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2 —' Django Reinhardt Rides Again.' Pierre Lefevre introduces Django Reinhardt and his Quintet. Continuity by Charles Delaunay and Al Alvarez
Series of special programmes starring the leading British, American, and French swing combinations

Contributors

Unknown:
Django Reinhardt
Introduces:
Pierre Lefevre
Unknown:
Django Reinhardt
Unknown:
Charles Delaunay
Unknown:
Al Alvarez

Written by Kenneth Adam and produced by Douglas Cleverdon
' The Great Governor ' tells of a young Scots clerk who went to Canada in the early nineteenth century, and for forty years travelled the great rivers, prairies, and forests of the West, ruting under his own hand more than half the present Dominion

Contributors

Written By:
Kenneth Adam
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon

Douglas Furber introduces
Joyce Grenfell
Edgar Norfolk , Jack Cooper , and Jane Carr. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Frank Can tell. Orchestrations by Jack Beaver. Produced by Michael North. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Furber
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk
Unknown:
Jack Cooper
Unknown:
Jane Carr.
Conducted By:
Frank Can
Unknown:
Jack Beaver.
Produced By:
Michael North.

A light-hearted pantomime for late-night listeners by Michael Barsley , telling how the broadcast of the Grimm Brothers came to grief. Music composed by Roy Douglas
Orchestra and BBC. Revue Chorus, conducted by the composer

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Barsley
Composed By:
Roy Douglas
Cinders:
Marjorie Westbury
Prince Charming:
Dennis Arundell
Jake Grimm:
John Glyn-Jones
Willie Grimm:
Maurice Denham
Granny Grimm:
Mabel Constanduros
Announcer:
Joseph MacLeod
Commentator:
Stewart MacPherson

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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