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CAVALCADE OF THE FIFTIES

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

A series of programmes reviewing year by year the most memorable events in a decade of entertainment
1955
Narrator. HENRY SHEREK
EAMONN Andrews. Miles Mallkhon RICHARD Findlater. HUGH BURDEN
PETER Jeffrey , DAVID LEWIN
Selections from the shows of the year:
' Kismet '
' The Water Gypsies ' ' The Pajama Game ' and featuring on gramophone records the recorded voices of Jane Powell. Howard Keel
Judy Garland. Frank Sinatra
Gene Kelly , Dora Bryan and Peter Graves with The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Julien Gaillard )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey
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David Lewin
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Jane Powell.
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Howard Keel
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Judy Garland.
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Frank Sinatra
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Gene Kelly
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Dora Bryan
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Peter Graves
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Roy Plomley
Production By:
Tom Ronald
Source: Radio Times

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