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Ron Grainer “The Australian Years”
Ron Grainer “The Australian Years”
An excellent blog about Ron Grainer:
While the details of Australian composer Ron Grainer’s music career in England are quite extensively described online, Rons early life in Australia has always been something of a mystery. Also links to:
Ron Grainer “The European Years” blog
and
Ron Grainer “A Collectors Guide” blog1966 stage musical, ‘On The Level’ – Programme
Thanks to the kindness of Angela Richards, we are able to display highlights of a programme from the 1966 stage musical, ‘On The Level’, which starred Barrie Ingham and Gary Bond alongside Angela.
It was presented by Martin Landau and The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein.
Reply letter by Ron Grainer to Gerald Lovell

In 1980 film buff Gerald Lovell wrote to Ron, enclosing a list of what he believed to be a definitive list of his film and TV scores to date, and asking him several questions about his career.
We don’t know precisely what questions were asked, but they can be guessed from Ron’s replies.They begin with a reference to Doctor Who, and Ron’s replies are extremely illuminating!
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales concert of Cult TV Classics
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales present a concert of Cult TV Classics at 21.00 on Saturday 25th March 2017.
They will be joined by three members of The Radiophonic Workshop: Mark Ayres, Paddy Kingsland and Roger Limb, and the programme will include Ron’s themes for Doctor Who & The Prisoner.
More details can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e853d4 Maigret on Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray
Network releases Maigret on Blu-Ray
Network has just announced that all 52 episodes of the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon’s popular Maigret novels, starring Rupert Davies and Ewen Solon, are being made available on Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray for the first time! Unseen for more than 50 years, thanks to the BBC’s reluctance to repeat black and white series, here’s a wonderful opportunity to revive memories or catch it for the first time.
The release date is 23rd August but it can be pre-ordered immediately. In fact, it might prove wise to do so, in case this turns out to be limited!
Your writer grew up watching this series with his family and it was compulsive viewing. Ron Grainer’s theme was, of course, perfect, and I think for some episodes he wrote the complete score, but aside from that, the entire production oozed atmosphere, drama, suspense and occasionally humour.
Vive La France & Network. 🙂
“WINDSOR – GUESTS OF THE DUKE”
Ron gets royal guided tour of Windsor Castle! British Pathé video clip.
“Various shots of the cast and crew of the film ‘Some People’ are shown around the outside of the castle by Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh). Commentator tells us the film deals in part with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.”


