• Top of the Town
  ...'''' was a 1950s radio programme, broadcast on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]] and hosted by [[Terry-Thomas]]. ...n 1 November 1953, and was broadcast weekly on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]] for sixteen episodes, until 21 February 1954.{{sfn|McCann
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• Variety Playhouse (BBC)
  ...Playhouse''''' was a radio programme on the [[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]] during the 1950s and early 1960s.<ref name=T1/> [[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
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• To Town with Terry
  {{short description|BBC radio programme}} ...as a 1950s radio programme, broadcast on the [[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]] and hosted by [[Terry-Thomas]].
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• Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)
  ...940{{endash}}1943)}}|[[BBC Home Service]]|{{small|(1941{{endash}}1957)}}|[[BBC Light Programme]]|{{small|(1948{{endash}}1954)}}}} | website = {{url|https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pn1s9}}
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• Workers' Playtime (radio programme)
  ...]]|[[w:BBC Forces Programme|BBC Forces Programme]]|[[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]]}} ...es Programme]],<ref name=rt921 /> then from 1957 onwards solely on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]. For all its 23 years each show concluded
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• Danger - Men at Work!
  | home_station = {{ubl|[[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]]}} ...''''' was a British radio comedy programme, broadcast by the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC]] over seven series between 1939 and 1947.
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• Show 21
  *[[Stanley Black]] and The BBC Dance Orchestra ...nitial cancellation the scheduled broadcast on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-02-17}} at 9.30pm was also cancelled, and replace
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• Listen with Mother
  | home_station = [[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]] ...ia Lang]], [[Eileen Browne (broadcaster)|Eileen Browne]], [[Dorothy Smith (BBC)|Dorothy Smith]] and others.<ref>[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/lwm.h
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• Many a Slip (radio series)
  ...gramme|BBC Light Programme]]|[[w:BBC Radio 2|BBC Radio 2]]|[[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]]}} ...s = {{ubl|[[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]]|[[w:BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC Radio 4 Extra]]}}
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• Show 8
  The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Monday {{date|1951-07-02}} at 6.30pm (in London and Northern only). It ...on]] and was announced by an uncredited Denys Drower (the presenter of the BBC's ''Midday Miscellany'' show).
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• Ray's a Laugh
  | home_station = {{ubl|[[BBC Home Service]]|[[BBC Light Programme]]}} | syndicates = [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]]
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• Dave Morris (comedian)
  | notable_work = ''Club Night'' ([[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]]) ...[South Pier, Blackpool]]. In January 1950, he was resident comedian of the BBC North Country variety feature, ''Variety Fanfare''. He also toured with hi
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• Show 29
  *[[Stanley Black]] and The BBC Dance Orchestra The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-04-15}} at 9.30pm (except Midlands and Northern I
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• The Burning Embassy
  ...million. The show was repeated Thursday 9pm, {{Date|1957-10-17}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners. == Transcription Service Synopsis ==
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• Charles Chilton
  {{Short description|BBC radio presenter, writer and producer (1917–2013)}} | employer = [[w:British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]
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• The Clitheroe Kid
  ...Service: North]]|[[BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]]|[[BBC Radio 2|BBC Radio 2]]}} | syndicates = [[BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC Radio 4 Extra]]
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• Ken Platt
  ...Entertainment|Combined Services Entertainment]] unit. The rest of his war service was spent touring North Africa, [[w:Corsica|Corsica]], [[w:Scandinavia|Scan ...bc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/185251.stm "Comedian Ken Platt dies aged 77"], BBC News, 2 October 1998</ref> It was on radio that Platt was in his true eleme
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• The Pevensey Bay Disaster
  ...[[China Story (s05e17)|China Story]]''. Likewise, the scheduled Saturday [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] repeat was replaced with ''Family Favouri The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|1956-04-03}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership
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• Appointment with Fear (radio)
  ...intment with Fear''''' was a horror drama series originally broadcast on [[BBC Radio]] in the 1940s and 1950s, and revived on a number of occasions since ...ccessdate=2014-07-16}}</ref> A tenth series was broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1976.
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• Jack Watson (actor)
  ==Military service== ...entertainment/388214.stm|title=Veteran actor Jack Watson dies|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Watson appeared in Coronation Street as Bill Gregory on and o
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