A whistle-stop tour of the work of various British big bands from the 1930s to the 1960s, packing thirty or so years of stylistic reinvention into a couple of hours. Pete Long will expertly traverse the twists and turns in the trajectory of the British jazz orchestra – from the sound of hot dance outfits like Jack Hylton's through the iconic work of such music industry titans as Ted Heath and onwards to the post-bop  innovations of Stan Tracey, Tubby Hayes and John Dankworth. For this catch-all programme, Long has brought together one of the most versatile British jazz line-ups yet assembled, the whole enterprise topped off with his own brand of anarchic humour.