The story of the British Music-Hall from 1820 to 1942, in eight episodes, devised and written by W. Macqueen -Pope and Gale Pedrick. Music selected and composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smifh . Radio adaptation and production by Vernon Harris.
Chapter 4 : The curtain goes up at the Tivoli-Charles Godfrey and the dramatic ballad-The Variety performer's tradition and outlook-The
Empire and its Promenade — Boat-
Race Night and the famous Chuckers-Out — Dan Leno — Lottie Collins and ' Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay '
Cast includes Vernon Watson ,
Ernest Shannon , Joan Young , Harold Scott. Narrator, Dick Francis. Revue Chorus and augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas