Mandy Patinkin and Deborah Myers star in the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic set on the coast of Maine in the 1870s. From July 1995.

Mandy Patinkin and Deborah Myers star in the classic 1945 Broadway musical. With music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it's based on Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play 'Liliom' - transferring the setting to the New England coast of Maine between 1873 and 1888.

Telling the tale of the bumpy romance of fairground barker, Billy Bigelow and mill worker, Julie Jordan, it features many familiar songs including: 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'June Is Bustin' Out All Over', 'When the Children Are Asleep', 'My Boy Bill' and 'If I Loved You'.

Carousel initially ran for 890 performances on Broadway and earned more success after opening in London in 1950.

Stars Mandy Patinkin as Billy Bigelow, Deborah Myers as Julie Jordan, Janie Dee as Carrie Pipperidge, Josephine Blake as Mrs Mullin, Howard Attfield as David Bascombe, Shezwae Powell as Nettie Fowler, Barry James as Enoch Snow, John Altman as Jigger Craigin, Michael Cahill as Heavenly Friend and David Kelsey as Starkeeper.

With The Children of The Sylvia Young Choir, The Stephen Hill Singers and The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn.

Producer: John Langridge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1995.