The Daily Mail National Radio Award Presentations
Preceded by 'From 2LO to "Take It From Here"'
A cavalcade of radio entertainment introducing:
Henry Hall, Frank Phillips, Jack Payne, Richard Murdoch, Donald Peers, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charles Shadwell, Betty Driver, Derek McCulloch, Arthur Askey, Kenneth Horne, Geraldo, Ambrose, Vera Lynn, Richard Dimbleby, Elsie and Doris Waters, Wilfred Pickles, Raymond Glendenning
and the following members of the 'Itma' team: Jack Train, Deryck Guyler, Horace Percival, Hugh Morton, Joan Harben, Maurice Denham, Carleton Hobbs, Diana Morrison, Dorothy Summers, Clarence Wright, Lind Joyce, Hattie Jacques, Dino Galvani, Fred Yule
The National Radio Awards for 1949, in memory of Tommy Handley, will be presented by Ted Kavanagh on behalf of the voting listeners to:
Gladys Young as the outstanding actress
James McKechnie as the outstanding actor
Stewart MacPherson as the voice of the year
And the 'Take It From Here' team consisting of Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Frank Norden, Denis Muir, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton, The Keynotes, Frank Cantell, Charles Maxwell for the outstanding Variety show of the year
Music under the direction of Sidney Torch
Production by Harry Alan Towers
Commentator, John Ellison
Organised by the Daily Mail
From the Ballroom of Grosvenor House, London, at 8.0