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Variety Playhouse

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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Ted Ray introduces Variety Playhouse
with Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre
Written by Jeremy Bullmore.
Starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert

Nidge of the News
A saga of Fleet Street.
With Ted Ray, Ronnie Barker, Patricia Hayes.

The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert)
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ted Ray
Writer (Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre):
Jeremy Bullmore
[Actress]:
Cicely Courtneidge
[Actor]:
Jack Hulbert
[Actor] (Nidge of the News):
Ted Ray
[Actor] (Nidge of the News):
Ronnie Barker
[Actress] (Nidge of the News):
Patricia Hayes
Guest:
Peter Goodwright
Guest:
John Cameron
Guest:
Leonard Cassini
Guest:
Ken Platt
Guest:
Jacqueline Delman
Singers:
The George Mitchell Choir
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Incidental Music:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Robin Boyle
Continuity and press sketch:
Terry Nation
Continuity and press sketch:
John Junkin
Producer:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Source: Radio Times

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