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In a series of three programmes, Betty Comden and Adolph Green talk to Robert Cushman about their work on Broadway and in Hollywood. With Jule Styne. 2: Justin Time.

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Comden
Unknown:
Adolph Green
Unknown:
Robert Cushman
Unknown:
Jule Styne.

Continuing her series celebrating black British and British-based musical entertainers who came to fame between the 30s and 50s, Moira Stuart pays tribute to Edric Connor, singer, actor, and one of Britain's earliest television celebrities. The programme includes a feast of song, and the memories of Petula Clark, Thomas Baptiste and Edric Connor's widow, Pearl.
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Moira Stuart
Unknown:
Petula Clark
Unknown:
Thomas Baptiste

Elisabeth Kales ,
Ulrike Steinsky and John Dickie , three stars of the well-known Wiener Volksoper , celebrate the music of Johann Strauss and Franz Lehar. The programme includes excerpts from Die Redermaus, The Merry Widow, The Gypsy Baron and Wiener Blut , plus The Blue Danube and The
Emperor Waltz.
The Volksoper's Erste
Kapellmeister, Rudolf Bibl , conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and the concert is introduced by Adele Leigh , one of the first
British stars to appear on the Volksoper's stage.
And at 8.20-8.40 Tied Up
In Notes. Bob Sinfield goes walkabout in search of the perfect Saturday night out in Nottingham.
Producer John Langridge
(In association with the Royal Concert Hall. Nottingham)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Kales
Unknown:
Ulrike Steinsky
Unknown:
John Dickie
Unknown:
Wiener Volksoper
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Franz Lehar.
Unknown:
Wiener Blut
Unknown:
Rudolf Bibl
Introduced By:
Adele Leigh
Unknown:
Bob Sinfield
Producer:
John Langridge

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