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The first variety exchange programme between London and Paris, broadcast in the European Service of the BBC and by Radio Diffusion in France on New Year's Eve 1944. From Paris— Elyane Celis, Mireille, and Pils et Tabet: produced by André Gillois.
From London — Leslie Hutchinson (' Hutch '). Maggie Teyte. BBC Revue Chorus and Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Tom Ronald. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Produced By:
André Gillois.
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell.
Duced By:
Tom Ronald.

'Tumbledown Dick': by Howard Spring, adapted by Muriel Levy. Produced by Nan Macdonald. Part 3 —' Christmas and New Year '

Contributors

Adapted By:
Muriel Levy.
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald.
Dick Birkinshaw:
Arthur Bentley
His mother:
Norma Wilson
His father:
Herbert Smith
Oswald Tubbs:
Wilfred Pickles
The Lady Mayoress:
Joan Sharp
Uncle- Henry:
Fred Fairclough
Aunt Maria:
Rosalie Williams
'Bill Sykes':
Maurice Foster
Tom Figgis:
Colin Fish
Gentleman George:
Alec Elliott
The Vicar:
Alan Williams
Alf Eckersley:
John Broadbent
Mr Lovel:
Alan Mitcheson
Waitress:
Muriel Levy

The days when dancing really was dancing!
' Reminisce ' or dance, while Harry Davidson and his Orchestra play old-time dance music and Gladys Ripley entertains with old-time ballads. At the piano, Berkeley Mason. Master of Ceremonies. Patric Curwen. Producer, Douglas Lawrence.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
Gladys Ripley
Unknown:
Patric Curwen.
Unknown:
Douglas Lawrence.

with Terry Cantor
Mario de Pietro
Renee Houston and Donald Stewart
Harry Mooney , with Victor King
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer. John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Cantor
Unknown:
Mario de Pietro
Unknown:
Renee Houston
Unknown:
Donald Stewart
Unknown:
Harry Mooney
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Announcer:
Norman Wooland.
Producer:
John Sharman.

Play by Emlyn Williams
Adapted for broadcasting by T. Rowland Hughes

Scene: Glansarno, a small village in a remote Welsh countryside. Time: a period of three years in the latter part of the last century

Contributors

Author:
Emlyn Williams
Adapted for broadcasting by:
T. Rowland Hughes
Welsh folk songs sung by:
Boys from Aberdare County School
Producer:
P.H. Burton
Miss Moffat:
Gladys Young
Morgan Evans:
Richard Burton
Bessie Watty:
Jessie Evans
Mr John Goronwy Jones:
Philip Phillips
The Squire:
Arthur Phillips
Miss Rouberry:
Vera Meazey
Mrs Watty:
Maisie Amos

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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