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Vic Oliver presents VARIETY PLAYHOUSE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

and introduces
Variety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Written by Gavin Blakeney
To sing for you:
Mary Illing
Forbes Robinson
Ronald Lewis
The George Mitchell Choir
To make you laugh:
' Flotsam ' (B. C. Hilliam )
Beryl Reid
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Written By:
Gavin Blakeney
Unknown:
Mary Illing
Unknown:
Forbes Robinson
Unknown:
Ronald Lewis
Unknown:
George Mitchell
Unknown:
C. Hilliam
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Music By:
Philip Martell
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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