EPISODE · Dec 21, 2025 · 54 MIN

Pam Ayres

from Private Passions · host BBC Radio 3

Michael Berkeley’s guest is the poet Pam Ayres, who shares the music that matters most to her, including some seasonal favourites. It’s now 50 years since Pam first won a vast national audience on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, with poems including her much-loved wintry verse 'Sling another chair leg on the fire, Mother!'Her musical choices include Rachmaninov, Elgar and Johnny Mathis.

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