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Bob and Alf Pearson (Britain's Best Duettists)
Tony Capaldi (Accordeon Solos)
Charles Heslop and Ronald Simpson (In Trouble - with a Piano)
Bertha Willmott (Comedienne)
Haver and Lee (The Fun Racketeers)
Jack Barty (Comedian)
The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Kneale Kelley

Bob and Alf Pearson, the popular syncopated singers, were bricklayers before they were discovered. It must have come as a pleasant change from building houses to play to full ones wherever they go.

Tony Capaldi, the Italian Scot, is the piano accordeon champion of Scotland, and one of the best sellers of records for the instrument he plays. He records for about five companies and plays everything from classics to jazz. He can also imitate aeroplanes and trains on his piano accordeon.

Charles Heslop is always trying to get a number over, and Ronald Simpson, plus a piano, is always there to rescue him. They have finished a short run in Hello Again at the Shaftesbury, and their act is an enormous success.

Bertha Willmott has been a favourite on the air since Savoy Hill days. She once sang to five hundred convicts, every one of them a murderer. It was an astonishing experience, some of the men were so handsome.

You all know Haver and Lee - always in trouble. And out of their trouble they always manage to get a succession of laughs.

Tonight is Jack Barty's second broadcast. He was in White Horse Inn and Casanova at the Coliseum, and is just back from Hollywood, where he has been making pictures. He is still making them - at Elstree; but he is delighted to get back to the music-halls again.

Contributors

Singer/Pianist/Comedian:
Bob Pearson
Singer/Comedina:
Alf Pearson
Accordeonist:
Tony Capaldi
Comedian:
Charles Heslop
Comedian:
Ronald Simpson
Comedienne:
Bertha Willmott
Comedians:
Haver and Lee
Comedian:
Jack Barty
Musicians:
The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra
Musical Director:
Kneale Kelley

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National 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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