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Before the Fringe

on BBC Two England

Highlights of famous revues introduced by Alan Melville.
Starring this week Max Adrian, Ronnie Barker, Douglas Byng, Eunice Gayson, Betty Marsden, Joan Sims, Jimmy Thompson in excerpts from How Do You Do (1933), Fine and Dandy (1942), Airs on a Shoestring (1953), More Intimacy at Eight (1954), On the Brighter Side (1961)

(Douglas Byng is appearing in "Lady Windermere's Fan" at the Phoenix Theatre, London; Max Adrian in "The Viaduct" at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Melville
Written, composed, or devised by:
Douglas Byng
Written, composed, or devised by:
David Climie
Written, composed, or devised by:
Michael Flanders
Written, composed, or devised by:
Alec Graham
Written, composed, or devised by:
Austin Melford
Written, composed, or devised by:
Annette Mills
Written, composed, or devised by/compiled by:
Peter Myers
Written, composed, or devised by:
Neville Phillips
Written, composed, or devised by:
John Pritchett
Written, composed, or devised by:
Donald Swann
Music arranged and conducted by:
Dennis Wilson
Theme music composed by:
Malcolm Lockyer
Designer:
Martin Johnson
Producer:
Robin Nash
Performer:
Max Adrian
Performer:
Ronnie Barker
Performer:
Douglas Byng
Performer:
Eunice Gayson
Performer:
Betty Marsden
Performer:
Joan Sims
Performer:
Jimmy Thompson

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