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Alan Melville takes you from A-Z through the world of entertainment and some of its more unusual aspects.
The programme based on the A.B.C. of Show Business by Wolf Mankowitz.
This week's letter 'S'
'S' for Show Business similarly 'S' for Stars represented by:
Britain's most famous Sister-act The Beverley Sisters, Muriel Smith, Eric Sykes, Sooty and, of course, Harry Corbett, Julian Slade
and an interview specially filmed in the South of France between Sir Compton Mackenzie and Robert Service, author of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" from "Songs of a Sourdough".
(Muriel Smith appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Melville
Author (A.B.C. of Show Business):
Wolf Mankowitz
Singers:
The Beverley Sisters
Singer:
Muriel Smith
Comedian:
Eric Sykes
Puppeteer (Sooty):
Harry Corbett
Interviewee:
Julian Slade
Interviewer:
Sir Compton Mackenzie
Interviewee:
Robert Service
Choreography:
Beryl Kaye
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Research:
W. Macqueen-Pope
Research:
Peter Noble
Compiled by:
Ken Smith
Producer:
Bryan Sears

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