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Polly Ward in a bright tea-time show, with Jack Cooper , Joan Young , Wilfred Babbage , Dick Francis , and the Debonnaires. Billy Ternent and the Dance Orchestra. Script by Ray Sonin and Rex Diamond. Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Ward
Unknown:
Jack Cooper
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Billy Ternent
Script By:
Ray Sonin
Script By:
Rex Diamond.
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

'The Swish of the Curtain': radio entertainment by John Keir Cross, based on the book by Pamela Brown. Produced by John Keir Cross, with Alma Vane, Philip Cunningham, Charles Hawtrey, Beryl Laverick, Dorothy Gordon, Mela Brown, John Morris, Vivienne Chatterton, Marcus Barron. At the piano, Alan Paul. Part 2 - 'Applause'

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keir Cross
Book By:
Pamela Brown.
Produced By:
John Keir Cross
Unknown:
Alma Vane
Unknown:
Philip Cunningham
Unknown:
Charles Haw
Unknown:
Beryl Laverick
Unknown:
Dorothy Gordon
Unknown:
Mela Brown
Unknown:
John Morris
Unknown:
Vivienne Chatterton
Unknown:
Marcus Barron.
Piano:
Alan Paul.

Written and produced by D. G. Bridson
This impression of America's great Pacific coast metropolis was first produced in the San Francisco studios of. the National Broadcasting Company. Herbert Marshall, one of Hollywood's most famous British stars. links a series of vivid impressions of the Barbary Coast and gold-rush days ; Chinatown and Nob Hill ; the early days of jazz on the coast ; and war days and nights in streamlined shipyards.

Contributors

Produced By:
D. G. Bridson

Songs from the musical shows of two Continents, with Ruth Naylor, Effie Atherton, Reginald Gibbs, and Marcel de Haes. Narrator, Leslie Mitchell (by permission of British Movietonews Ltd). BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra. Programme arranged, produced, and conducted by Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Naylor
Unknown:
Effie Atherton
Unknown:
Reginald Gibbs
Unknown:
Marcel de Haes
Unknown:
Leslie Mitchell
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock

A Saturday-night entertainment featuring famous stars of Variety, music, and drama, including Gaye and Nevard, Charles Heslop , Ralph Richardson. Revue Chorus and Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Producers. John Sharman and Harry S. Pepper. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Heslop
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson.
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.
Unknown:
John Sharman
Unknown:
Harry S. Pepper.

freely adapted from ' Sapper's' play and novel by Jack Inglis and Peter Creswell. Produced by Fred O'Dono van

Contributors

Novel By:
Jack Inglis
Novel By:
Peter Creswell.
Produced By:
Fred O'Dono
Drummond:
Richard Williams
Denny:
Edgar Norfolk
Mrs Denny:
Ann Codrington
Algy Longworth:
Malcolm Graeme
Phyllis Benton:
Grizelda Hervey
Lakington:
Laidman Browne
Barmaid:
Belle Chrystall
Waiter:
Charles Maunsell
Darrell:
John Dodsworth
Sherston:
Alan Blair
Jerningham:
Billy Shine
Butler:
Foster Carlin
Benton:
Cyril Gardiner
Peterson:
Heron Carvic
Maid:
Flora Britton
Irma:
Gladys Spencer
Sarah:
Freda Falconer
Marcovitch:
Deryck Guyler
Potts:
Eric Clavering

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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