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Before the Fringe

on BBC Two England

Highlights of famous revues introduced by Alan Melville.
Starring this week Ronnie Barker, Wilfrid Brambell, Brenda Bruce, Douglas Byng,
Joyce Grant, Thora Hird, Joan Sims in excerpts from Sweet and Low (1943), Four, Five, Six (1948), Bells of St. Martin's (1952), Over the Moon (1953), Living for Pleasure (1958), On the Brighter Side (1961)
(Douglas Byng is appearing in "Lady Windermere's Fan" at the Phoenix Theatre, London)

Contributors

Presenter/Written, composed, or devised by:
Alan Melville
Written, composed, or devised by:
Douglas Byng
Written, composed, or devised by:
Stanley Daniels
Written, composed, or devised by:
Ray Jessel
Written, composed, or devised by:
Arthur Macrae
Written, composed, or devised by:
Nicholas Phipps
Written, composed, or devised by:
Thorley Walters
Written, composed, or devised by:
Geoffrey Wright
Compiled by:
Peter Myers
Music arranged and conducted by:
Dennis Wilson
Theme music composed by:
Malcolm Lockyer
Designer:
Martin Johnson
Producer:
Robin Nash
Performer:
Ronnie Barker
Performer:
Wilfrid Brambell
Performer:
Brenda Bruce
Performer:
Douglas Byng
Performer:
Joyce Grant
Performer:
Thora Hird
Performer:
Joan Sims

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