Edward Elgar cycling near Malvern

Elgar goes to the races, entertains George Bernard Shaw and Lawrence of Arabia, and composes a football chant for Wolves; Ivor Atkins saves the festival from extinction;
two eighteenth-century ladies enjoy festival balls, picnic breakfasts and the finest castrato in Europe, while King George III’s visit gives us a festival coin. Steve Williams with Zeb Soanes (BBC R4), Ben Cooper (BBC1 Bargain Hunt) Sir Roy Strong and other familiar faces present anecdotes and characters from past Worcester festivals, lavishly illustrated with rare pictures and interspersed with music and songs, some not heard for a century.

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