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Guests George Sanders And Bea Lillie

Broadcasting from the London Palladium, the season premiere features George Sanders in a catty routine with Tallulah, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in a scene from Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra," and Fred Allen and Jack Buchanan doing a British version of Allen's Alley called "Buchanan's Mews."

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The Big Show was an American NBC radio network variety program featuring 90 minutes of comic, stage, screen, and music talent. It was aimed at keeping American radio in its classic era and making it robust against the rapidly growing television tide. The show ran from November 5, 1950, to April 20, 1952.

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“Guests George Sanders And Bea Lillie.” The Big Show. Radio broadcast, September 30, 1951.

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