On the way through town today,listening to my Tecsun PL- 310ET pocket radio ;which uses a very advanced chip,by the way (meaning it locks onto weak FM,even when reception is patchy!) I tuned into Radio 4. "Oh no,not another boring Drama!",I thought. Suddenly,one of the characters revealed (to another) that his name was
Malcolm Williamson. "That Malcolm Williamson?",I thought. Then,the character mentioned,wearily, that 1977 was a very bad year,and "it had been in all the papers". Of course,he was referring to his failiure to complete the
Jubilee Symphony.The play (or Drama!) is called "
1977",and,actually,concerns his failure to complete a score for the film,
Watership Down (I remember every kid in the school seemed to be jabbering on about the book,at the time!) I didn't know he'd composed any music for that! I was quite relieved to find that he didn't compose,it's hit (No 1,for six weeks) song,
Bright eyes (Burning like fire.....etc,etc!! ;D) I did actually watch the cartoon about a year,or two back,while at a loose end. I remember being amused when it emerged that there had been complaints,from some viewers, about the level of graphic violence in the film,after it was shown! Bunnies beating each other up! Whatever next?!! Disgusting!! >:( ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r8gmshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/mar/31/watership-down-bbfc-ratings-easter-sunday-comment