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World Service,01 Jan 2003,13 mins

BBC's orchestras and Singers

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Paul Hughes, General Manager of the BBC Symphony Orchestra talks about the BBC orchestras and how they came about. A complaint about programme advertisements, they are 'too long' and 'too frequent'; disbelief at the result of the top ten songs in the world competition. A listener visits Bush House and meets announcer Rachel Weston.

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