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Before the Fringe

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Highlights of famous revues introduced by Alan Melville.
Starring this week Jerry Desmonde, Fred Emney, Eunice Gayson, Irlin Hall, Joan Heal, Stanley Holloway, Barrie Ingham, Myrette Morven, Jean Telfer
And film of the late Sid Field in excerpts from Up and Doing (1940), Strike It Again (1945), A La Carte (1948), The Lyric Revue (1951), The Irving Revue (1952), Fresh Airs (1956)

Contributors

Presenter/Written, composed or devised by:
Alan Melville
Written, composed, or devised by:
Richard Addinsell
Written, composed, or devised by:
Edward Chapman
Written, composed, or devised by:
Lionel Harris
Written, composed, or devised by:
Martin Lane
Written, composed, or devised by:
Arthur Macrae
Written, composed, or devised by/compiled by:
Peter Myers
Written, composed, or devised by:
John Pritchett
Written, composed, or devised by:
Reginald Purdell
Written, composed, or devised by:
Charles Zwar
Music arranged and conducted by:
Dennis Wilson
Theme music composed by:
Malcolm Lockyer
Designer:
Leo Austin
Producer:
Robin Nash
Performer:
Jerry Desmonde
Performer:
Fred Emney
Performer:
Eunice Gayson
Performer:
Irlin Hall
Performer:
Joan Heal
Performer:
Stanley Holloway
Performer:
Barrie Ingham
Performer:
Myrette Morven
Performer:
Jean Telfer
Source: Radio Times

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