Dur. 19 mins 42secs Roomybonce’s guide to Roy Budd, composer of ’70s scores from Get Carter to The Wild Geese, pitch perfect child prodigy, Lalo Schifrin impersonator, and defender of the Jazz Pianist faith. Buy his top drawer compilation here.
A very personal podcast this, dedicated, as it is, to a very old friend who died last month. I really don’t recommend you listen to it unless you knew Jane and she touched your life as profoundly as she touched mine. She’s pictured here with her husband Paul on their wedding day, and my thoughts are with him, too, in his grief.
Dur: 26m 24s We round up their four cultural highlights of the year in this, our first Christmas podgasm. Featuring Kenneth Branagh, Frankie Boyle, Take That and Mike sodding Oldfield.
