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Christmas Crackers

on BBC Home Service Basic

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The stars of six famous Home Service shows bringing you a crtackerful of seasonable jokes, novelties, and wheezes
'The Goon Show '
Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan
Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Produced by Peter Eton
'Bedtime with Braden'
Bernard Braden with Benny Lee, Pearl Carr
Nat Temple and Ronald Fletcher
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Pat Dixon
' Much-Binding '
Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa with Maurice Denham
Script by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
'A Life of Bliss'
George Cole with Gladys Henson and Percy Edwards
Script by Godfrey Harrison
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
' Variety Playhouse'
Vic Oliver
Script by Carey Edwards
Produced by Tom Ronald
' Ray's A Laugh '
Ted Ray with Kitty Bluett and Peter Sellers
Script by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray
Produced by George Inns
The Keynotes
The Augmented
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Special music and lyrics written by Johnny Johnston and Bunny Lewis
Production supervised by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Larry Stephens
Produced By:
Peter Eton
Unknown:
Bernard Braden
Unknown:
Benny Lee
Unknown:
Pearl Carr
Unknown:
Ronald Fletcher
Script By:
Frank Muir
Script By:
Denis Norden
Produced By:
Pat Dixon
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Script By:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
Unknown:
George Cole
Unknown:
Gladys Henson
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Script By:
Godfrey Harrison
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Tom Ronald
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Kitty Bluett
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Script By:
Ted Ray
Produced By:
George Inns
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Written By:
Johnny Johnston
Unknown:
Bunny Lewis
Unknown:
Vernon Harris

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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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