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The Organist Entertains

Long-running music programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2

Field	Value
name	The Organist Entertains
format	Organ music
runtime	30 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
home_station	BBC Radio 2
presenter
first_aired
last_aired
opentheme	"From This Moment On" by Cole Porter
website

The Organist Entertains was a long-running music programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The 30-minute programme focused on the organ in its many guises, and played recordings and live broadcasts of theatre organs, pipe organs and electronic organs around the United Kingdom and the rest of the world.

The programme ran as a weekly feature on Radio 2 from 11 June 1969 and was originally presented by Robin Richmond, playing himself and introducing guest organists. Early guests included Ena Baga (Odeon, Hammersmith), Doreen Chadwick (The Gaumont, Manchester), Harold Robinson Cleaver (Astra, Llandudno), William Davies (The Granada, Tooting), Douglas Reeve (The Dome, Brighton), Dudley Savage (ABC Plymouth) and Gerald Shaw (Odeon, Leicester Square).

On 12 November 1970, Robin Richmond introduced the newest BBC Theatre Organ, installed at The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester, with performances on the organ by Ernest Broadbent, Reginald Dixon and Reginald Porter Brown.

In 1980, Nigel Ogden took over as presenter. In Ogden's absence, the programme was occasionally guest presented by Blackpool Tower organist Phil Kelsall. The programme's introductory music was "From This Moment On" by Cole Porter, played by Ogden.

On 10 January 2018, the BBC announced that the programme was to be discontinued after being on air for almost half a century. The final programme was broadcast on 8 May 2018.

References

(5 June 1969). "The Organist Entertains". [[BBC Magazines]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20230905072357/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/168dc734dba2430998006d609b2ec589 'Gala Performance of The Organist Entertains', BBC Radio 2, 12 November 1970]
"Nigel Ogden biography". [[BBC]].
[http://www.philkelsall.co.uk/profile.html#cont Biography], ''philkelsall.co.uk'', Retrieved 13 November 2010.
(10 January 2018). "BBC Radio 2 announces schedule changes for Spring 2018". [[BBC]].
"Nigel Ogden Entertains". [[BBC]].

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