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Christmas Bursting Through the Blackout

BBC Radio 2
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Christmas 1939: Britain celebrated to the music of Flanagan and Allen, Billy Cotton and Gracie Fields. Hubert Gregg recalls the Phoney War days when Henry Hall 's Guest Night drew the Bristol crowds,
Tranmere Rovers were beaten 9-2 by Everton, and at the movies
Laurence Olivier starred in WutheringHeights. Producer NICK CLARKE BBC North East

Contributors

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Billy Cotton
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Hubert Gregg
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Henry Hall
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Laurence Olivier
Producer:
Nick Clarke
Source: Radio Times

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