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Alan Keith published a book about the music played in the show in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last=Keith |first=Alan |year=1975 |title=Your Hundred Best Tunes |isbn=0-460-04214-9 |publisher=[[J.M. Dent & Sons]] |location=London |oclc=1993474}}</ref> [[Decca Records|The Decca Record Company]] published a successful ten-volume series of records with the title ''The World of Your 100 Best Tunes''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201975/129 |date=December 1975 |title=Your Hundred Best Tunes |magazine=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |location=London |issn=0017-310X |page=129 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604073811/http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201975/129 |archive-date=4 June 2010 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> The BBC published a six-CD collection of the music selected by the final poll listed above. |
Alan Keith published a book about the music played in the show in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last=Keith |first=Alan |year=1975 |title=Your Hundred Best Tunes |isbn=0-460-04214-9 |publisher=[[J.M. Dent & Sons]] |location=London |oclc=1993474}}</ref> [[Decca Records|The Decca Record Company]] published a successful ten-volume series of records with the title ''The World of Your 100 Best Tunes''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201975/129 |date=December 1975 |title=Your Hundred Best Tunes |magazine=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |location=London |issn=0017-310X |page=129 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604073811/http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201975/129 |archive-date=4 June 2010 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> The BBC published a six-CD collection of the music selected by the final poll listed above. |
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*[[Classic FM Hall of Fame]] |
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Genre | Music |
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Running time | 60 minutes (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
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Hosted by |
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Created by | Alan Keith |
Original release | 15 November 1959 21 January 2007 | –
No. of episodes | approximately 2500 |
Your Hundred Best Tunes was a BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by requests and polls of listeners.[1]
History
The Hundred Best Tunes in the World was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme from 15 November 1959 until 7 February 1960, when Alan Keith's personal list of one hundred had all been played. The title was changed from 14 February 1960. At this point it ran for half an hour from 10 to 10.30 pm, but from 25 December 1960 it was extended and moved to earlier in the evening, running from 7.35 to 8.30 pm. From 12 March 1961 it adopted the 9 to 10 pm time slot which it would occupy for the rest of its life, on four different networks: it moved from the Light Programme to the Home Service from 5 January 1964, and remained there after it became Radio 4 from 1 October 1967, but returned to what had been the Light Programme, now renamed Radio 2, from 5 April 1970.
The last show was transmitted on 21 January 2007 – a run of over 47 years. For most of this time, it was presented by the original creator, Alan Keith, who continued up to the age of 94. After his death in 2003,[2] Richard Baker presented the show.[3] Holiday guest presenters included Evelyn Barbirolli, Rosalind Runcie, Earl Spencer and Ursula Vaughan Williams.[4][5]
The show was cancelled by Lesley Douglas, Controller of Radio 2, who replaced it with a longer Melodies for You, presented by Alan Titchmarsh, which continued to play music from the same repertoire until it too was cancelled in 2011.[6] A special edition of the format was aired on 30 December 2011, presented by Alfie Boe, who played a selection from the 2003 poll plus some of his own favourites.[7][8]
The hundred best tunes
Polls were taken to confirm the choice of the hundred best tunes. The results of the last poll in 2003 are below. The previous poll was in 1997 and the position of each work in that earlier poll is shown in parentheses.[9]
Other media
Alan Keith published a book about the music played in the show in 1975.[11] The Decca Record Company published a successful ten-volume series of records with the title The World of Your 100 Best Tunes.[12] The BBC published a six-CD collection of the music selected by the final poll listed above.
See also
References
- ^ "Bizet's The Pearl Fishers named nation's favourite tune". BBC Press Office (Press release). BBC. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Alan Keith". The Daily Telegraph. London. 19 March 2003. ISSN 0307-1235.
- ^ Plunkett, John (10 January 2007). "Titchmarsh replaces Radio 2's Your Hundred Best Tunes". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ^ Donovan, Paul (21 January 2007). "End Game". Radio Waves. The Sunday Times. London: News International.
- ^ Your 100 Best Tunes, Radio Rewind
- ^ Donovan, Paul (9 November 2008). "Ross and Brand: Radio 2 clean up their act". The Sunday Times. London: News International.
- ^ Pledger, Laura (2011). "Your One Hundred Best Tunes with Alfie Boe". Radio Times. Immediate Media.
- ^ "Hear Alfie Boe's 100 Best Tunes Tonight". TheatreSpy. Musical Theatre News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Your 100 Best Tunes, 1959 - 2007, The Radio 2 Preservation Society, 12 January 2007
- ^ "Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves". Composers. Classic FM.
- ^ Keith, Alan (1975). Your Hundred Best Tunes. London: J.M. Dent & Sons. ISBN 0-460-04214-9. OCLC 1993474.
- ^ "Your Hundred Best Tunes". Gramophone. London. December 1975. p. 129. ISSN 0017-310X. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
External links
- Your One Hundred Best Tunes with Alfie Boe (2011 Special Edition)