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The Stars of Sgt. Pepper Episodes

  1. Track 23 - Goodbye

    Samira Ahmed wraps up The Stars of Sgt Pepper.

  2. Track 22 - Lenny Bruce

    Charles Shaar Murray examines the most notorious comedian in America.

  3. Track 21 - Oscar Wilde

    Nick Stafford's drama about Oscar Wilde's courtroom battle with the Marquess of Queensbury

  4. Track 20 - Marlene Dietrich

    Marlene Dietrich stars in The Child, a play by Shirley Jenkins from 1965.

  5. Track 19 - William Burroughs

    A profile of the writer by musician Laurie Anderson.

  6. Track 18 - Aldous Huxley

    Edward Petherbridge reads The Bookshop, a short story by Aldous Huxley.

  7. Track 17 - Edgar Allan Poe

    A dramatisation of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story, The Pit and the Pendulum.

  8. Track 16 - The Beatles

    Mitch Benn explores his comedy connections to the story of The Beatles.

  9. Track 15 - Albert Einstein

    Brian Foster on the role of music in the life of Albert Einstein in 'Einstein's Fiddle'.

  10. Track 14 - Johnny Weissmuller

    Joan Bakewell interviews the former Olympic swimmer and star of the 'Tarzan' movies.

  11. Track 13 - Marlon Brando

    Paul Gambaccini looks at the Marlon Brando classic, On the Waterfront.

  12. Track 12 - HG Wells

    Robert Bathurst reads The New Accelerator by HG Wells.

  13. Track 11 - Music Hall/Max Miller

    Benny Green pays tribute to Max Miller in Celebration, from 1974.

  14. Track 10 - Mae West

    Writer Kathy Lette chooses Mae West for an episode of Great Lives from 2005.

  15. Track 9 - Dylan Thomas

    Dylan Thomas reads Quite Early One Morning, his work which grew into Under Milk Wood.

  16. Track 8 - Laurel & Hardy

    John Sessions and Robbie Coltrane star in a radio adaptation of Tom McGrath's drama.

  17. Track 7 - Diana Dors

    Diana Dors is Roy Plomley's castaway in this episode of Desert Island Discs from 1981.

  18. Track 5 - Bob Dylan

    Episode of Soul Music on 'Like A Rolling Stone'. Plus Dylan biographer Sid Griffin.

  19. Track 4 - Bette Davis

    'Bette and Joan and Baby Jane', a drama about the making of the landmark film.

  20. Track 3 - WC Fields

    A tribute to the comic genius WC Fields, presented by Geoffrey Palmer.

  21. Track 2 - Lewis Carroll

    Alan Bennett reads 'Down The Rabbit Hole' from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

  22. Track 1 - Introduction

    Samira Ahmed introduces a day of programmes to mark the 50th anniversary of 'Sgt Pepper's'

  23. Aleister Crowley

    Frances Donnelly investigates 鈥榯he wickedest man in the world鈥�.