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' November Cocktail'

on Regional Programme Midland

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A Topical Mixture
Served by MARTYN C. WEBSTER with NITA VALERIE , GODFREY BASELEY
Two Pianos,
JACK HILL and BASIL HEMPSEED
Tonight listeners are to hear an intimate topical revue served up in the form of a cocktail and dedicated to the month of November. Guy Fawkes Day, fog, and the European Convention of Chefs, each will be celebrated. An original and amusing hunting sketch will be a feature of the programme, and St. Andrew's Day celebrations will have a share of the limelight for the sake of Scots in the Midlands.
Both the authors, Francis Durbridge and Charles Hatton , are well-known writers in the Midlands. Durbridge, though quite young, has already written ten shows for Midland programmes, and is a star writer for the Midland Children's Hour; Hatton is a freelance radio critic and has written a number of radio revues. Listeners will remember his Suicide Parly that was recently relayed from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Jack Hill and Basil Hempseed , the composers, are very well known on the air, not only as composers but for their two-piano act. They are equally at home with straight and with syncopated music.

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn C. Webster
Unknown:
Nita Valerie
Unknown:
Godfrey Baseley
Pianos:
Jack Hill
Unknown:
Basil Hempseed
Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Charles Hatton
Unknown:
Jack Hill
Unknown:
Basil Hempseed

Regional Programme Midland

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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