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at the Organ of the Gaumont Palace
Cinema, Birmingham
When, at the age of two and a half, John Bee sat down at the piano and played the National Anthem there could have been little doubt as to what career he would follow.
At the age of twelve he received an appointment as church organist, and gave his first pianoforte recital just a year later. At fifteen he was organist at the Lincoln Methodist Church, which seats over a thousand people.
Bee served through the war, and afterwards resumed his organist's work, giving recitals in the northern and eastern counties. At this time he also ran a dance orchestra. He joined the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation in 1930.

For the Sixth Season and One Hundred and Ninety-first time we silence the mighty roar of London and from its great crowds we bring to the microphone some of the interesting people who are
IN TOWN TONIGHT' introducing
Personalities from every walk of life in interviews with Lionel Gamlin
Flashes from the News of the Week and ' Standing on the Corner '
(Michael Standing interviews the ' Man in the Street')
Edited and produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Michael Standing
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

STANELLI
The Fiddle Fanatic
RANDOLPH SUTTON
Britain's Premier Light Comedian
TURNER LAYTON.
My Piano and I
(by permission of George Black)
GEORGIE WOOD
The Peter Pan of Vaudeville
(by permission of George Black) assisted by Dolly Harmer
THE BBC VARIETY
ORCHESTRA
Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
Presented by JOHN SHARMAN
The solo act ' My Piano and I ' has been as famous as Turner Layton himseM ever since he introduced it in 1935 on his partnership with his famous partner Johnson coming to an end. Although his compositions, such as ' Dear Old Southland', ' After you're gone ', ' Way Down Yonder in New Orleans ', and ' Strut, Miss Lizzie' are now regarded as classics) it is often forgotten that Turner Layton made his living as a composer of popular tunes before' coming to this country with Johnson in 1924. Layton, who is doing a non-stop tour of the principal halls of the country, will broadcast tonight one of his biggest hits in song-writing in recent years-' Home is Best '.
Randolph Sutton began his professional career on the sands at Blackpool thirty years ago, and has starred in every music-hall of note in the British Isles. He broadcast in the very, first radio Music-Hall from. No. 10 studio under Waterloo Bridge.
After his last broadcast on February 11 Georgie Wood received a letter from California saying that his duologues with Dolly Harmer are always looked forward to there. Once again this grand little comedian and inveterate worker for others is organising the Lest We Forget Association Disabled Men's concert which was missed last year, and it is good news that it is likely to be broadcast.
Another old favourite in Stanelli, of ' Bachelor Party ' fame, completes one of the strongest of John Sharman 's bills.

Contributors

Unknown:
Turner Layton.
Unknown:
Peter Pan
Assisted By:
Dolly Harmer
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Presented By:
John Sharman
Unknown:
Turner Layton
Unknown:
Turner Layton
Unknown:
Randolph Sutton
Unknown:
Georgie Wood
Unknown:
Dolly Harmer
Unknown:
John Sharman

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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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