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LUXEMBOURG : LYONS RADIO PICTORIAL. January 28, 1938. No. 211. NORMANDY :PARIS Reentered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper TOULOUSE : ATHLONE PROGRAMMES Jan. 30-Fe *THESE BROADCASTS ARE DANGEROUS! By Michael Norton MEN BEHIND THE B.B.C. PROGRAMMES By An Ex -official IT'S ALL IN A DAY By Thirteen Famous Stars WHO'S THAT WAY ABOUT WHO ? By Barry Wells EVELYN DALL CHARLES SHADWELL STELLA MOYA RAE JENKINS AUNTIE MURIE THE WEEK'S RADIO NEWS, GOSSIP AN PICTURES RADIO PICTORIAL January 28, 1938 FIRST 6ecause theyLAST," so %ow visEfrofo" a: At ALSO RADIO SERIES II° "FIRST because they LAST ! 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EDITORS 1MARGOT JONES IN 11-1E,Ai /N America, they say, the theatre censors are paid to shut their eyes to certain things. You don't find the British censors shutting their eyes to any- WISECRACKS by THE WEEK'S WITTIEST BROADCASTERS thing. After all, they're there to enjoy 2ND DITTO: Go on, what did 'e MY KID'S A CROONER ! OFFER themselves as much as anybody. go as ? CHATTY NEIGHBOUR : It must ;' Thatfellow'sgotagiftfor By George Robey. (B.B.C. "Palace 1ST DITTO :Well, you know 'e's be quite three months since your singing." of Varieties," February 5.) got a bald 'eadand a wooden leg ? baby was born. " Tell him I'll gilie him another for 2ND DITTO: Yes. PAPA : It is. stopping." 1ST DITTO Well,'epoured CHATTY NEIGHBOUR :And By Sydney Lipton. (In"The ONE WAY OUT Dansant," B.B.C., February 3.) PRODUCER : some treacle on'is 'ead and went asyou haven't told the Registrar of Now run away, a toffee -apple. Births yet ? young lady; I've got to watch the By Revnell and West.(In B.B.C. PAPA :Ifheliveswithina dancers go through their routine. Music Hall to -morrow, January 29.) couple of miles ofthis place he FRUITFUL ASPIRANT :Wouldn't you like 1ST CABARET ACT : Who's the doesn't need telling me to go through something again ? By Charlie Kunz.("Cadbury Call- old boy at the table over there with PRODUCER :Yes. That door. SELF-STYLED ing Luxembourg, February 1.) four chorus girls? By Tommy Handley. (Rinso Radio "I hear Harold's doing a spot of 2ND DITTO : He's a tinned -fruit Revue,LuxembourgandNormandy, January 30; "White Coons," Regional, broadcasting ? " magnate. He made a million out of February 4.) ' Yes, he's broadcasting under an DRIVEN TO EXTREMES peaches. assumed name." CHARLIE :The mostexciting 1ST DITTO : Looks as though the " What's he calling himself ? " thing that ever happened to me waspeaches are getting it back. NOT SHAPING WELL " A singer." when I was driving my car along the By Ronnie Genarder. (Beecham's " H'm,she'sgotamarvellous By Norman Shelley. (Ovaltine edge of a precipice,and a cow programme, Lyons, January 39and voice,but she'dbehopelessin "Melody and Song," Luxembourg, Janu- loomed up right in front of me. from Athlone, February 2.) ary 30.) BILLY : You were in a dilemma? television because of her figure." " Is her figure that bad ? " CHARLIE : No, I was in a Ford. " Well,she once played Lady By Clapham and Dwyer. (B.B.0 EXCLUSIVE BIG-HEARTED Music Hall to -morrow, January 29.) Godiva in a film and the horse stole A fellow jumped from a taxi out- PRODUCER : What's the matter' the scene." side a railway station. He had only with those two crosstalk comedians ? By Tessa Deane. (Glymiel Jollities, fifteen seconds to catch his train. ASSISTANT : They're rehearsing Luxembourg, February1;Normandy, LOW WATER MARK their act. February 4.) " What do I owe you ?" he asked " Haven't Iseen your face be- PRODUCER :But for the past the cabby breathlessly. fore ?" ten minutes they haven't said a "Three and sixpence, sir." " I don't think so." word. LEADING QUESTION " Well, here's three shillings. You " Well, the neck has a familiar ASSISTANT : No, they're not on CHORUS GIRL : The Counsel for can keep the sixpence I" ring about it." speaking terms. the Prosecution thoroughly took me By D. A. Clarke Smith. ("Fu By Reginald Kilby. (Bootsthe By Billy Milton.(Horlicks Picture unawares when I entered the witness - Manchu," Milk of Magnesia programme, Chemists programme, Luxembourg, Janu- House, Luxembourg, Normandy, Tou- box. Luxembourg and Lyons, January 30.) ary 30.) louse, January 30.) COLLEAGUE :Isupposehe asked you what you were doing on the night of the crime? fr` NICELY PUT CHORUS GIRL :No, he asked BANDLEADER :How old are me what I was doing to -morrow you ? night. CROONETTE : Turned 23. By Vera Lynn. (Lifebuoy programme, BANDLEADER :That's 32. Luxembourg, January 30.) By DianaClare. (StorkRadio Parade, Normandy, January 30.) BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS " Our new revue has got a chorus A BITTER RETORT of over fifty." " Herbert, you smell strongly of "They don't look a day over beer !" forty-five." " Wrong again, my sweet.I've By Richard Murdoch.(In "Band been eating frogs and you can smell Wagon," Regional, February 2.) thehops!" By Leslie Henson.(In the Huntley andPalmer show, Normandyand THIS IS KILLING Luxembourg, January 30.) 'TEC (at scene of crime) : Who are you ? REPORTER :I'm a newspaper- BLUNDERGRADUATE man. I've been sent to do the " Did you ever go to a public murder. school, Percy ? " 'TEC: Too late.The murder's " Yes, I went to Girtdean, but I been done. was thrown out." By S. J. Warmington.(Inspector Hornkigh," Monday at Seven," National, "But Girtdean is a girl's school !" January 31.) " Yes, that's why I was thrown out." By Wynne Ajello.(In "The White DUMB -BELLE Coons," Regional, February 4.) " Excuse me, miss; is that seat next to yours reserved ? " "Well, it hasn't said a word since TARIFFIC ! I came in." CANNIBAL COOK : What would By Winifred Shotter. (Horlicks you like for lunch? Picture House, Normandy, Luxembourg, CANNIBAL KING :What's on Toulouse, January 30.) the menu, Umbopo ? CANNIBAL COOK : How about HOW SWEET ! a cut off the joint and two vege- tarians? 1ST AWFUL CHILD :'Ere, my By Hugh French.(Phillip's "Waltz father went to a fancy dress dance Look here, Mary, you'll have to choose between the' Dream Loverand me ! " Time," Luxembourg, Normandy, Lyons, larst night. January 30.) NEXT Week :Beginning the Life -story ofCARROLL LEVIS.Don't miss the first instalment. 3 RADIO PICTORIAL January 28,1938 "Arcyoulisten- ing It'sH. Rob- Inson Cleaver at the organ of the Regal TWO NEW Cinema, Bexley Heath This Week's Gossip OGDEN SMITH,largeandcheeryRadio Luxembourg announcer, next week celebrates the beginning of his third year in office.Sends this message to listeners: " Ican never be sufficiently grateful to you for the interest you show in me and my affairs.Iliketothinkof you allas my personal friends. - A sks for suggestions with regard to programmes and adds : "I can assure you that your letter will both be considered and answered. - CHOOSE YOUR OWN TATESTnews from Luxembourg is a new 1-4 idea in thewayof Request programmes. Once a week, for a quarter-hour (exact time yet to be decided) an entire concert will be chosen by one listener. Name and address of sender to be given during the broadcast. Letters 'submitting full quarter-hour pro- grammes are invited, and there's only one rule :letters received for one week's " Sur- prise Requests " cannot be carried on until the next week's competition. Regretfully, Ogden announces that Outside Café broadcasts THE B.B.C.'s two newest announcers are the Honourable Edward are coming to an end; last one Henry Harold Ward, eldest son and heir of Lord Bangor, Speaker takes place on February12. of the Senate of Northern Ireland, and Mr. P. Fettes. London Reason is the difficulty of finding announcing staff is now two over the eight. By which I mean that suitable turns. there are ten instead of eight occupants of that pretty green room on the fourth floor which belongs to the announcers. Mr. Ward and Mr. Fettes are still under instruction, picking up tips from the others between sessions with Professor Lloyd -James. 14R. FETTES made a record by reading the news within afortnight of ' his appointment. Robert MacDermott was away sick and, with Stuart Hibberd in Scotland and others taking a belated Christmas holiday, the 'side was short handed. R. N. Bright has left the mike to help with the Foreign language broadcasts. WARD is thirty-two; Mr. Fettes is younger, and not many MR.years down from Cambridge. Both have travelled. V' Mr. Ward was with Reuters in China for some years and soV? knows how to pronounce those awkward names. Mr. Fettes knows Europe. At the University he studied French and German and spent his spare time in stage managing for the Dramatic Society.