Learning on ScreenLondon Melody [excerpts]
- Summary
- 1951 BBC presentation of excerpts from London Melody, the ‘new musical show on stage and ice’ written by Eve Bradfield, from the Empress Hall, Earls Court.
- Theatre play
- London Melody by Eve Bradfield [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 10 June 1951
- Time
- 8.35-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producers
- Eve Bradfield, Claude Langdon
- Television Presentation by
- Alan Chivers
- Writer
- Eve Bradfield
- Composer
- Robert Farnon
- Lyrics
- Patricia Nash
- Conductor
- Harry Rabinowitz (conducted the Empress Hall Orchestra)
- Musician
- Manfred Felix
- Musician
- Lorna Martin
- Musician
- Raff
- Commentator
- Barrie Edgar
- Commentator
- Berkeley Smith
- Cast
Belita Catherine Terence Donahue Stephanie Evelyn Dove Iolanthe Jones Laurence Goodwin Frederic Bruce Gordon Ex-King Boris Diana Grafton Mrs Carlson Brita Hales Gisela Richardina Jackson Colette Ben Johnson Max Tommy Jover The Agent Guy Massey Henie Raff Bodyguard Joel Riordan Carl Tom Round Paul Valais Markby Ryan Napoleon Courmayeur Louise Stranzinger Lisa Martinez George Tiley Felix Aitdorf Norman Wisdom Mike Angelo
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- ice show; musical
Print sources
- Title
- Empress Hall, Earls Court: London Melody (Newspaper review of stage production)
- Author/creator
- Anon. (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Times, 1 June 1951, p. 8
- Title
- Radio Times, 8 June 1951 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- photograph, p. 38; article, p. 39; listing, p. 41
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