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with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Jean Capra , Paula Green , and Jack Cooper. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley. (Recording of last Thursday's broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Jean Capra
Unknown:
Paula Green
Unknown:
Jack Cooper.
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh.
Duced By:
Francis Worsley.

Variety show by members of the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Stan Shedden and the Canuck's Orchestra, Cpl. Bill Smith , Pte. Lance King , L.A.C. Ted Hockridge , 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:
Lance King
Unknown:
Ted Hockridge
Unknown:
Ernie Holden
Unknown:
Chick Zamick.
Unknown:
Gerry Wilmot.

Part of the annual show given by the theatrical profession in aid of theatrical and war charities. Artists and items in the broadcast excerpt include Peter Gellhorn (piano), Fay Compton and Peter Graves in a musical sketch by Ivor Novello ; Cicefy "Courtneidge ; ' The Lamp a a sketch by George Grimaldi , with Franklin Dyall , Dorothy Hyson , Edgar Norfolk, Barbara Couper , Hubert Woodward , Jean Webster-Brough , Peter Jones , and Richmond Nairn ; music by Alfred Reynolds. Adelphi Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Harry Acres . From the London Hippodrome

Contributors

Piano:
Peter Gellhorn
Piano:
Fay Compton
Piano:
Peter Graves
Unknown:
Ivor Novello
Unknown:
George Grimaldi
Unknown:
Franklin Dyall
Unknown:
Dorothy Hyson
Unknown:
Barbara Couper
Unknown:
Hubert Woodward
Unknown:
Jean Webster-Brough
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Richmond Nairn
Music By:
Alfred Reynolds.
Conducted By:
Harry Acres

with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ': Ian Hay (soldier and author), Dr. C. E. M. Joad , Commander Stephen King-Hall M.P. ,, Lord Samuel, and Sylvia Thompson (novelist). Question-Master : Donald McCullough.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hay
Unknown:
Dr. C. E. M. Joad
Unknown:
Stephen King-Hall M.P.
Unknown:
Sylvia Thompson
Question-Master:
Donald McCullough.

Peter Sinclair , Sylvia Cecil , Ronald Chesney , Foster and Clarke, with Harry Korris as ' 'Mr: Lovejoy', assisted by Cecil Frederick (' Rams-bottom ') and Robbie Vincent (.' Enoch '). Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus. Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Sylvia Cecil
Unknown:
Ronald Chesney
Unknown:
Harry Korris
Assisted By:
Cecil Frederick
Assisted By:
Robbie Vincent
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Joan Hammond (soprano), in a programme of the kind of music heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war. Programme produced by Fred Hartley and Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Sandler
Soprano:
Joan Hammond
Produced By:
Fred Hartley
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

his new Variety magazine for Forces overseas-assisted by Angela Wynd ham-Lewis. This week's contributors include Lt.-Commander R. T. Gould , Flying Officer Terence Rattigan , and Peter Cheyney. Those taking part are Sid Field , in ' The Sporting Life ', with Jerry Desmonde and Bill Stephens ; Pamela Brown in ' Once Upon a Time' ; an Army doctor in ' What we can do-about Medicine '; Brenda Bruce , Ena Moon , Jack Melford , George Baker , Edward Reach , and Cherry Lind. Male Chorus and augmented Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Produced by Corporal Gordon Crier.

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Wynd
Unknown:
R. T. Gould
Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Unknown:
Peter Cheyney.
Unknown:
Sid Field
Unknown:
Jerry Desmonde
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Pamela Brown
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Unknown:
Ena Moon
Unknown:
Jack Melford
Unknown:
George Baker
Unknown:
Edward Reach
Unknown:
Cherry Lind.
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.

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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