Radio who's who (1947)

32 RADIO WHO'S WHO Broadcast in hundreds of productions at Mid. Regional and did repertory work in Birmingham. Went to Luxembourg as station announcer for 18 months. Returned to more B.B.C. shows, including Television. Played in revue at Birmingham Rep. and was seen there by Eric Maschwitz and put into " New Faces " at the Comedy. Toured with C.E.M.A. shows and was leading man at the Civic Playhouse, Swindon. Just finished " Double Bedlam " serial with Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford. Regards as one of the highlights of his career the congratulations he received from Noel Coward on the singing of his songs in a programme compered by C. B. Cochran. Recent programmes also were "Armchair Detective " and " Appointment with Fear." Hobbies: Gardening, golf, tennis, country life, and, when time permits, sunbathing. BENTLEY, PHYLLIS ELEANOR. Novelist, lecturer, talks, b. Halifax, Yorks., 1894. Known for short stories, talks on literature, and schools programmes. Address: 8, Heath Villas Halifax, Yorkshire. Phone: Halifax 3418. First connected with radio in 1928 in the Children's Hour and literary talks. Made lecture tours in the U.S.A. in 1934-36-39-41, and Holland, 1934. In the American Division of the British Ministry of Information, 1942-44. Recent programmes were " The Cat," a short story, and dramatic interludes for schools. Author of 19 books, including 13 novels, two works of criticism, two volumes of short stories and (very early, she says) a satire about teaching methods. Hobbies : the amateur theatre and walking. BENYON, THOMAS. Scriptwriter and talks. b. London, 1894. Known for travel and adventure broadcasts. Address : Gillsland Road, Edinburgh. Phone: Edinburgh 52948. First connected with radio in Cape Town, 1926. Fellow of Royal Geographical Society. Lived a number of years in Africa, India, Canada, U.S.A. and South Russia. Holder of the world's long distance motor record by racing the mail boat from London to Calcutta, India, in 1934. Has farmed in Canada and Africa. Prospector and soldier, author and theatre manager. Is married with three children. Club: Green Room. BERENSKA, JAN. Musician, b. Edinburgh, 8th January, 1905. Well known in radio for light musical programmes. Address: 15, Ferndale Road, Hall Green, Birmingham. Phone: Springfield 3704. Has given a number of recitals on violin, piano and 'cello. BERESFORD, JACK. Sports talks, etc. b. Chiswick, 1st January, 1899. Authority on rowing. Address : Highlands, Shiplake-onThames, Oxon. Phone: Wargrave 346. Educated at Bedford School. Captain of Football and Boats. Enlisted Artists' Rifles, 1917, served in France. Won Diamond Sculls, 1920-24-25-26, and Philadelphia Gold Cup, 1924-25. English Amateur Sculling Championship, 1920 to 1926. Empire Games, Canada, 1930. Olympic Games, Brussels, 1920, Paris, 1924, Amsterdam, 1928, Los Angeles, 1932, Berlin, 1936 (Captain of the British team). First broadcast in 1938. Recent programmes include " Fifty Years of Sport — Rowing, 1945," and Raymond Glendinning's " Sport's Half -hour." Clubs: Constitutional, Thames Rowing Club, Leander, and Anchorites. BERKELEY, LENNOX. Composer, b. Oxford, 12th May, 1903. Has composed much incidental music including recently the music for " A Glutton for Life," a feature by Louis MacNiece on the life of Maupassant. Address : 58, Warwick Square, London, S.W.I. Phone: Victoria 4646. Educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Merton College, Oxford. Studied music in Paris under Mdlle. Nadia Boulanger. Returned to London in 1936 and was on the staff of the B.B.C. Music Department from October, 1942, until January, 1946,