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The Lives of Gilbert and Sullivan

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A radio biography in six parts Written by LESLIE BAILY
4: The First Quarrel
Other parts RALPH TRUMAN
OLWEN BROOKES , CHRISTINA GRAY The Narrator HUGH BURDEN THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by ALAN PAUL
Excerpts from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas taken from long-playing gramophone records Produced by VERNON HARRIS

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
Olwen Brookes
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Vernon Harris
W S Gilbert:
Clive Morton
Arthur Sullivan:
Richard Hurndall
Richard D'Oyly Carte:
Alan Wheatley
Mrs Gilbert:
Fanny Rowe
George Grossmith:
Peter Pratt
Source: Radio Times

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