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1: The Adelphi Theatre In the first of a six-part series celebrating great
London theatres associated with musicals, Howard Keel tells the story of "the headquarters of the British musical" -the Adelphi
Theatre. Vivian Ellis 's Mr
Cinders, Jessie Matthews in Ever Green, today's Sunset Boulevard, even the Adelphi's resident ghost, are all recalled.
Written and compiled by James Montgomery
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Musicals:
Howard Keel
Unknown:
Vivian Ellis
Unknown:
Jessie Matthews
Unknown:
James Montgomery

From the Hippodrome,
Golders Green, London,
Robin Stapleton conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday , with tonight's guest singers
Mary Hegarty and Anthony Way (treble), with the Stephen Hill
Singers. Introduced by Robin Boyle. Producer Alan Boyd

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Stapleton
Unknown:
Martin Loveday
Singers:
Mary Hegarty
Singers:
Stephen Hill
Introduced By:
Robin Boyle.
Producer:
Alan Boyd

Stanley Baxter continues his reading of Compton Mackenzie 's tale of wartime whisky rationing in the Scottish islands. "Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whisky makes it go round twice as fast". Abridged and directed by Neil Cargill
A KDMH production

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Baxter
Unknown:
Compton MacKenzie

Mavis Nicholson takes a festive look at Christmas through the eyes of the "outsiders" who have found a haven in Wales and those Welsh stars who have moved away and reminisce about childhood Yuletides.
Memories are stirred with a line-up including Alexander Cordell, Iris Williams, Kenneth Griffith, Sir Harry Secombe and Dannie Abse, and Christmas impressions are evoked through the stories and letters of Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mavis Nicholson
Speaker:
Alexander Cordell
Speaker:
Iris Williams
Speaker:
Kenneth Griffith
Speaker:
Sir Harry Secombe
Speaker:
Dannie Abse
Producer:
Alison Quinn

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