It was a Solid Killing Match

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Delia created music and effects known as "It Was a Solid Killing Match" for a 55-minute[1] BBC film Monty Returns to El Alamein, an outside broadcast for TV produced by Ray Colley and the "Film and music editor" credit goes to Norman Matthews.[2][3]

The Imperial War Museum has a copy of it with catalogue entry

Main title: MONTY RETURNS TO EL ALAMEIN
Catalogue number: PMM 16
Production date: 1967-10-19
Place made: GB
Creator: BBC Television (Production company)
         Colley, Ray (Production individual)

whose description includes the phrase:

national and personal tastes in fighting (eg. Australians like a "solid killing match")[4]

The programme is also the cover story of Radio Times issue #2292 for programmes broadcast from 14-20th Oct 1967.[5]

Track list

The following sequences seem to be Delia's work:

  • 00:00-Intro:

Availability

  • Broadast on the 19th October 1967 on BBC1.[5][4][6]
  • The BBC Sound Archive tape TRW 6718 is missing.[2]
  • On 16mm film at the Imperial War Museum.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monty Returns to El Alamein on film.iwmcollections.org.uk
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6718.
  3. ↑ The credits at the end of the film.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Monty Returns To El Alamein on iwm.org.uk
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The entry for Radio Times #2292 on radiotimesbacknumbers.com
  6. ↑ Monty Returns to El Alamein on the BBC Genome Project.