Episode 2487
Murray Gold
Sat, 2024-Feb-24 00:53 UTC
Length - 1:33
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The random article for Saturday, 24 February 2024 is Murray Gold.
Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for Doctor Who from its revival in 2005 until 2017. In 2023, he was announced to be returning to the series. Gold's other television work includes Queer as Folk, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs.
Born in Portsmouth to a Jewish family, Gold initially pursued drama as a vocation, while writing and playing music as a hobby, but switched to music when he became musical director for the University of Cambridge's Footlights society.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:53 UTC on Saturday, 24 February 2024.
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