About this episode
Ade Edmondson discusses the impact of singer Sandy Denny on his sense of Englishness.
Ade Edmondson - star of The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents, Bottom and much more besides - chooses the singer Sandy Denny. "I think a large part of my Englishness comes from Sandy Denny," he says of the singer perhaps best known for her work with Fairport Convention. The programme includes archive of Richard Thompson, Mick Houghton and Sandy herself, plus help from Patrick Humphries, who interviewed Sandy Denny shortly before her early death aged just 31. The producer for BBC Studios is Miles Warde
People in this episode
Guest: Ade Edmondson
Topics covered
- music
- biography
- English culture
- singer-songwriter
- history
Keywords
- Sandy Denny
- Ade Edmondson
- Fairport Convention
- music history
- Englishness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Studios
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