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VARIETY PLAYHOUSE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The singers
Victoria Elliott
Julia Shelley
John Lanigan
The clarinet played by Gabor Reeves
The first broadcast of Richard Pomor
Comedy from
Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
This month's comedy guests Elsie and Doris Waters
This month's storyteller Stephen Murray
Variety Playhouse Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Script by Carey Edwards and Leslie Crowther Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Victoria Elliott
Singers:
Julia Shelley
Singers:
John Lanigan
Played By:
Gabor Reeves
Unknown:
Richard Pomor
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Leader:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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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