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CAVALCADE OF THE FIFTIES

on BBC Home Service Basic

The most memorable eventa in a decade of entertainment
1958
Narrator, BEN LYON
RICHARD MALLETTALAN DENT
CLIVE MORTONWARREN
GARETH DAVIES
Selections from the shows of the year:
' Expresso Bongo': ' West Side Story' 'Living for Pleasure': 'Cinderella' 'Irma La Douce ' : 'Mv Fair Lady'
' Where's Charley? ' and featuring on gramophone records:
Perry Como. The
Mudlarks Paul Scofield. James Kenney
Stanlev Holloway , Julie Andrews
Rex Harrison. Carol Lawrence
Larry Kert. Tommy Steele
Yana, Bruce Trent , Elizabeth Seal
Keith Michell
The Marino Marini Quartet with The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. Julien Gaillard )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Narrator:
Ben Lyon
Narrator:
Richard Mallettalan Dent
Unknown:
Clive Mortonwarren
Unknown:
Gareth Davies
Unknown:
Irma La Douce
Unknown:
Perry Como.
Unknown:
Mudlarks Paul Scofield.
Unknown:
James Kenney
Unknown:
Stanlev Holloway
Unknown:
Julie Andrews
Unknown:
Rex Harrison.
Unknown:
Carol Lawrence
Unknown:
Larry Kert.
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Bruce Trent
Unknown:
Elizabeth Seal
Unknown:
Keith Michell
Unknown:
Marino Marini
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Roy Plomley
Production By:
Tom Ronald

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