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Oliver featured in a string of popular revues, just before and after the start of the Second World War, including Black and Blue, Black Velvet, and The Night and the Music. During the war he starred in the BBC radio show Hi, Gang! and appeared in many others, including Oliver Twist, Yankee Doodle Do, and Vic Oliver Introduces.
Explore Vic Oliver's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Vic Oliver on AllMusic.
Jan 29, 2012 · Oliver was one of those old-time pros that could not only rattle off jokes but play the violin and piano beautifully. He had an accent – Austrian-American – that you rarely hear any more.
Jan 6, 2017 · 1. The first castaway – marooned on 29 January 1942 – was Vic Oliver, a music-hall star in the 1930s. He was the perfect first interviewee for presenter Roy Plomley, the Wodehousian wannabe ...
Jan 26, 2012 · Vic Oliver was welcomed on to the first ever Desert Island Discs programme as a "comedian, lightning club manipulator, violinist and comedy trick cyclist", according to the surviving scripts....
Jan 26, 2012 · As Desert Island Discs celebrates 80 years, David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of its very first castaway, entertainer Vic Oliver. In the forties, as a comedian, musician, host and music ...
BBC. Aired in the year Desert Island Discs celebrated 70 years on air, David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of its very first castaway, entertainer Vic Oliver. In the early forties presenter Roy Plomley devised a series which has been a constant presence in the choppy waters of radio ever since.
