Roy Palmer English Folk Music Collection
A spy called Oliver
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Type
sound
Duration
00:28:15
Shelf mark
1CDR0007271 (copy of C1023/45)
Recording date
1967-10
Is part of (Collection)
Roy Palmer collection
Recording locations
BBC studio on Derby Road, Nottingham
Performers
Harris, Roy (singer, male), Andrews, Geoffrey (speaker, male), Christian, Roy (speaker, male), Knapp, Terence (speaker, male), Hancock, Chris (speaker, male), Bosley, Keith (speaker, male) (narrator)
Producers
Powell, David
Recordist
Palmer, Roy
Description
Item notes: Includes fragments of songs sung by Roy Harris. Radio documentary commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 1817 Pentrich Uprising, the last attempted revolution against the Government in England, focussing particularly on William Oliver, who was working an agent provocateur for Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary. Broadcast by an unidentified radio station, October 1967.
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