#OTD 7 June 1946
Just after 3pm, after tuning signals, a #AlexandraPalace mast shot accompanied by #EricCoates #TelevisionMarch, #JasmineBligh stepped from a car and asked, “Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?”.
#BBCTelevision had returned after its wartime closure.
#BBCTV80Anniversary.
Just after 3pm, after tuning signals, a #AlexandraPalace mast shot accompanied by #EricCoates #TelevisionMarch, #JasmineBligh stepped from a car and asked, “Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?”.
#BBCTelevision had returned after its wartime closure.
#BBCTV80Anniversary.
June 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
#OTD 7 June 1946
Just after 3pm, after tuning signals, a #AlexandraPalace mast shot accompanied by #EricCoates #TelevisionMarch, #JasmineBligh stepped from a car and asked, “Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?”.
#BBCTelevision had returned after its wartime closure.
#BBCTV80Anniversary.
Just after 3pm, after tuning signals, a #AlexandraPalace mast shot accompanied by #EricCoates #TelevisionMarch, #JasmineBligh stepped from a car and asked, “Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?”.
#BBCTelevision had returned after its wartime closure.
#BBCTV80Anniversary.
It was #OTD 1942, that
'Desert Island Discs' was first broadcast. I adore its iconic theme tune, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover it had words! Music by Eric Coates and the words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs #OTD
#EricCoates #BBC #ThrowbackThursday #musicsky
'Desert Island Discs' was first broadcast. I adore its iconic theme tune, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover it had words! Music by Eric Coates and the words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs #OTD
#EricCoates #BBC #ThrowbackThursday #musicsky
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
It was #OTD 1942, that
'Desert Island Discs' was first broadcast. I adore its iconic theme tune, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover it had words! Music by Eric Coates and the words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs #OTD
#EricCoates #BBC #ThrowbackThursday #musicsky
'Desert Island Discs' was first broadcast. I adore its iconic theme tune, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover it had words! Music by Eric Coates and the words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs #OTD
#EricCoates #BBC #ThrowbackThursday #musicsky
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & Vernon Handley:
🎵 Covent Garden (London every day suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #VernonHandley
September 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & Vernon Handley:
🎵 Covent Garden (London every day suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #VernonHandley
The great composer of the Desert Island Discs theme tune, Eric Coates, was born on this day!
Called 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' It has words that were added by Jack Lawrence in 1940 transforming it into one of my favourite songs.
#DesertIslandDiscs #EricCoates #BBC
Called 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' It has words that were added by Jack Lawrence in 1940 transforming it into one of my favourite songs.
#DesertIslandDiscs #EricCoates #BBC
August 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The great composer of the Desert Island Discs theme tune, Eric Coates, was born on this day!
Called 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' It has words that were added by Jack Lawrence in 1940 transforming it into one of my favourite songs.
#DesertIslandDiscs #EricCoates #BBC
Called 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' It has words that were added by Jack Lawrence in 1940 transforming it into one of my favourite songs.
#DesertIslandDiscs #EricCoates #BBC
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 The Three Bears
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #RumonGamba
September 24, 2026 at 7:33 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 The Three Bears
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #RumonGamba
It was on this day
29 January 1942 that Desert Island Discs was first broadcast. The theme tune became a song 'By The Sleepy Lagoon'Music by Eric Coates, words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs
#EricCoates #OTD #ВВС
29 January 1942 that Desert Island Discs was first broadcast. The theme tune became a song 'By The Sleepy Lagoon'Music by Eric Coates, words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs
#EricCoates #OTD #ВВС
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It was on this day
29 January 1942 that Desert Island Discs was first broadcast. The theme tune became a song 'By The Sleepy Lagoon'Music by Eric Coates, words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs
#EricCoates #OTD #ВВС
29 January 1942 that Desert Island Discs was first broadcast. The theme tune became a song 'By The Sleepy Lagoon'Music by Eric Coates, words by Jack Lawrence.
#DesertIslandDiscs
#EricCoates #OTD #ВВС
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #SundayMorning
Eric Coates, Barry Wordsworth & London Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Summer Afternoon (Idyll)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BarryWordsworth #LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra
July 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #SundayMorning
Eric Coates, Barry Wordsworth & London Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Summer Afternoon (Idyll)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BarryWordsworth #LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #CarolsAcrossTheCountryASeasonalJourney
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson:
🎵 By the sleepy lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonic #JohnWilson
December 1, 2024 at 7:44 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #CarolsAcrossTheCountryASeasonalJourney
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson:
🎵 By the sleepy lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonic #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
July 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ClassicalLive
Eric Coates, James Newby & Joseph Middleton:
🎵 Sleepy Lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JamesNewby #JosephMiddleton
#newRelease - 🆕 album
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon
Eric Coates, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra · Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ClassicalLive
Eric Coates, James Newby & Joseph Middleton:
🎵 Sleepy Lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JamesNewby #JosephMiddleton
#newRelease - 🆕 album
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
From EMI "Classics for Pleasure", "The Music of Eric Coates". Jack Brymer on Alto, RLPO under Sir Charles Groves (1968 recording). Never bettered in my humble opinion. The 2 disc set was my very first CD purchase. #MusicSky #EricCoates
youtube.com/watch?v=ifiN...
youtube.com/watch?v=ifiN...
Eric Francis Harrison Coates- Saxo-Rhapsody, for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
YouTube video by Bibicat music🎶
youtube.com
July 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
From EMI "Classics for Pleasure", "The Music of Eric Coates". Jack Brymer on Alto, RLPO under Sir Charles Groves (1968 recording). Never bettered in my humble opinion. The 2 disc set was my very first CD purchase. #MusicSky #EricCoates
youtube.com/watch?v=ifiN...
youtube.com/watch?v=ifiN...
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
From Meadow to Mayfair (Suite for Orchestra): III. Evening in Town (Waltz)
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson · Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper:
🎵 The Merrymakers (A Miniature Overture)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #SlovakRadioSymphonyOrchestra #AdrianLeaper
September 11, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper:
🎵 The Merrymakers (A Miniature Overture)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #SlovakRadioSymphonyOrchestra #AdrianLeaper
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
September 5, 2026 at 6:52 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 March: The Dam Busters
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
September 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 March: The Dam Busters
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & Barry Wordsworth:
🎵 London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #BarryWordsworth
August 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & Barry Wordsworth:
🎵 London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #BarryWordsworth
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 March: The Dam Busters
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
August 14, 2026 at 7:42 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 March: The Dam Busters
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, John Wilson & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Summer Days Suite: III. At the Dance
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JohnWilson #RoyalLiverpoolPhilharmonicOrchestra
August 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, John Wilson & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Summer Days Suite: III. At the Dance
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JohnWilson #RoyalLiverpoolPhilharmonicOrchestra
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 I Sing to You (Souvenir)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
July 29, 2026 at 6:33 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 I Sing to You (Souvenir)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, London Symphony Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #CharlesMackerras
July 26, 2026 at 5:53 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, London Symphony Orchestra & Charles Mackerras:
🎵 By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #CharlesMackerras
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 The Jester at the Wedding: IV. Valse, "The Dance of the Orange Blossoms"
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JohnWilson #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
The Jester at the Wedding: IV. Valse, "The Dance of the Orange Blossoms"
Eric Coates, John Wilson, BBC Philharmonic · Coates: Orchestra Works, Vol. 1 · Song · 2019
open.spotify.com
July 24, 2026 at 7:28 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 The Jester at the Wedding: IV. Valse, "The Dance of the Orange Blossoms"
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #JohnWilson #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 London (London every day) - suite (Knightsbridge)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #RumonGamba
July 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Rumon Gamba:
🎵 London (London every day) - suite (Knightsbridge)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #RumonGamba
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 The Merrymakers
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
July 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 The Merrymakers
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & George Jackson:
🎵 At the Fair (From the Countryside)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #GeorgeJackson
July 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight
Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra & George Jackson:
🎵 At the Fair (From the Countryside)
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCConcertOrchestra #GeorgeJackson
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 By the sleepy lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson
July 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics
Eric Coates, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson:
🎵 By the sleepy lagoon
#BBCRadio3 #EricCoates #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JohnWilson