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Variety Playhouse

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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with Vic Oliver as host and Master of Ceremonies, who each week invites stars from all branches of the entertainment world
This week his guests are:
Janet Brown, Sylvia Campbell, Percy Edwards, Michael Langdon, Alfred Marks, David Nixon, Sylvia Peters, The George Mitchell Choir
Variety Concert Orchestra (Leader, Richard Worrall )
Conducted by Philip Mantell and Vic Oliver

Contributors

Master of Ceremonies:
Vic Oliver
Performer:
Janet Brown
Performer:
Sylvia Campbell
Animal impersonator:
Percy Edwards
Performer:
Michael Langdon
Comedian:
Alfred Marks
Magician:
David Nixon
Announcer:
Sylvia Peters
Singers:
The George Mitchell Choir
Musicians:
Variety Concert Orchestra
Leader:
Richard Worrall
Conductor:
Philip Mantell
Conductor:
Vic Oliver
Continuity (script):
Carey Edwards
Production:
Tom Ronald
Source: Radio Times

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About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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