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Played by John Reynders and his Orchestra

Listeners will congratulate Captain John Reynders on just recently getting his third pip. This well-known broadcaster entered the musical profession at the age of thirteen, and soon obtained his first engagement at the Gaiety Theatre in London as violinist under the late Ivan Caryll. At twenty he was conducting a George Edwardes touring production. After the last war Reynders entered the cinema field, conducted the orchestra for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at the Palace Theatre, London, and later became Director of Music at the Tivoli Cinema in the Strand. He has done a lot of work for the films, and arranged the music for Emlyn Williams 's picture A Night Alone.

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John Reynders and his Orchestra

at the theatre organ
Lullaby in rhythm
Fredric Bayco , who has been broadcasting since 1935, began his musical education with piano lessons at the, age of seven. Five years later he was appointed assistant organist at a Littlehampton church. He continued his organ studies at the Brighton School of Music, and became a cinema organist at the age of sixteen at the Capitol Theatre, Tonbridge. The following year he joined the Gaumont-British Film Corporation, and made his name on the air with his broadcasts from the Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road.

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Fredric Bayco

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More