The Long, Long Trail - 2014
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Roy Hudd explores Charles Chilton's forgotten 1961 radio masterpiece.
Broadcast on the BBC Home Service, The Long, Long Trail told the story of the First World War in a unique way - through the songs sung by soldiers.
In 1962, Chilton, already a renowned pioneering BBC radio producer, adapted the programme with director Joan Littlewood and the cast of Theatre Workshop into the landmark stage musical Oh What a Lovely War.
Ian Hislop, Professor Hugh Chignell, Helen O'Neill, Pat Whitmore, Penny Chilton, and their children Mary and David Chilton.
Producer: Amber Barnfather
Sound design: David Chilton
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nrn9m

The actual Charles Chilton 1961 programme 'The Long, Long Trail' is in the BBC archives but hasn't been broadcast since 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008hvwk
There's a mediafire link to it and Oh - What a Lovely War! on
'Lost' recordings of Charles Chilton
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=133381