1975 album of music from the show selected by Alan Keith (pictured)
Genre
Music
Running time
60 minutes (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Language(s)
English
Home station
BBC Light Programme
BBC Home Service
BBC Radio 4 (1967–1970)
BBC Radio 2 (1970–2007)
Hosted by
Alan Keith (1959–2003)
Richard Baker (2003–2007)
Alfie Boe (2011 special)
Created by
Alan Keith
Original release
15 November 1959 (1959-11-15) – 21 January 2007 (2007-01-21)
No. of episodes
approximately 2500
Your Hundred Best Tunes was a BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by requests and polls of listeners.[1]
^"Bizet's The Pearl Fishers named nation's favourite tune". BBC Press Office (Press release). BBC. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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