Everything about Family Favourites totally explained
Successor to the wartime show
Forces Favourites,
Family Favourites (also known as
Two-Way Family Favourites) was broadcast at Sunday lunchtimes on the
BBC Light Programme,
BBC Radio 2 and the
British Forces Broadcasting Service until
1980. It was a request programme designed to link families at home in the
UK with British troops serving in
West Germany or elsewhere overseas.
It had the memorable signature tune "With A Song in My Heart" (original played by Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra) and was presented by a variety of well-known radio personalities including
Cliff Michelmore,
Jean Metcalfe,
Michael Aspel,
Judith Chalmers and
Sarah Kennedy. Its final presenter was
Jean Challis.
Bill Paull was memorable as the link man in Toronto. June Armstrong-Wright presented from Hong Kong.
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