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The Al Read Show: From 25/11/1954

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From 25/11/1954

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A nagging wife and secrets of the boys in blue. Monologues and sketches.

A nagging wife and secrets of the boys in blue. Monologues and sketches from the legendary Northern comic. From November 1954.

A nagging wife - and secrets of the boys in blue. 

Monologues and sketches from the legendary Northern comic "introducing us to ourselves". 

With The Tunesmiths and the Augmented Northern Variety Orchestra.

Conductor: Alyn Ainsworth

Produced in the North of England by Ronnie Taylor. 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.

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