Music Makers (radio): The Rise and Demise of Kornkrake Katastroffy
The Rise and Demise of Kornkrake Katastroffy is a unit of the BBC schools radio series Music Makers from the 1970s, covering music for primary and secondary school pupils.
Plantagenet Nobodicairs is a disillusioned custard-stirrer in a food factory, who discovers he can inherit a fortune if he first becomes a successful person. He trains as a one-man-band and appears on a TV talent show, and eventually becomes the kazoo-playing pop star Kornkrake Katastroffy - but discovers that fame and adulation, without any friends left, does not necessarily make him a successful person.
Songs
- I've Lost Every Friend I Had
- Kazoo Song
- Suddenly...
- Good Mornin' Gents!
- Oh, What a Day!
- My Name is Lottacash
- Isn't It Strange?
Broadcasts
Credits
| Written by | Derek Farmer |
| Music by | Max Brittain |
| Producer | Peter Hutchings |
Resources
The unit was accompanied by a pupils' pamphlet illustrated by Paul Cemmick, and a booklet of teachers' notes.
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