Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar parlour
Presented by Pascoe Thornton
(Empire Programme)
It is good news for listeners in this country that a series as entertaining as this, which has been appreciated by Empire listeners since the beginning of October, is now also to be heard weekly in the Home progamme.
Every Thursday at this time listeners will get to know William Wilkes, landlord of The Black Dog (somewhere in the West End of London), his wife Aggie, and a regular habitue, broadcast by Howard Marshall.
Iti, yet another and quite a novel way of bringing famous people to the microphone. Personalities who have visited The Black Dog up to date include Jean Batten, queen of the air, and Damilova, queen of ballet: and that lord of the willow, Patsy Hendr - and that lord of laughs, Billy Bennett. Personalities as diverse as Colonel de Ban. and Primo Camera, as witty as Ronald Frankau, as charming and talented as Yvonne Arnaud, have dropped into The Black Dog for the entertainment of listeners.
Every Thursday their like will drop in â their names, every bit as famous, being kept a surprise until the time of the broadcast.
