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Bangor in the Blitz

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1941 the BBC Variety Department moved from Bristol and London to the small Broadcasting Centre at Bangor, North Wales. In this programme Wyn Calvin recalls the great radio shows of that time and talks to some of the stars who made Bangor their home for two years during the war:
ARTHUR ASKEY , JOHN AM-MONDS, CHARLIE CHESTER , KAY CAVENDISH, P. J. KAV-ANAGH, BILLY TERNENT , JACK WARNER and GEORGIE WOOD Producer TELERI BEVAN ' (First broadcast on Radio Wales)

Contributors

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Wyn Calvin
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Arthur Askey
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Charlie Chester
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Billy Ternent
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Jack Warner
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Georgie Wood
Producer:
Teleri Bevan

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