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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 with Clive Morton and Sullivan
1: How they began
Other parts JOAN MORROW
DEREK LAMDEN , WILFRED BABBAGE HUMPHREY MORTON
The Narrator HUGH BURDEN NEW RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD AMBROSIAN SINGERS 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:
Clive Morton
Unknown:
Joan Morrow
Unknown:
Derek Lamden
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Humphrey Morton
Narrator:
Hugh Burden
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Vernon Harris
Arthur:
W S Gilbert
Mrs Sullivan:
Ella Milne
Tom Sullivan:
Eric Phillips
F C Burnand:
Philip Guard
German Reed:
Ralph Truman
Frederick Clay:
Dudley Rolph
Rachel Scott Russell:
Christina Gray
John Hollingshead:
Peter Pratt
Source: Radio Times

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