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[Starring] Tommy Handley
Recording of last Thursday's broadcast, with Horace Percival, Fred Yule, Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani, Bill Stephens, Bryan Herbert, Jean Capra, and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.

Contributors

Comedian:
Tommy Handley
Performer:
Horace Percival
Performer:
Fred Yule
Performer:
Dorothy Summers
Performer:
Sydney Keith
Performer:
Dino Galvani
Performer:
Bill Stephens
Performer:
Bryan Herbert
Performer:
Jean Capra
Musicians:
The BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor:
Charles Shadwell
Script/Lyrics:
Ted Kavanagh
Producer:
Francis Worsley

with Bill Goodwin, Mike Pingitore, Dinah Shore, Victor Moore, and William Gaxton, and Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

(Recorded in America by arrangement with the Special Service Division of the War Department of the United States of America)

Contributors

Performer:
Bill Goodwin
Performer:
Mike Pingitore
Singer:
Dinah Shore
Performer:
Victor Moore
Performer:
William Gaxton
Musicians:
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

Variety show by members of the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Sgt. Stan Shedden and the Canuck's Orchestra ; Cpl. Bill Smith ; L.A.C. Ted Hockridge ; Gunner Carl Asplund, and a fun department presided over by Cpl. Ernie Holden and Pte. Chick Zamick. Master of Ceremonies, Gerry Wilmot. Produced by the London office of the CBC

Contributors

Unknown:
Stan Shedden
Unknown:
Bill Smith
Unknown:
Ted Hockridge
Unknown:
Gunner Carl
Unknown:
Ernie Holden
Unknown:
Chick Zamick.
Unknown:
Gerry Wilmot.

with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ' Dr. Malcolm Sargent , Commander A. B. Campbell , Lieut. Commander Rupert Gould , Professor Gilbert Murray , and James Frank Dobie (University of Texas). Question-Master, Donald Mc-Cullough . Producer, Howard Thomas.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Malcolm Sargent
Unknown:
Commander A. B. Campbell
Unknown:
Lieut. Commander Rupert Gould
Unknown:
Gilbert Murray
Unknown:
James Frank
Question-Master:
Donald Mc-Cullough
Unknown:
Howard Thomas.

No. 40—'The Road to Dover', written and produced by Marjorie Banks
This is the story of the journey from
Canterbury to Dover, told by some of the bus-drivers, conductresses, and passengers who have endured shelling, bombing, and machine-gunning ever since the fall of Dunkirk, when for the first time in history land-based enemy guns were able to fire on this island

Contributors

Produced By:
Marjorie Banks

with Billy Tasker, Dorothy Parfitt and Esme Webb, Ernest Shannon, Suzette Tarri, and Harry Korris as 'Mr. Lovejoy', assisted by Cecil Frederick ('Ramsbottom') and Robbie Vincent ('Enoch').
Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Performer:
Billy Tasker
Performer:
Dorothy Parfitt
Performer:
Esme Webb
Performer:
Ernest Shannon
Performer:
Suzette Tarri
Mr Lovejoy:
Harry Korris
Ramsbottom:
Cecil Frederick
Enoch:
Robbie Vincent
Musicians/Singers:
Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus
Producer/Conductor:
Ernest Longstaffe

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