Story of the British Music-Hall, from 1820 to 1942, in eight episodes, revised and written by W. Macqueen -Pope and Gale Pedrick. Music selected and composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Radio adaptation and production by Vernon Harris. Chapter 2 : The Canterbury sets a fashion -The boom begins-Big money for the stars-E. W. Mackney-Sam Collins --Charles Leybourne-Enter the Lion Comique-The Great Vance -Jolly John Nash-High jinks at the Prince of Wales's party. Cast includes Vernon Watson , Ernest Shannon , Joan Young , Harold Scott. Narrator, Dick Francis. The Revue Chorus and the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas