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The Bo Diddley Story is the title of a major new 3-part series to be

broadcast in January 2007 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Radio 2 network.

Narrated by The Who's Roger Daltrey, The Bo Diddley Story features a new

interview with Bo Diddley along with conversations with harmonica player

Billy Boy Arnold, drummer and harmonica player Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and

guitarist Jody Williams, plus Dave Davies (The Kinks), Ray Fenwick (Spencer

Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band, Syndicats etc), Wilco Johnson (Dr. Feelgood,

Solid Senders etc) and Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, John

Mayall etc), among others.

Episode 1 of The Bo Diddley Story is scheduled to air on BBC Radio 2 on

Tuesday January 16th 2007 from 9:30pm-10:00pm (GMT/UTC), Episode 2 on

Tuesday January 23rd 2007 from 9:30pm-10:00pm (GMT/UTC) and Episode 3 on

Tuesday January 30th 2007 from 9:30pm-10:00pm (GMT/UTC).

Listeners around the world will be able to listen on-line to this 3-part

series streamed in RealMedia format by visiting the BBC Radio 2

Documentaries webpage located at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/

and clicking the "Listen Live" link or, for an additional 7 days after each

of the 3 programs has aired, by clicking the "Listen Again" link.