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The Ballad of Belle Isle

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The working-men's clubs of West Yorkshire have half-a-million members. Clubland is a tradition, a social service, a way of life, a business, and a bit of a joke
To the entertainer, it's the first rung of the ladder, and perhaps the last.
This documentary takes you into the Concert Room of Belle Isle WMC, Leeds, to meet the members and committee, and to hear from JOHNNY HAMMOND, LENA BURTON, HONEY-PIE and DICKIE AND DOTTIE: 'Our big number is the Miserere from Verdi's II Trovatore, which we do in the nude...'
Technical presentation by DAVID FLEMING-WILLIAMS
Producer PETER EVERETT
BBC Manchester
(Stereo/Binaural)
(The full binaural effect of this programme can be achieved by listening through stereo headphones)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lena Burton
Producer:
Peter Everett
Source: Radio Times

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