls
    Elaine's interview is a right Carry On (sorry, we couldn't resist one pun)

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