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THE LIVES OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A second hearing of the new and revised production of the radio biography in six parts written by Leslie Baily with PART 2:
A Revolution in Entertainment
Other parts played by Jeffrey Segal , Ian Frost and Humphrey Morton
Narrator, HUGH BURDEN
THE NEW RADIO ORCHESTRA Leader, Julien Gaillard Conducted by ALAN PAUL
Excerpts from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas taken from long-playing gramophone records
Produced by VERNON HARRIS
Broadcast on December 13. 1965

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Baily
Played By:
Jeffrey Segal
Played By:
Ian Frost
Narrator:
Humphrey Morton
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Vernon Harris
W S Gilbert:
Clive Morton
Arthur Sullivan:
Richard Hurndall
Richard D'Oyly Carte:
Alan Wheatley
George Grossmith:
Peter Pratt
Mrs Sullivan:
Ella Milne
Rachel Scott Russell:
Christina Gray
Source: Radio Times

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