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The Freewheelin' Mitch Benn

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Mitch Benn explores how Bob Dylan changed everything – from songwriting to being a rock star to singing. From 2015.

Everybody knows that Elvis changed everything.

Everybody knows that the Beatles changed everything.

Not as many people realise that Bob Dylan actually DID change everything.

Mitch Benn looks at how Bob changed what it is to be a songwriter, changed what it is to be a rock star and, more than anyone, changed what it is to be a singer.

Written by and starring Mitch Benn

Comedy series for anyone who's ever bought a record or fallen in love with a song.

Producer: Alexandra Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Aug 202523:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

PresenterMitch Benn
WriterMitch Benn
ProducerAlexandra Smith

Broadcasts

  • Tue 25 Aug 201518:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 1 Sep 201507:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 1 Sep 201517:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 1 Sep 201522:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 2 Sep 201505:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 17 Jul 202023:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 13 May 202223:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 22 Aug 202523:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra