Music Makers (radio): There Was This Man...
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There Was This Man... is a unit of the BBC schools radio series Music Makers from the 1970s, covering music for primary and secondary school pupils.
A "revue-style" comedy (i.e. a series of musical sketches loosely connected by a theme) based on early mankind, with some actually genuine archaeological and anthropological facts thrown in.
Songs
- The Beasts Which Throng
- Cave Painting
- Farmer's Song
- Our Town
- Discoveries...
Broadcasts
Credits
| Music by | Peter Hutchings |
| Producer | Peter Hutchings |
Resources
The unit was accompanied by a pupils' pamphlet with drawings by Tony Matthews, and a teachers' notes booklet.
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