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A sparkling tribute to well-known personalities, outstanding newcomers and successes in London's world of entertainment
Toastmaster, Eamonn Andrews spotlights
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
' 450 performances and still running '
Ian Carmichael who tells a story by A. A. Milne preceded by a sound-track extract from ' The Colditz Story ' with Richard Wattis
Adele Leigh glamorous opera star with new horizons
Barbara Jefford , John Neville leading lights from the Old Vic present a scene from Macbeth '
Stanley Black pianist-composer with a record career
Henry Sherek introduces
Wilfrid Hyde White , Sydney Tafter
Avice Landon , Philip Guard
Martin Wyldeck , Peter French in Arthur Watkyn 's comedy thriller
' Not in the Book
The Town Criers
Directed by Cliff Adams
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Theme music composed by Ron Goodwin
Devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Michael Flanders
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Unknown:
Ian Carmichael
Story By:
A. A. Milne
Unknown:
Richard Wattis
Unknown:
Adele Leigh
Unknown:
Barbara Jefford
Unknown:
John Neville
Introduces:
Henry Sherek
Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Unknown:
Sydney Tafter
Unknown:
Avice Landon
Unknown:
Martin Wyldeck
Unknown:
Arthur Watkyn
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Composed By:
Ron Goodwin
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

by N. C. Hunter with members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Unknown:
N. C. Hunter
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Enid:
Molly Rankin
Philip:
Terence Greenidge
Peter, their son:
David Enders
Margaret, their daughter:
Elizabeth London
Gladys:
Doris Gilmore
Tom:
Charles Leno
Fred, their son:
John Scott
Doreen, their daughter:
Myrtle Reed
Mrs Gurney:
Catherine Nangle
Aunt Gert:
Ann Rye
A schoolmaster:
Ronald Sidney
Fred,a boy:
Douglas Hankin
Sergeant-Major:
George Hagan
An Officer:
Edwin Apps
Mr Robens:
Basil Hoskins
Elsie Milton:
Hilda Schroder
The Storyteller:
Howieson Culff

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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