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CAVALCADE OF THE FIFTIES

on BBC Home Service Basic

A series of programmes reviewing year by year the most memorable events in a decade of entertainment
1953
Narrator. RICHARD TODD
Bossy Howes. DILYS POWELL
W. A. DARLINGTON .JOHN SNAGGE
Selections from the shows of the year: ' Wish you were here '
' Guys and Dolls'
' Paint your Wagon '
' The King and I ' and featuring on gramophone records the voices of Bruce Trent. Elizabeth Larner
Noël Coward . Margaret Leighton
Sacha Guitry. Valerie Hobson with The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. Julien Gaillard )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Narrator:
Richard Todd
Unknown:
Bossy Howes.
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
W. A. Darlington
Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Bruce Trent.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Larner
Unknown:
Noël Coward
Unknown:
Margaret Leighton
Unknown:
Sacha Guitry.
Unknown:
Valerie Hobson
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Roy Plomley
Production By:
Tom Ronald

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