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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

Credits (19)
Production Company: BBC TV, Produced by: Ken Russell, Assistant to the Director: Geoffrey Haydon, Assistant to the Director: Stuart Nimmo, Sally Thomas, [Assistant to the Director]: Alan Benson, Scenario: Eric Fenby, Ken Russell, Based on [book] "Delius As I Knew Him" b: Eric Fenby, Film Cameraman: Dick Bush, Film Editor: Roger Crittenden, Designer: Judy Steel, Costumes: Shirley Kingdon, Make-up: Eileen Mair, [Incidental Music]: Eric Fenby, Sound Recordist: John Murphy, Dubbing Mixer: Stanley Morcom, [Commentator on 2007 DVD release]: Ken Russell
Cast (12)
Max Adrian (Frederick Delius), Maureen Pryor (Jelka Delius), Christopher Gable (Eric Fenby), David Collings (Percy Grainger), Geraldine Sherman (girl next door), Norman Jones (doctor), Elizabeth Ercy (maid), Roger Worrod (Bruder), Gilles Milinaire ([]), Frank Duncan ([voice]), Penny Service, Ian Sheridan ([extra])