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Lost Boy: In Search of Nick Drake

Brad Pitt doesn’t often present Radio 2 documentaries, so it’s worth listening when he does. This one is broadcast to mark what would have been Nick Drake’s 70th birthday and induction into the Radio 2 Folk Awards Hall of Fame (the 2018 Awards themselves can be heard on Radio 2 tonight from 7.30pm). Drake was underappreciated in his lifetime, but Pitt gives a very personal meditation on the work of the cult singer-songwriter with contributions from other musicians and those who knew him. RADIO 4, 9.00AM

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