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on BBC Home Service Basic

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with Brian Reece as host and Master of Ceremonies
Introducing
Billy Shakespeare
Tommy Reilly
Tony Fayne and David Evans
The Five Smith Brothers
Cyril Fletcher
Finale:
Julie Dawn and Edmund Hockridge
The George Mitchell Glee Club
Malcolm Lockyer and his' Concert Orchestra
Continuity by Sidney Nelson and Maurice Harrison
Produced by Bill Gates

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Reece
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Billy Shakespeare
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Tommy Reilly
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Tony Fayne
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David Evans
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Cyril Fletcher
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Julie Dawn
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Edmund Hockridge
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George Mitchell Glee Club
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Malcolm Lockyer
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Sidney Nelson
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Maurice Harrison
Produced By:
Bill Gates

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