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A scene from Desert Mice
Eric Robinson conducts All for Patricia
Patricia added that the conductor, Eric Robinson, got the orchestra to play at his tempo rather than hers. This resulted in a performance lasting one minute 52 seconds, and a record that was only beaten by Finland’s one minute 27 seconds in 2015. Despite a valiant effort by Patricia, All came seventh out of ten songs. Unfortunately, Patricia was never given the opportunity to record her Eurovision entry, but sheet music was released with her image and proudly bore the announcement that it was “The Winning
Song of the B.B.C.Television “Festival of Songs”. Sadly, when crooner Robert Earl released his version of the song a few months later, the sheet music was reprinted with his image to promote the
in the 1959 films Left Right & Centre , The Bridal Path and Desert Mice , although it was a cameo appearance as herself in Make Me A Million t hat ironically reflected her Eurovision appearance. Starring several comedy greats, including Sid James, Arthur Askey, Bernard Cribbins and Barbara Windsor, the film parodied the stuffiness of the BBC during the 1950s and the effect of television advertising. Thankfully, no offence was taken and Patricia was one the headliners in the 1959 Christmas edition of the BBC’s popular light entertainment show, The Good Old Days . Broadcast on Boxing Day that year, a young Morecambe & Wise were also on the bill, while the complete episode was shown again on Boxing Day 2016 (BBC 4). Performing Till The Right Time Comes from the film Desert Mice , Patricia then led the costumed audience in the singing of traditional British songs. For those seeking some old-fashioned music hall nostalgia and to hear more of Patricia’s vocals, the programme can now be found on YouTube. After a short-lived marriage in 1955 to Stuart Murray, which Patricia
record. It failed to chart! Comedy giants
Within the years immediately after her Eurovision appearance, Patricia appeared in an episode of the TV series Ivanhoe , alongside the programme’s leading man and future James Bond, Sir Roger Moore.This led to her being cast
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