New Radio 2 series The Musical

BBC Radio 2 is to look back over 80 years of musical theatre in a major new series exploring its appeal in London’s West End and on Broadway.  The first episode will be broadcast at 10:00 pm on September 6th.

The Musical is a series of eight one hour episodes produced for the BBC by Malcolm Prince, who also produces of Elaine Paige’s Sunday programme on Radio 2.

Full details of the series are still being put together, but each episode will cover a theme rather than just look back over the history of musical theatre chronologically.