Leslie Baily
Leslie Baily (14 December 1906 – 21 February 1976) was an English journalist, and a writer and producer for BBC Radio from 1924 to 1946. He was known for his books about Gilbert and Sullivan and his BBC Radio Scrapbook programmes.
Life and career
Baily was born in
Baily's Scrapbook series began as a BBC North Regional broadcast in 1932. He later described it as "merely a selection of rather unusual items of music, drama and curious information, presented in rapid panorama. There was no theme or period".
During the
Baily wrote or compiled many books. Some were printed versions of his BBC programmes: Travellers' Tales and the Scrapbooks. The Gilbert and Sullivan Book, first published in 1952, drew from and elaborated on his BBC series.[9] Baily and his collaborators drew on the book for the script of the 1953 film The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan. A reviewer later wrote, "Baily didn't hesitate to fictionalize parts of his book in order to make for a better story, and he doesn't hesitate in the film either. However, the film brilliantly conveys the spirit of what the G&S partnership was about."[10]
Baily died aged 69 at his home in York.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Mr Leslie Baily", The Times, 25 February 1976, p. 17
- ^ Baily, Leslie. "How the 'Scrapbooks' are Made", Radio Times, 4 November 1934, p. 355
- ^ "Scrapbook", Radio Times, 3 March 1933, p. 533
- ^ "Scrapbook for 1933", Radio Times, 8 December 1933, p. 740
- ^ "Star-Gazing", BBC Genome. Retrieved 18 November 2019
- ^ "Farewell to Daly's", Radio Times, 17 September 1936, p. 79
- ^ a b c d e "Leslie Baily", BBC Genome. Retrieved 18 November 2019
- ^ "Gilbert and Sullivan", Radio Times, 19 September 1947, pp. 3 and 6
- ^ "The Gilbert and Sullivan Book by Leslie Baily", Music & Letters, Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 1952), pp. 173–174 (subscription required)
- ^ "The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan", Gilbert and Sullivan Discography. Retrieved 18 November 2019
External links
- Leslie Baily at IMDb