22/01/1950

Offering laughs and musical merriment, Variety Bandbox started life at the end of the Second World War.

It was broadcast on BBC General Forces and later transferred to the BBC Light Programme running until 1952.

The series helped to launch a number of stars.

In this episode, there's ragtime with Jerry Allen on the organ and Barbara Leigh sings Some Day My Heart will Awake.

Peter Sellers does Max Miller singing I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts...

Presented by Philip Slessor

With

Frankie Howerd
William Ternent
Jerry Allen
Barbara Leigh
Peter Sellers
Bill Kerr

Producer: Bryan Sears

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 22nd January 1950.