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Date: 15 September 1968 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Ken Russell

Production company billing: ©none Omnibus presents Song of Summer [end] BBC TV Film Extracts Way out West (1937)
Synopsis: Television film based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir `Delius as I knew him', which traces the last years of the composer Frederick Delius, and Fenby's dedication in giving up five years of his life to helping the blind, paralysed composer set down unfinished scores.Synopsis: Drama documentary, based on the book "Delius as I knew him" by Eric Fenby, about the composer Frederick Delius.

Genres:
Biopic, Drama-documentary

Subject:
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 15 September 1968Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomNetwork - Language: English - Black and White - Sound
Date: 20 May 1973Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:35-23:50Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
In: Journal of British cinema and television v12 n4 2015  Pages: 572-583
Title: When the only digits were fingers: an interview with Roger Crittenden about his work as an editor for Ken RussellAuthor: SUTTON, Paul Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: The editor Roger Crittenden talks about working with Ken Russell on 'Isadora' (1966), 'Dante's Inferno' (1967) and 'Song of Summer' (1968). Part of a special issue generated by the conference 'Imagining the Past: Ken Russell, Biography, and the Art of Making History', held in Brussels on 19-20 March 2014.

In: Sight and Sound v11 n11 November 2001  Page: 63
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English