• Betty Comdon Packages/Mini Feature. Betty Comden, who with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and screen, died age 89 in Manhattan. During a professional partnership that lasted for more than 60 years, and which finally ended with Mr. Green's death in 2002, the Comden-Green blend of sophisticated wit and musical know-how lit up stage shows like "On the Town," "Wonderful Town," "Peter Pan" and "Bells Are Ringing." Their Hollywood credits included the screenplays for two landmark film musicals, "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Band Wagon." Through the years they worked with composers like Leonard Bernstein, Cy Coleman, Jule Styne and André Previn, creating songs like "New York, New York," "The Party's Over," "It's Love" and "Some Other Time."
• 30th anniversary of British, Oscar-winning creators of "Wallace and Gromit". Feature.
  Creator, Nick Parker, in interview and a bit more than crackers and cheese !
• George Martin. Feature. Fuss and Confusion over the 5th's Bealte remastered album production "Love - The Beatles" - anno 2006, which turns out to be the Soundtrack for the 2006 Las Vageas spectacle of the same name of "Cirque de Culeil".
• Tony Bennett. Exclusive Interview and feature in November 2006. He release of his Duets Album and celebrated his 80th birthday. What a gift !
• James Last. Feature. German band leader, arranger and composer, Hans Last, starting out for his "Last German Tour", while his son, Ron, reaches out for a new horizon, audiences and a new future for the "Last Sound" with many new releases from U.S.A.

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West One News Classics are based on our 25 years of experience in show business in England, Continental Europe and the Americas ! We had several very successful series - including a killer series of show business news running for 25 years at the Bavarian State Radio in Munich (Musicaltime/Showtime), nation-wide and via satellite all over Europe - and a 2 year run in the German capital Berlin, which attracted an audience of 30 per cent of listeners off the prime time on a Sunday evening (Antennen-Gala/Euroshowtime)!

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• Euroshowtime. Series. Songs from across Europe. The latest and the classics. Surprisingly quality songs and music from the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany and even Turkey. There is more than the British-American music market ! We not only bought the tradmark..........
• A Newsbeat in Showbusiness is available for all private radio stations. Either in a weekly round up or even daily "EXPRESS" package via telephone. This show will come in a new fast changing 29 min format presenting cultural event in the broadest sense whose popular approach for the new audience and internet users.
• James Last - Gentleman of Music. Series. Mr. Happy Music presents his own choice of music bringing together quality and rare recordings of the greatest stars in the music industry.
• Ute Lemper's Cabaret Hour. The known cabaret star hosts a selection of music from across the ways: French and German classic composers, chanson singers, Paris jazz and classic songs, including her very personal story behind the musical "Chicago".
• My personal choice. A series of 6 shows each compiled as an show business / arts magazine for radio with star presenters such as Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Peter Weck, Tim Rice or Sir Paul Mc Cartney. They present their very own choice of music including the stories behind what connects them with it. Music from a surprisingly vast range of styles. Phil Collins about improvised music (some call it jazz) with a afro-latin influence, Rod Stewart about his relation with classic American songbook, Peter Weck (the former head and producer of the Viennese Musical Theatres and initiator of Webber/Mackintosh shows on the continent) about his pop singing career in the 50s, Tim Rice about cricket…
• Globetrotting with Dana Gillespie. Series. Dana Gillespie, the original Maria Magdalena from "Jesus Christ Super Star" presents our World Music magazine. We are continuing this ceased series from German SFB/WDR and Austrian public broadcaster ORF. The concept has been rewritten in a magazine style with interviews and news and we are proud to say that we are able to produce this show in English, Italian and German. Dana Gillespie meanwhile is honourable Board Member of the World Music Trust.
• Cantabile's Show Business. Series. The famous singer quartet collects stories not so well known and not on record anywhere - in their huge range from the Comedian Harmonists to Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.
• Gerhard Bronner's Film Music Magazine. Series. Gerhard Bronner is the father of today's Editor of the classic Vienna newspaper, The Standard, Oscar Bronner. In his own place he is an established chanson singer, famous in the late fifties, who presented for us a radio series called "Music for Grown-Ups", comes back with his new series focusing on news and background stories from the vast legacy of film music. He sit for us in his Florida home.
• Host Wendt's Berlin Wehrmacht Hour. Series. Swing from the time of the Third Reich to nowadays from the vast archive of former RIAS Berlin to the present. Retired RIAS presenter Horst Wendt, who collaborated with the British and American Allied Forces whilst the occupation of Berlin and worked for RIAS 25 years, comes back with a interesting swing show. Swing music from Frank Sinatra to the German Wehrmacht Band. The story around "Ilse", an alias for a presenter, who talked on-air to Glenn Miller in German (!) - and many other rarities.
• UK & US TOP POPS. Series. Past and present hits in an compromised style, especially for European radio stations, not a run-down of numbers and hits. Including interviews, rarities and the latest releases. All this comes to you in any European language.