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Dancing this afternoon to Tommy Kinsman and his Band
Tommy Kinsman was born in Liverpool. At the age of thirteen he was working in a cinema as a page boy, and was then promoted to cinema operator. Two thousand feet of film were burnt in an accident, so he decided to join the mercantile
marine. During the war he sailed regularly between England and America, and it was over there that he became interested in the new American Jazz. Demobilised, he joined a local dance band. But a London dance band visited Liverpool, the conductor heard him play, and so Kinsman found himself in the Hammersmith Palais de Danse band, and stayed with them for nearly two years. In 1927 he formed his own band, broadcast from Liverpool, but afterwards met with set-backs. When he gave an audition for Ciro's Club, London, and was engaged, he had only a shilling or two in his pocket. He spent two years there, and two years at the Ritz, and from that time never looked back. He began recording and sending out dance bands. In 1935 he gave his first broadcast from a London studio, and had as his vocalist the now well-known Jack Cooper, whom he discovered in a London store. Tommy Kinsman and his Dance Orchestra are now playing in Madame Tussaud's restaurant. They broadcast the late dance music on December 15.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Kinsman
Unknown:
Tommy Kinsman

Extracts from the Daniel Mayer Company's presentation of ' THIS MONEY BUSINESS ' by Cyril Campion , which opened at the Ambassador's Theatre on January 6
The cast includes
The play produced by Henry Kendall and arranged for broadcasting by Bruce Belfrage

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Mayer
Unknown:
Cyril Campion
Produced By:
Henry Kendall
Broadcasting By:
Bruce Belfrage
Gerald Esmond:
Henry Kendall
Judy Esmond:
Antoinette Cellier
Minnie:
Diana Beaumont
Phillip Esmond:
Peter Murray Hill
Gwen Lacey:
Veronica Rose
Alice Rivers:
Tonie Edgar Bruce
Mr Esmond:
Henry Hewitt
David Marlowe:
Ballard Berkeley

J. S. Bach and his two elder sons
George Ackroyd (flute)
Winifred Gaskell (flute)
John Wills (pianoforte)
The New English String Quartet: Winifred Small (violin) ; Eveline Thompson (violin) ; Winifred Stiles (viola); Florence Hooton (violoncello)

Contributors

Unknown:
J. S. Bach
Flute:
George Ackroyd
Flute:
Winifred Gaskell
Pianoforte:
John Wills
Violin:
Eveline Thompson
Violin:
Winifred Stiles
Viola:
Florence Hooton

A Radio Riot
Book, special lyrics, and music by Phil Park
Orchestrations by Eddie Griffiths
Produced by Ernest Longstaffe
The Artists are:
Clapham and Dwyer
Stainless Stephen
Tommy Handley
Gerry Fitzgerald
John Glyn-Jones
Lola Shari and Yvette Darnac
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell
"Whoopee Paree!" will be repeated in the Regional programme on Saturday at 4.0.

Contributors

Book, special lyrics and music by:
Phil Park
Orchestrations:
Eddie Griffiths
Produced by:
Ernest Longstaffe
Performers:
Clapham and Dwyer
Comedian:
Stainless Stephen
Comedian:
Tommy Handley
Performer:
Gerry Fitzgerald
Performer:
John Glyn-Jones
Performer:
Lola Shari
Performer:
Yvette Damac
Orchestra conducted by:
Charles Shadwell

'Facing Facts'
An Introductory Talk
Sir Alfred Zimmern
Sir Alfred Zimmern , who has been Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University since 1930, is to introduce this important new series, which has been planned mainly for Discussion Groups. In several of the talks that are to follow he will act as interlocutor, and will sum up the series at the microphone on March 31.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Alfred Zimmern
Unknown:
Sir Alfred Zimmern

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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