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Musical breaks in old radio programs
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If you listen to reruns of, for example, the Goon Show or 'Round the Horne' for no apparent reason they stick in one or two musical breaks by such great artists as the 'Fraser Hayes Four' or 'Nat Geldray'. Does anyone know why. Was it required by the BBC or the Musician' Union or something?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Firstly, it's Max Geldray. AFAIK there was no requirement by the BBC to have music in the middle of these programmes, but it does break things up a bit and it also means that there is less comedy to write. I write comedy and it's extremely hard to get 30mins of funny stuff for one episode of something so think how poor old Spike Milligan went on with numerous episodes. No wonder the poor sod suffered nervous breakdowns. The pressure to be funny must have been immense.
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