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FRANK CHACKSFIELD Conducts THE LIMELIGHT ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD and introduces songs from BARRY KENT some musical sounds from Europe and invites you to take part in this week's prizewinning competition
Produced by BRIAN WILLEY

Contributors

Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Produced By:
Brian Willey

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
A Temporary Male: PATRICK SCANLAN takes an office job
Local Tree Society: RENE HEMS-LEY talks to JANET BARBER
Practical Books: reviewed by HONOR WYATT
Reading your Letters
The Montessori Teaching Method: BRENDA LEE † GABRIEL WOOLF reads They Were Defeated by ROSE MACAULAY (9)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Patrick Scanlan
Reviewed By:
Honor Wyatt

The story of Al Jolson and his influence on modern entertainers
Written and narrated by Michael Freedland with personal illustrations from LARRY ADLER , EVELYN KEYES BESSIE LOVE , BEN LYON
RALPH READER , FRANKIE VAUGHAN Also, the recorded voices of Al Jolson , Jack Benny , Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , and some archive material loaned by the Jolson Society
Produced by JOHN BROWELL
(Friday, 23 October is the 20th anniversary of Al Jolson 's death, and this programme, originally heard on 6 April, is by way of a commemoration)

Contributors

Unknown:
Al Jolson
Unknown:
Michael Freedland
Unknown:
Larry Adler
Unknown:
Evelyn Keyes
Unknown:
Bessie Love
Unknown:
Ben Lyon
Unknown:
Ralph Reader
Unknown:
Frankie Vaughan
Unknown:
Al Jolson
Unknown:
Jack Benny
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Bob Hope
Produced By:
John Browell
Unknown:
Al Jolson

says Be My Guest and before going on stage for a performance in her current London success, talks to BRIAN MATTHEW in her theatre dressing-room about the many roles she has played on stage and screen. She invites you to listen to music which recalls these memories.
Produced by JOHN KNIGHT
(Margaret Lockwood is in ' Lady Frederick ' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Matthew
Produced By:
John Knight
Produced By:
Margaret Lockwood

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