2012 Olympic Games Radio Ballads
In 2012 BBC Radio 2 broadcast a series of six new radio ballads on the subject of the Olympic Games with original songs from Nancy Kerr, Julie Matthews, Martin Simpson and Boo Hewerdine amongst others.
The following ballads were broadcast in July and August 2012: Olympia on the origins of the Olympic Games; Berlin which focussed on the 1936 Summer Olympics; Munich on the 1972 Summer Olympics; Controversies; Going for Gold; and The Marathon.
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