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12.00 Desmond Carrington with Radio 2 All-Time Greats
2.00pm Benny Green
A weekly celebration of the art of the songwriter.
3.00 Alan Dell with Sounds Easy
4.00 End of the Pier
Bill Pertwee presents the first in a six-part series which celebrates that particularly British form of entertainment
- the seaside show.
He starts in Scotland and works his way down the East Coast, with stories from Ken Dodd , Bob and Alf Pearson and Peter Felgate , whose parents were in at the start of the famous
"Fol de Rol" shows at
Scarborough. There are memories of Max Jaffa and Billy Butlin and music from the Pierrotters.
A Pier production
4.30 Sing Something Simple Featuring the Cliff Adams Singers and the Jack Emblow Quartet.
5.00 Charlie Chester with Sunday Soapbox The telephone number during the programme is [number removed].
WRITE TO: Charlie Chester , BBC Pebble Mill, Birmingham B5 7QQ

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Benny Green
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Ken Dodd
Unknown:
Alf Pearson
Unknown:
Peter Felgate
Unknown:
Billy Butlin
Singers:
Cliff Adams
Unknown:
Charlie Chester
Unknown:
Charlie Chester

Roger Boyle presents a special programme of church music celebrating tomorrow's American
Independence Day, with Christ Church United
Methodist Choir from West
Virginia, USA. Musical
Director David F Donathan.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Boyle
Director:
David F Donathan.

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