3/3. Humphrey Lyttelton relates the history of the early
British band leaders. After the Second World War. times were changing. Many band leaders had lost their musicians to the ranks of the armed services; vocalists were becoming the new celebrities; and the advent ot television would take customers away from the dance halls. By the mid-50s many band leaders had managed to adapt to these changes, but that was before Bill Haley and others of his ilk arrived from America, and threw them their greatest challenge yet. Producer Stephen Garner