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'THE SPICE OF LIFE'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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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

Contributors

Written By:
W. MacQueen
Unknown:
Gale Pedrick.
Composed By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smifh
Production By:
Vernon Harris.
Unknown:
Tivoli-Charles Godfrey
Unknown:
Lottie Collins
Unknown:
Vernon Watson
Unknown:
Ernest Shannon
Unknown:
Joan Young
Narrator:
Harold Scott.
Narrator:
Dick Francis.
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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