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A mid-morning Vanety mixture with the following ingredients:
Davy Burnaby, and Michael North , Emmie Joyce , Margaret Eaves ,
Sam Costa
At the piano, Ivor Dennis and Arthur Sandford
A special invitation has been extended to members of the BBC Variety
Orchestra to sample the café au lait at 'Eleven the Square'
Presented by Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael North
Unknown:
Emmie Joyce
Unknown:
Margaret Eaves
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Piano:
Ivor Dennis
Piano:
Arthur Sandford
Presented By:
Douglas Lawrence

2.0 End-of-Term Entertainment
A Variety programme to end the school term with Tommy Handley ; a charade by Rhoda Power ; ' Inspector Hornleigh Investigates ', an episode specially written by H. W Priwin , with S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh ; the BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Burston
2.40 Interlude
2.45 Junior English (Ages 9-11): Games with Words

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Handley
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Written By:
H. W Priwin
Unknown:
S. J. Warmington
Conducted By:
Reginald Burston

Alf Perkins says ' It's a Bit of All Right'
The cast includes: Maurice Denham , Horace Percival , Doris Owens ,
Sidney Burchall , Jack Train , and Dick Francis
The Mate Voice Chorus and the Orchestra
Presented by Bill MacLurg

Contributors

Unknown:
Alf Perkins
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Doris Owens
Unknown:
Sidney Burchall
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Presented By:
Bill MacLurg

Famous Song-Writers on Parade
No. 4-Irving Berlin
The Singers: Helen Clare , Denny Dennis , Dorothy Carless , Ronnie Hill , the Cavendish Three
The BBC Revue Chorus and the Augmented Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Musical arrangements by Bill Williamson. The programme compiled by Joe Murrells. Presentation by Ronald Waldman

Contributors

Singers:
Helen Clare
Singers:
Denny Dennis
Singers:
Dorothy Carless
Singers:
Ronnie Hill
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Arrangements By:
Bill Williamson.
Unknown:
Joe Murrells.
Presentation By:
Ronald Waldman

A sequence for broadcasting, from Shakespeare's ' Macbeth', arranged by C. Denis Freeman and produced by Val Gielgud with Walter Fitzgerald , Franklyn Bellamy , Eliot Makeham (by permission of the Aldwych Theatre management), Louis Goodrich , Lloyd Pearson , Charles Mortimer , Ronald Kerr , William Fazan , Dorothy Tetley ,
, Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Arranged By:
C. Denis Freeman
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Walter Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Franklyn Bellamy
Unknown:
Eliot Makeham
Unknown:
Louis Goodrich
Unknown:
Lloyd Pearson
Unknown:
Charles Mortimer
Unknown:
Ronald Kerr
Unknown:
William Fazan
Unknown:
Dorothy Tetley
Unknown:
Charles Lefeaux

playing at the Famous Door Club, New York City
A recording made in New York, of a programme broadcast on Friday,
July 14, 1939
Signature tune, One o'clock Jump Swinging the Blues Rock-a-bye Basie
Don't worry 'bout me Time Out
Boogie Woogie Blues Roseland Shuffle
White Sails
Clap hands, here comes Charlie
Signature Tune, One o'clock Jump
Vocalists, Helen Humes and James Rushing

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Humes

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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