Flanders and Swann 

Last Edited: 21-Mar-2016 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

A Special "Thank You" To Sandy Finlayson for major help on this page!

A Few Words of Explanation: The principal works of Flanders and Swann (At the Drop of a Hat, At the Drop of Another Hat, Tried by the Centre Court, The Bestiary) exist in two or three forms:
1.    UK recorded and manufactured EMI LPs, roughly contemporaneous with the original shows.
2.    UK recorded but US manufactured Angel LPs, generally sold during and after the American tours some years later.
3.    UK remastered EMI CDs, taken from a variety of sources and adding additional previously unreleased songs, published in the 1990s. Thus, The Complete Flanders and Swann is really four LPs on three CDs with some added content.

There are several approaches that one could take to cataloguing and digitizing this material. I have chosen to evaluate each song independently, grouping songs by the original packaging (i.e., four LPs) rather than the ordering and grouping represented on the CDs. All variants of a song performed by Flanders and Swann are presented together, instead of considering each LP or CD as a separate entire work.

Chronological ordering is difficult in the absence of a scholarly study of remaining F&S manuscripts. Much of the music was not even written down until after Flanders’ death. “The Hippopotamus Song” is probably the most famous and is often thought of belonging to the “Bestiary” volume. It is not. It is one of the earliest of all of their songs, performed long before the initial performances of At the Drop of a Hat, but included in that show. I am unaware of Tried by the Centre Court being issued in the U.S. Rather, some of its songs appeared in U.S. versions of “Hat” and “Another Hat.” The packaging of the much later CDs further confuses what songs should belong to what collection.

To summarize, each song is listed once in the main listings with all F&S performances, regardless of packaging. Performances by other people are listed separately.


1957-1967 -- Tried by the Centre Court EMI LP NTS116
Date Title Cast Parameters

 Introduction and Twice Shy
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann
UK TBTCC01 6:21
CD EXTIARY16 4:12

Commonwealth Fair
UK TBTCC02 2:35
CD EXTIARY17 4:06

P**p*B****B**D******
(Pee Po Belly Bum DRAWERS)

UK TBTCC03 4:34
CD EXTIARY18 6:20

Too Many Cookers
UK TBTCC04 4:30
CD ATDAH13 3:29

Vanessa
UK: TBTCC05 3:58
CD ATDAH14 3:58

Tried by the Centre Court
UK TBTCC06 3:53
US ATDAH10 4:07
CD ATDAH15 4:05

Paris
UK TBTCC07 5:40
CD EXTIARY19 4:05

Eine kleine Nachtmusik Cha Cha Cha
UK TBTCC08 1:53
CD EXTIARY20 0:31

The Hundred Song
UK TBTCC09 1:14
CD EXTIARY22 1:09

Built Up Area
UK TBTCC10 3:18
CD ATDArH14 3:22

In the Bath
UK TBTCC11 2:33
US ATDAH04 3:51
CD ATDArH15 2:34

Sea Fever
UK TBTCC12 3:43
CD ATDArH16 3:55

The Youth of the Heart
UK TBTCC13 3:05
CD ATDAH16 3:14

Food for Thought
UK TBTCC14 3:52
CD EXTIARY22 3:55

Bed   
UK TBTCC15 3:25
CD EXTIARY23 3:19

1959 -- At the Drop of a Hat
Date Title Cast Parameters

A Transport of Delight   

UK01: 4:47
US01: 4:30
CD01: 5:29

Song of Reproduction
UK02: 3:07
US02: 2:52
CD02: 3:36

The Gnu Song
UK03: 6:03
US05: 3:09
CD03: 7:02

Design for Living
UK04: 4:25
US09: 3:41
CD04: 3:43

Je suis les Ténébreux
UK05: 2:27
CD05: 2:15

Songs for Our Time
(Philological Waltz; Satellite Moon; A Happy Song)

UK06: 5:16
US06: 4:54
CD06: 4:58

A  Song of the Weather
UK07: 1:56
US07: 2:01
CD07: 2:01

The Reluctant Cannibal
UK08: 4:11
US08: 3:58
CD08: 3:59

Greensleeves
UK09: 6:01
US03: 7:01
CD09: 7:06

Misalliance
UK10: 3:50
US11: 4:25
CD10: 4:25

Kokoraki
UK11: 3:59
CD11: 4:59

Madeira M’Dear
UK12: 4:56
US12: 3:40
CD12: 3:37

The Hippopotamus Song
UK13: 3:07
US14: 3:55
CD17: 3:12

Encore: Lord Chamberlain’s Regulations #1:
The Public May Leave

UK14: 0:51
1961 --The Bestiary Of Flanders And Swann
Date Title Cast Parameters

The Warthog (The Hog Beneath the Skin)           

CD Bestiary01 4:14

The Sea Horse
CD Bestiary02 1:31

The Chameleon
CD Bestiary03 1:01

The Whale (Mopy Dick)
CD Bestiary04 3:28

The Sloth
CD Bestiary05 3:15

The Rhinoceros
CD Bestiary06 2:36

Twosome – Kang & Jag
(Kangaroo Tango and Jaguar)

CD Bestiary07 2:04

Dead Ducks
CD Bestiary08 0:41

The Elephant
CD Bestiary09 2:40

The Armadillo
CD Bestiary10 3:52

The Spider
CD Bestiary11 2:21

Threesome – Duck Billed Platypus / The Humming Bird /
The Portuguese Man-o’-War

CD Bestiary12 1:05

The Wild Boar
CD Bestiary13 2:23

The Ostrich
CD Bestiary14 2:56

The Wompom
US ATDAH13 2:53
CD Bestiary15 5:52
1964 -- At The Drop Of Another Hat
Date Title Cast Parameters

The Gas-Man Cometh

US01: 5:32
CD01 6:44

Sounding Brass
US02: 4:04
CD02 2:53

Los Olividados
US03: 6:09
CD03 6:38

In the Desert
US04: 3:09
CD04 3:45

Ill Wind
US05: 4:07
CD05 5:01

First and Second Law
US06: 4:15
CD06 2:56

All Gall
US07: 2:52
CD07 3:53

Horoscope
US08: 2:50
CD08 1:10

Friendly Duet
US09: 1:54
CD09 2:20

Bedstead Men
US10: 3:44
CD10 3:16

By Air
US11: 5:24
CD11: 6:17

Slow Train
US12: 3:47
CD12: 5:26

A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
US13: 5:27
CD13 2:51

Hippo Encore
US14: 1:20
CD17 1:16
1974 -- And Then We Wrote: A Review of Reviews, 1948-1956
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann with Julian Orchard, Pat Lancaster, Charlotte Mitchell & Anne Rogers
Date Title Cast Parameters

Introduction and In the D’Oyly Cart

6:08

Prehistoric Complaint
3:37

The Album
3:40

There’s a Hole in my Budget
2:23

The Seven Ages of Woman
10:12

Fragments
1:09

Pillar to Post
2:45

A Guide to Britten
5:38

Excelsior
4:35

Rain on the Plage
2:04

Last of the Line
3:35

Rockall
2:55

The Lord Chamberlain’s Regulations
4:27
BBC R4X
rebroadcast
28-Sep-2013
And Then We Wrote: A Review of Reviews, 1948-1956 produced by John Dyas
59:59, 56124, S
1975 -- The Extiary (written by Flanders and Swann but never released)
Date Title Cast Parameters

20 Tons of TNT

CD EXTIARY24 2:30

The War of 14-18
CD EXTIARY25 2:15
2007 -- Hat-Trick: Flanders and Swann Collector's Edition (EMI 5078012 / 5099950780129)
Date Title Cast Parameters
1957
and
1959
At the Drop of a Hat
  1. Introduction
  2. A Transport of Delight
  3. Song of Reproduction
  4. A Gnu
  5. Design for Living
  6. Je Suis le Ténébreux
  7. Songs for our time:
         Philological Waltz
         Satellite Moon
         A Happy Song
  8. A Song of the Weather
  9. The Reluctant Cannibal
  10. Greensleeves
  11. Misalliance
  12. Kokoraki – A Greek Song
  13. Madeira M'Dear
  14. Hippopotamus
  15. The Public May Leave

  16. In the Bath (1959)
  17. WomPom (1959)

More Out of the Hat (UK EP Parlophone GEP 8636)

  1. Vanessa
  2. The Youth of the Heart
  3. Tried by the Centre Court
  4. Too Many Cookers
  5. Grandma
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Disc 1
  1. 1:32, 1427, s
  2. 3:05, 2882, s
  3. 3:30, 3270, s
  4. 6:11, 5789, s
  5. 4:30, 3214, s
  6. 2:23, 2223, s
  7. 5:32, 5180, s
  8. 1:58, 1837, s
  9. 4:15, 3982, s
  10. 6:07, 5717, s
  11. 3:57, 3695, s
  12. 4:03, 2794, s
  13. 5:01, 4696, s
  14. 3:10, 2959, s
  15. 0:57, 884, s
  16. 3:19, 3106, s
  17. 2:56, 2739, s
  18. 4:14, 3963, s
  19. 3:12, 2987, s
  20. 4:33, 4256, s
  21. 3:12, 2993, s
  22. 1:32,  1435, s
1957
to
1965
Hats Around the World (2007)
Live recordings from all over the civilised world – and in America…

At the Drop of a Hat
Fortune Theatre 24 March 1958 (400th performance)
1. Play-in

New Lindsey Theatre 13 Jan 1957 (2nd house)
2. The Warthog
3. Topical Song (Harold Macmillan)
4. Mopy Dick

Fortune Theatre 24 March 1958 (400th performance)
5. The Elephant
6. Hippopotamus (French Chorus)
7. Tried by the Centre Court
8. Grandma

Fortune Theatre 11 Apr 1959
8. Miranda
9. Ko Ko Ra Ki
10. Madeira M'Dear

Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, Illinois 2 Feb 1961
11. Down Below (Carter)

O'Keefe Centre, Toronto 9 March 1961
12. 100 Song
13. The Great New Gardiner Expressway
14. Good Literature (Carter)

Theâtre de la Cour St Pierre, Geneva 16 May 1961
15. Gnu

At the Drop of Another Hat
Haymarket Theatre, London 12 March 1964
16. Say Who You Are (Carter)
17. Transport of Delight

At the Drop of a Hat
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide 6 Nov 1964
18. Sing a Song of Fivepence
19. Russia is Red, Dilly Dilly
20. The Great New Sydney Opera House
21. Commonwealth Fair
22. Happy Song
23. The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations:
     Smoking is Permitted
     The Safety Curtain
     The Public May Leave
     Play-Out

At the Drop of Another Hat
Globe Theatre, London 1 Dec 1965
24. Hippo Encore
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Disc 2
  1. 2:43, 2553, s
  2. 4:53, 4565, s
  3. 1:56, 1807, s
  4. 3:52, 1616, s
  5. 3:27, 3230, s
  6. 4:19, 4032, s
  7. 2:16, 2124, s
  8. 3:22, 3157, s
  9. 3:56, 3678, s
  10. 5:20, 4993, s
  11. 3:01, 2827, s
  12. 1:58, 1839, s
  13. 0:43, 672, s
  14. 2:26, 2282, s
  15. 8:36, 8046, s
  16. 2:53, 2704, s
  17. 4:29, 4200, s
  18. 1:36, 1492, s
  19. 0:43, 668, s
  20. 1:15, 1169, s
  21. 2:26, 2270, s
  22. 2:33, 2387, s
  23. 7:33, 7065, s
  24. 2:34, 2394, s
1963
and
1974
And Then We Wrote
Recorded at BBC Paris Theatre 26 May 1974
Issued 1975
1. In the D'Oyly Cart
2. Prehistoric Complaint
3. The Album
4. There's a Hole in My Budget
5. The Seven Ages of Woman
6. Fragments:
     It's a Dog's Life
     Survival of the Phew
     Beau Brummell
7. Pillar to Post
8. Guide to Britten
9. Excelsior
10. Rain on the Plage
11. Last of the Line
12. Rockall
13. The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations:
     Smoking is Permitted
     The Safety Curtain
     The Public May Leave

More Out Of Another Hat
Haymarket Theatre Oct 16* & 18** 1963
14. Play-in*
15. Haymarket introduction*
16. Sloth**
17. Take Me Back to Byker* (Carter)
18. Nursery Rhymes:*
     Nicky & Neddy
     Currency Reform
     Pop Goes the Weasel
19. Ostrich*
20. Bring Back the Birch**
21. Armadillo**

Julian Orchard, Pat Lancaster, Charlotte
Mitchell, Anne Rogers, Michael Flanders
& Donald Swann
Disc 3
  1. 1:48, 1686, s
  2. 3:41, 3450, s
  3. 4:07, 3852, s
  4. 2:01, 1893, s
  5. 10:23, 9705, s
  6. 1:10, 1097, s
  7. 2:58, 2774, s
  8. 5:54, 5524, s
  9. 4:30, 4214, s
  10. 2:06, 1958, s
  11. 3:39, 3416, s
  12. 2:59, 2780, s
  13. 4:33, 4256, s
  14. 2:12, 2058, s
  15. 3:02, 2835, s
  16. 3:36, 3373, s
  17. 3:25, 3204, s
  18. 2:22, 2208, s
  19. 3:36, 3374, s
  20. 3:52, 3618, s
  21. 3:13, 3012, s
1941
to
1961
Flanders & Swann Bonus Disc: Hats Off
Private recordings, try-outs & commissions

FIRST RECORDINGS
Michael Flanders at Oxford (1941)
1. For The Forces

Donald Swann at Oxford (1946)
2. Je Suis le Ténébreux

REQUEST THE PLEASURE (1950)
3. Prehistoric Complaint
4. Surly Girls
5. Strike

PRIVATE VIEW (1950)
6. Private View
7. The Valley
8. Survival Of The Phew
9. Pillar To Post

VOICES IN THE AIR (1951)
10. I Couldn't Care Less
11. Trunk Call
12. A Word on My Ear
13. Ballad Of The Rich

AIRS ON A SHOESTRING (1953)
14. Airs on a Shoestring
15. Guide to Britten
16. Brave New Wordling
17. The Man From Aix-Les-Bains

FRESH AIRS (1955)
18. Overture: More Strings to Our Bow
19. Miss Fraser's Dresses
20. Bi-Party Line
21. Rain on the Plage
22. Interim Report
23. Capital Charge

Bottom Five
24. You (aka Satellite Moon)
25. Anyone Will Do
26. Death Wish
27. Jaguar (Car version)
28. The 100 Song

29. Vendor Librorum Floreat (1961)
Tom Madden, Michael Shepherd,
Charlotte Mitchell, Shirley Hall,
Gervase de Peyer, Harold Goodwin,
John Schlesinger, Rose Hill, Max
Adrian, Denis Quilley, Peter
Reeves, Charles Ross, Bernard Hunter,
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Disc 4
  1. 2:19, 2162, s
  2. 1:50, 1711, s
  3. 3:07, 2915, s
  4. 3:46, 3519, s
  5. 1:13, 1144, s
  6. 0:45, 696, s
  7. 4:11, 3919, s
  8. 3:48, 3556, s
  9. 3:58, 3706, s
  10. 3:37, 3382, s
  11. 2:38, 2471, s
  12. 3:32, 3311, s
  13. 3:34, 3341, s
  14. 0:54, 841, s
  15. 5:14, 4899, s
  16. 2:57, 2758, s
  17. 3:07, 2915, s
  18. 3:30, 3277, s
  19. 0:55, 862, s
  20. 3:12, 2994, s
  21. 3:21, 3128, s
  22. 3:02, 2842, s
  23. 3:27, 3231, s
  24. 0:42, 658, s
  25. 0:56, 881, s
  26. 1:06, 1034, s
  27. 1:01, 953, s
  28. 0:45, 705, s
  29. 4:42, 4396, s
Ian Wallace singing Flanders and Swann3:10,
Date Title Cast Parameters

A Transport of Delight
[see also At the Drop of a Hat]
Ian Wallace, Donald Swann
2:37

The Hippopotamus Song (Mud)
[At the Drop of a Hat]

3:04

The Rhinoceros [Bestiary]
2:41

The Warthog [Bestiary]
3:44

The Elephant [Bestiary]
2:50

The Wild Boar [Bestiary]
2:23

The Armadillo [Bestiary]
3:20

Ill Wind [At the Drop of Another Hat]
3:20

The Gondolier
3:09

The Income Tax Collector
3:02
Other Performances BY Flanders or Swann
Date Title Cast Parameters

Michael Flanders – Christmas Songs
Narrated by Michael Flanders
Performed by unknown choir
12:37, 11837, S
BBC 1 London
Christmas Carols (different from above)
  1. The Holly and the Ivy
  2. The Sussex Carol
  3. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  4. Blessed be that Maid Marie
  5. Away in a Manger
  6. Angels from the Realms of Glory
  7. Rocking Rejoice and be Merry
  8. A Boy was born
  9. Silent Night
Introduced by Michael Flanders
The Wandsworth School Choir
Conductor: Russell Burgess
Organist Ian Cobb
Producer: Patricia Foy
TV soundtrack
only
27:45, 26023, s
1 minute gap
clipping
May-1989
John Amis and Donald Swann at the Brighton Festival
Autobiographical anecdotes, diverse music not just F&S
or even Swann. Includes music by Rachmaninoff, a
Chinese flute performance, Swann song settings of J.R.R.
Tolkien poetry , “Ill Wind” and much more.

40:02, 28152, S
44:09, 31045, S
Fair
Uneven volume
and hiss
c. 1967
Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien reading from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
1. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
2. The Mewlips
3. The Hoard
4. Perry-the-Winkle
5. The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon
6. The Sea-Bell
From The Lord of the Rings
7. J.R.R. Tolkien recites “A Elbereth Gilthoniel”

The Road Goes Ever On, a song cycle based on the words of
J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings and music by Donald Swann
8. The Road Goes Ever On (Vol.1, Bk.1, Ch.1)
9. Upon the Hearth the Fire Is Red (Vol.1, Bk.1, Ch.3)
10. In the Willow-Meads of Tasarinan (Vol.2, Bk.3, Ch.4)
11. In Western Lands (Vol.3, Bk.4?, Ch. 2)
12. Namárìë (vol.1, Bk.2, Ch.8)
13. I Sit Beside the Fire / A Elbereth Gilthoniel (Vol.1, Bk.2, Ch.3)
14. Errantry (from The Adventures of Tom Bomabadil)
Directed by Howard Sackler

read by J R R Tolkien








sung by William Elvin

piano by Donald Swann
Cassette from
Caedmon TC1231
6:47
1:23
3:31
4:22
3:38
5:13

0:14





1:00

1:35
2:35
2:15
2:13
2:40
4:34

Tolkien and His World
Donald Swann, JRR Tolkien,
and others
27:12, 25511, S
27:45, 26032, S
1989
Alphabetaphon
Swann's solo concert repertoire
introduced and performed by the composer
1. All My Life's a Circle (Chapin)
2. The Amethyst (Swann)
3. And Now the Night is Over (Carter)
4. The Armadillo (Flanders & Swann)
5. Baboushka (Scholey & Swann)
6. Bird of Heaven (Carter)
7. Bilbo's Last Song (Tolkien & Swann)
8. Beyond the Mountain (Fuetter & Swann)
9. Circle Round the Earth (Swann)
10. Clock of Life (Carter)
11. Cruel is the Swallow Now (Carter & Swann)
12. Coming and Going Away (Carter)

1. Casos Remembered (Swann)
2. Casos Envisaged (Swann)
3. Christmas Candle (Swann & Trad)
4. Dark Rose of My Heart (Scarfe & Swann)
5. In the Desert (Chenkin adapt. Flanders & Swann)
6. The Devil Wore a Crucifix (Carter)
7. Don't Be Heavy Africa (Swann)
8. Distant Calling Love (Swann)
9. Envy (Crane & Swann)
10. Flow Young, Flow True (Swann)
11. The Future Will Soon Be Past (Swann)
12. Footprints (Walmsley & Swann)
13. The Gas Man Cometh (Flanders & Swann)
14. George Fox (Carter)
15. The Gnu song (Flanders & Swann)

1. Greek Melodies (Trad.arr Swann)
2. The Hangman's Son (Ritourd trans Flanders & Ivoire)
3. Hermann Hesse: Wie Sind Die Tage… (Hesse & Swann)
4. Hermann Hesse: Auf Wanderung (Hesse & Swann)
5. Hermann Hesse: Böse Zeit (Hesse & Swann)
6. The Hippopotamus Song (Flanders & Swann)
7. IDEAS IN EMBRYO [FRAGMENTS]
a) I Wish I Were Dead (Flanders & Swann)
b) I Like Money (Flanders & Swann)
c) Airy Fairy (Flanders & Swann)
d) Survival of the Phew (Flanders & Swann)
e) I and Me (Flanders)
f) It's a Dog's Life (Flanders & Swann)
g) The Country, The Country (Flanders & Beethoven)
h) Anyone Will Do (Flanders & Swann)
8. I Seek a Love (Swann)
9. I Loved You Once (Marsh & Swann)
10. I Love You (Swann)
11. I Met My Love (Carter & Trad)
12. I Sit Beside the Fire (Tolkien & Swann)
13. Ki-Ki-Ri-Ki-Ki-Ki (Corianthus & Petri)

1. The Ladies (Kipling & Swann)
2. Lonely Boy (Crane & Swann)
3. Long Live the Things (Carter)
4. The Rose (McBroom)
5. Lord, Why Did You Tell Me to Love? (Quoist & Swann)
6. Long Lonely Year (Kirkhart & Swann)
7. Message (Hahn & Swann)
8. Metaphysical Jigsaw (Swann)
9. Misalliance (Flanders & Swann)
10. My Mum was a Woman (Carter)
11. The Moon in the Morning (Carter & Swann)
12. Open Winter (Swann)
13. The Ostrich (Flanders & Swann)
14. Patriotic Prejudice, Song of (Flanders & Swann)

1. Peace Prayer (Kumar & Swann)
2. Pilgrim's Hymn (Swann)
3. Pillar to Post (Flanders & Swann)
4. Red Army song (Trad arr Swann)
5. Red and Green Christmas (Cattouse)
6. South Africa - Lord Lift Me Up (Matthews & Swann)
7. The Sloth (Flanders)
8. Slow Train (Flanders & Swann)
9. Songs From the Heart of Me (Albrecht trans
Talbot-Ponsonby & Jansenns)
10. Space Between the Bars (Marsh & Swann)
11. Stand Clear For Wonders (Swann)
12. Stopping By Woods (Frost & Swann)

9. TENNYSON & ROSETTI (VICTORIAN SONG CYCLE)
a) There Rolls the Deep (Tennyson & Swann)
b) Be Near Me (Tennyson & Swann)
c) Oh Yet We Trust (Tennyson & Swann)
d) The Wish (Tennyson & Swann)
e) When I Am Dead (Rossetti & Swann)
f) A Better Resurrection (Rossetti & Swann)
10. Take Me Back to Byker (Carter & Swann)
11. Tribute to Ingrid Jonker (Small & Swann)
12. Touching Distant Islands (Swann)
13. Tomcat (Carter)
14. Transport of Delight (Flanders & Swann)
15. 23rd Psalm in the Hopi Bible (Swann)
16. 20 Tons of TNT (Flanders & Swann)
17. Unless, Until (Swann)
18. The Way Chose You (Hammarskold trans Auden & Swann)
19. Mother Teresa's Prayer (Swann)
20. The Youth of the Heart (Carter & Swann)
Donald Swann
6 cassette sides
38:32, 36140, S
42:01, 39404, S
39:16, 36820, S
44:17, 41528, S
34:18, 32172, S
43:22, 40672, S
Minor clipping   
BBC 2 England
12-Jan-1980
Set by Swann
or My Life and the Piano
Donald Swann playing, singing and
talking to Malcolm Freegard
Producer: Betty Bealey
TV soundtrack
only
29:17, 27458, s
Other Performances OF Flanders and Swann
Date Title Cast Parameters

The Kings Singers: Flanders and Swann
1.    A Transport of Delight
2.    Slow Train
3.    A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
4.    Rockall
5.    Misalliance
6.    The Wompom
7.    The Sloth
8.    In the Bath
The Kings Singers
2:21, 1102, S
3:22, 1579, S
2:43, 1275, S
1:29, 698, S
3:10, 1484, S
2:29, 1168, S
3:48, 1785, S
3:16, 1533, S

The Hippopotamus Song
Sung by John Lithgow and children
2:53, 2327, S

Mud (The Hippopotamus Song)
Sung by the Serendipity Singers
3:12, 2253, S
from Philips PHM 200-115

Madeira M’Dear
Sung by Rolf Harris
4:30, 3172, S
Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
BBC 2 England
27-Dec-1994
Flanders and Swann
John Amis
Producer Kenneth Corden
Executive producer Nick Csaky
MP4 VIDEO
39:44, 202131
2000-
2001
Flanders and Swann Special – Laugh Radio
MK Sharpe
57:44, 67672, S
09-Oct-2001
16-Oct-2001
Hat Trick – The Story of Flanders and Swann
Presented by Tim Rice
recorded performances and sound bites by Michael
Flanders and Donald Swann
Comments by George Martin, Alison Smith, John Amis,
Tony Benn, Laura Flanders, Ian Wallace, Richard Stilgoe,
Ian Hislop, Stefan Bednarchek, Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Written by Patrick Humphries
Produced by Graham Pass
56:10, 26329, S
56:49, 26634, S
26-Feb-2002
Double Trouble – Flanders and Swann
Presented by Stewart Maconey
Produced by Angela Sherman
28:06, 13178, S

Buses, Gasmen and Hippos
Ian Wallace with reminiscences by John Amis,
Sandy Wilson, George Martin
53:47, 75654, S
BBC R4
03-Jun-2007
Archive Hour – Flanders on Flanders
Gluttony
Stephanie Flanders
57:27, 53866, S
4:44, 4452, S