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A series of six programmes of a non-stop sequence of familiar tunes sung by Paul Curtis, Kim Davis, Jane Marlow, Elaine Paige, Mike Redway, Carolyn Smyth, Danny Street, Maynard Williams and (more often than not) The Fine Tooth Combs
With Quicksilver

Contributors

Singer:
Paul Curtis
Singer:
Kim Davis
Singer:
Jane Marlow
Singer:
Elaine Paige
Singer:
Mike Redway
Singer:
Carolyn Smyth
Singer:
Danny Street
Singer:
Maynard Williams
Singers:
The Fine Tooth Combs
Musicians:
null Quicksilver
Choreographer:
Nigel Lythgoe
Musical Director:
Bill Shephell
Lighting:
Jimmy Purdie
Sound:
Peter Rose
Designer:
Ian Rawnsley
Producer:
Johnnie Stewart

Narrated by Gerald Harper

Jack Donovan has a houseful and a life-full of Princely Toys. Any one of them alone would be a marvel, a priceless and irreplaceable memory of that 19th century art which could accept nothing but the best - and could afford to pay for it. It's a fair promise to say that you'll be delighted, intrigued, baffled, amused, and maybe, just maybe, led back into that delicious dream-world which started with the first teddy bear.

"The sugar plum of Christmas Eve was Ramsay Short's Princely Toys. Starting at clockwork models from Victorian and Edwardian times, Short and cameraman John Else shared their faintly sinister charm as fixed of eye and jerky of gait acrobats defied gravity, monkeys smoked cigars, and sculptors chipped at papier mache masterpieces." (Daily Mail)

Contributors

Narrator:
Gerald Harper
Writer:
Jeremy Hornsby
Music composed by:
Paul Samwell-Smith
Photography:
John Else
Producer:
Ramsay Short

by Alan Plater: six tall stories on the Road to Wembley.
With Bill Maynard as Stan the Fryer, Francis Matthews as Eric the Prologue

'A girl called Judy, smiling fresh and fair,
Admired by men who wished that they'd been there,
They looked on her, some tenderly, some dirty,
The inches round her bust were six-and-thirty.'

[and] Susan Littler as Judy the Judy, Colin Farrell as Nick the Driver, Paul Copley as Dave the Joiner, John Stratton as Smith the Man of Law, Gaye Brown as Alice the Wife of Batley, Peter Benson as Reuben

"More ideas in one evening than most comic series in a season." (The Times)
"Charmed almost out of our minds." (The Times)

BBC Birmingham
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer/Lyrics:
Alan Plater
Lyrics/Music:
Alex Glasgow
Arrangements and additional music:
Michael Steer
Producer:
David Rose
Director:
Michael Simpson
Stan the Fryer:
Bill Maynard
Eric the Prologue:
Francis Matthews
Judy the Judy:
Susan Littler
Nick the Driver:
Colin Farrell
Dave the Joiner:
Paul Copley
Smith the Man of Law:
John Stratton
Alice the Wife of Batley:
Gaye Brown
Reuben:
Peter Benson

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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