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RADIO WHO'S WHO
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BUNBURY, Sir HENRY NOEL.
Talks and discussions. 6. Mitcham, Surrey, 29th November, 1876. First contact with radio was as a Post Office official in the formation of the British Broadcasting Company in 1922. Address: Church House, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Phone: Orford 246. Educated Merchant Taylors' School, and Oxford. Civil Servant. Served in various departments. Travelled much in Europe, Africa, and North America. Writer on questions of government, public administration, and economic problems. Trustee and member of Political and Economic Planning. Member of the Sykes Committee on Broadcasting, 1924. First broadcast in 1926. Has broadcast frequently to the U.S. in " Answering You." And to British listeners in programmes such as " Facts and Figures," " Your Questions Answered," etc.
BURBIDGE, DOUGLAS.
Drama and feature programmes. 5, Sheffield, 20th December, 1895. Is the narrator of " The Robinson Family." Address: 57, Heathcroft, N.W.ll. Phone: Speedwell 2241. Educated Rep
DOUGLAS BURBRIDGE
ton. Served 1914-18 York and Lancaster Regt., retiring as captain. First appeared on the stage with Sir Frank Benson's company, eventually playing many parts, Romeo, Orlando, Macduff, etc. In 1922 joined Old Vic Company, playing Hotspur, Brutus, Lancelot, etc. Subsequently played under Basil Dean and Sir Nigel Playfair, and with Dame Sybil Thorndike in St. Joan, followed by many plays in the West End, television, and recording. Has broadcast consistently in plays since 1927. Served as full time War Reserve in Metropolitan Police during the war and was invalided out in November, 1944. Since then has broadcast in many plays and in " Music Magazine " and as narrator in "The Robinson Family." Hobby: Music.
BURGESS, HENRY CHARLES.
Assistant Conductor, Midland Light Orchestra, b. Liverpool, 21st April, 1888. " Songs for Everybody," " Elevenses " and other popular music programmes. Violinist, Variety Theatre, Manchester, 1905 ; Conductor, Will Stone's Film Circuit, South Wales, 1908; Bandmaster, 2/5 Durham Light Infantry, 1915; Music Director to Council, Corporation of Weston-super-Mare, 1920-38; Music Director to Malvern Urban District Council, 1939-41; joined (B.B.C.) Midland Light Orchestra as violinist, 1941 ; appointed assistant conductor Midland Light Orchestra, 1944. First connected with radio in 1924 as conductor at Weston-super-Mare. Has had experience of many branches of the profession, concert party, variety, films, opera, and symphony work.
BURGESS, VIVIENNE.
Actress. b. Weston-super-Mare,
Somerset, 24th April, 1917. First appeared in radio in 1938 in a Belfast, N.I., Regional programme. Address: 43, Royal Avenue, Chelsea, S.W.3. Studied dramatic art and stagecraft under Cuthbert-Hicks at Bristol, and von der Heyde at Brighton. Was one of six children all clamouring for some branch of artistic