The Radio Ballads
Tales of workers, and songs which their stories have inspired
The Radio Ballads - Singing the Fishing
Tales from the Norfolk and Scottish herring fleets with Ewan McColl's songs. Award-winning documentary from August 1960.
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The Radio Ballads - The Big Hewer
A legend told by the men of the coalfields from the Tyne to the Vale of Neath, with the music they inspired. From August 1961.
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The Radio Ballads - The Song of a Road
The M1 as described by the men who built the London-Yorkshire motorway. Set into song by Ewan MacColl. From November 1959.
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