Spoiler : Golders Green Hippodrome, 1st Aug 1948. Producer Joy Russell-Smith. BBC recording. A weekly half-hour of radio variety. BBC Announcer Philip Slessor presents a Variety Bill of 'turns', introducing each of the acts. The show's resident comedian in 1948 is Derek Roy (nominally the star of the show), who appears every week. This edition also features film star and comedian Terry-Thomas. A normal theatrical Variety Show was impossible to present on radio, so these recordings feature only comedians, singers and musical acts; the huge variety of other types of stage performers who appeared in the theatres had acts which were too visual for radio.