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Contributors
Presenter:
John
Stone
Presenter:
Denis
Tuohy
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post that mentions
this programme:
Direct from the Alberts' Television Centre in the heart of London, broadcast through the courtesy of BBC-2, a new television network opens with The Alberts.
Also appearing are: Ivor Cutler of Y'hup, O.M.P, Professor Bruce Lacey, John Snagge, Sheree Winton, Benito Mussolini, Major John Glenn, Adolf Hitler, David Jacobs, Birma the Elephant (by courtesy of Billy Smart's Circus) and other celebrities.
Script written down by Denis Gifford by order of the British Rubbish Corporation
Electrical interference by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Contributors
Comedians:
The
Alberts
Performer:
Ivor
Cutler
Comedian:
Professor Bruce
Lacey
Performer:
John
Snagge
Performer:
Sheree
Winton
Guest:
David
Jacobs
Editing and animation:
Biographic Cartoon Films
Ltd.
Film Cameraman:
Gordon
Mackay
Film Cameraman:
Gene
Carr
Script:
Denis
Gifford
Designer:
Colin
Pigott
Producer:
Dennis Main
Wilson
Play by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack.
Starring Patricia Morison and Howard Keel
and Millicent Martin
with Reginald Beckwith, Irving Davies, Danny Green, Bill Owen and Eric Barker
Also featuring Peter Regan, Tony Adams, Isabelle Lucas, David Healy and Monty Landis
Contributors
Music and lyrics:
Cole
Porter
Writer:
Sam
Spewack
Writer:
Bella
Spewack
Singers under the direction of:
Fred
Tomlinson
Additional orchestrations:
Dennis
Wilson
Additional orchestrations:
Peter
Knight
Orchestra conducted by:
Harry
Rabinowitz
Costumes:
Maureen
Muggeridge
Make-up:
Maureen
Winslade
Musical numbers staged and choreographed by:
Paddy
Stone
Designer:
Eileen
Diss
Director:
David
Askey
Producer:
James
Gilbert
Lilli Vanessi:
Patricia
Morison
Fred Graham:
Howard
Keel
Lois Lane:
Millicent
Martin
[Actor]:
Reginald
Beckwith
Bill Calhoun 'Lucentio':
Irving
Davies
Gangster:
Danny
Green
Gangster:
Bill
Owen
Harrison Howell:
Eric
Barker
[Actor]:
Peter
Regan
[Actor]:
Tony
Adams
Hattie:
Isabelle
Lucas
[Actor]:
David
Healy
[Actor]:
Monty
Landis
Dancer:
Ray
Dalziel
Dancer:
Sidonie
Darrell
Dancer:
Fred
Evans
Dancer:
Janet
Hall
Dancer:
Nita
Howard
Dancer:
Ian
Kaye
Dancer:
Connel
Miles
Dancer:
Joan
Palethorpe
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The Soviet Union's leading comedian.
With the Leningrad Miniature Theatre Company, William Campbell, Victoria Gorshenina, Ruth Romma, Vladimir Lyakhovitsky, Jocif Minkovich, Irina Petrushchenko, Maxim Maximov.
See page 27
Contributors
Comedian:
Arkady
Raikin
Performer:
William
Campbell
Performer:
Victoria
Gorshenina
Performer:
Ruth
Romma
Performer:
Vladimir
Lyakhovitsky
Performer:
Jocif
Minkovich
Performer:
Irina
Petrushchenko
Performer:
Maxim
Maximov
Orchestra directed by:
Harry
Rabinowitz
Designer:
George
Djurkovic
Producer:
Joe
McGrath
A Grand Fireworks Display to celebrate the opening of BBC-2 from beside the seaside - the famous pier at Southend.
See... The Silver Aurora, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Ghost Riders of the Sky, Plumes of the Orient
Hear... The Devil's Tattoo, The Screaming Screech-Owls, The Whistling Shells
Thrill to... The Electric Storm and The Thunderbolt Bombardment
Lighting the blue paper and stepping well back... Brian Johnston
(Also on BBC-1.)
See page 26
Contributors
Commentator:
Brian
Johnston
Producer:
Alan
Chivers