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' Big, better, and brighter business'. Written by Aubrey Danvers-Walker with music by various composers. Produced by Tom Ronald
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell

Contributors

Written By:
Aubrey Danvers-Walker
Produced By:
Tom Ronald
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Montague Manifold:
Dick Francis
Anthony (his son):
Patrick Waddington
Norah Blake:
Margaret Davison
Greg Jefferson:
Wilfred Babbage
Madame La Fee:
Joan Young
Mrs Dewlap:
Kitty de Legh
Merle Kilburn:
Vera Lennox

Radio picture of life in the British Isles today, told by the women of Britain, featuring Diana Wynyard and Beatrice Lillie , 'with Leslie Howard as narrator. Speakers include members of the W.R.N.S., A.T.S., and W.A.A.F., Mrs. Norman Cardwell , B.E.M., interviewed by Hugh MacDermott , Miss Bessy Myers , M.T.C., Simone Huguen ,
Volontaire Francais -- Section de l'Air. Music by Richard Addinsell , played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson , including part of the Warsaw Concerto, soloist Eileen Joyce. Programme written by Monica Dickens and directed by Archie Campbell
Recording of the third of a special
BBC feature series under the direction of Laurence Gilliam , broadcast weekly in the BBC North American Service - and re-broadcast in the United States by the National Broadcasting Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Wynyard
Unknown:
Beatrice Lillie
Unknown:
Leslie Howard
Unknown:
Mrs. Norman Cardwell
Interviewed By:
Hugh MacDermott
Interviewed By:
Miss Bessy Myers
Unknown:
Simone Huguen
Unknown:
Volontaire Francais
Music By:
Richard Addinsell
Conducted By:
Muir Mathieson
Soloist:
Eileen Joyce.
Written By:
Monica Dickens
Directed By:
Archie Campbell
Unknown:
Laurence Gilliam

4-With Mary Jarred , Billy Meyerl , and Fred Yule in a programme of lilting music, melody, and song introduced by Peter Fettes : with the Revue Chorus and Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Presented by Henry Reed

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Jarred
Unknown:
Billy Meyerl
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Duced By:
Peter Fettes
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas.
Presented By:
Henry Reed

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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