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Goes completely off the rails with an even crazier crew, consisting of Percy Griffith
Dorothy Summers
Jack Train
Vera Lennox
Horace Percival
Fred Yule and Elsie Carlisle
Non-stop nonsense with a special halt for a reviver
The Dance Orchestra conducted by Billy Ternent
Dialogue by Loftus Wigram Produced by Michael North

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Griffith
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Vera Lennox
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Elsie Carlisle
Conducted By:
Billy Ternent
Dialogue By:
Loftus Wigram
Produced By:
Michael North

played by Sidney Davey and his Players
Sidney Davey , who made his radio debut in 1931 when he was pianist and arranger with Alfred Van Dam 's orchestra, formed his players essentially for broadcasting. They were first heard on the air three months before war broke out. Led by Norbert Wethmar , they were an ensemble of nine: two violins, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, and piano-the latter played by Davey. His idea in forming the combination was to present music of every type in contrast-a typical programme of his being, for instance, ' Song and Dance ' which presented every form of dance music-ballet, gavotte, the waltz, the modern foxtrot-interspersed by ballads.

Contributors

Played By:
Sidney Davey
Unknown:
Sidney Davey
Unknown:
Alfred van Dam
Unknown:
Norbert Wethmar

starring
Bebe Daniels , Vic Oliver , Ben Lyon with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra, the Greene Sisters, and Sam Browne
Additional dialogue by Dick Pepper
Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Bebe Daniels
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Ben Lyon
Unknown:
Jay Wilbur
Unknown:
Sam Browne
Dialogue By:
Dick Pepper
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

played by Lionel Tertis and Harriet Cohen
This afternoon's programme of music for viola and piano is one of a series of Wednesday afternoon concerts given at a famous hotel in aid of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund. This series was started at the beginning of the present year and is due to finish at the end of May, a second season opening in October.

Contributors

Played By:
Lionel Tertis
Played By:
Harriet Cohen

' Amusepaper ' story devised by Jacques Brown with Teddie St. Denis, Phyllis Stanley ,
Bobby Comber , John Glyn Jones
The music arranged by James Moody
Dialogue, lyrics, and production by Max Kester
Episode 4: ' It's a long worm that has no turning

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacques Brown
Unknown:
Teddie St.
Unknown:
Phyllis Stanley
Unknown:
Bobby Comber
Unknown:
John Glyn Jones
Arranged By:
James Moody
Production By:
Max Kester

presents
' Bechet '
A talk by James Holloway illustrated with gramophone records
Sydney Bechet , born in New Orleans in 1893, his grandparents on his mother's side French, is recognised as one of the finest soprano clarinettists in the world. In 1920 he took up this instrument, and, though he had never learnt to read music, he was soon playing with all the leading dance-band leaders in the States. He first came to Europe with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra in 1919-the first coloured orchestra that London had seen-and returned again in 1926. About four years ago, when he was a member of the Irving Mills special recording band, he became the vogue in America, the sale of his records reaching very big figures.

Contributors

Talk By:
James Holloway
Unknown:
Sydney Bechet

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