Yesterday Once More: The Karen Carpenter Story - Episode 1

Another chance to hear Mark Radcliffe profile Karen Carpenter, in the same month that she would have celebrated her 60th birthday (2 March 1950). As one half of the brother-sister duo The Carpenters, Karen was one of the most talented, successful and enduring pop stars of her generation. Famous for songs such as Top Of The World and Superstar, their vocal harmony sound and their squeaky clean image, The Carpenters were the epitome of wholesome, happy, all-American youth. Yet in 1983 Karen Carpenter died suddenly from heart failure, the result of years of suffering with anorexia nervosa. Through conversation and interviews with some of Karen's closest friends, school mates and music industry colleagues, Carpenter's fan Radcliffe goes in search of the real Karen Carpenter. In programme one, he delves into her childhood, school days and formative years offering an insight into the person behind the squeaky-clean image and that truly beautiful voice.