In 1942, Vic Oliver was the first guest on which radio interview programme?
Vic Oliver gift for comedy by chance when he had to apologise to his audience for something. A new career as a comedian took him all over the United States. He reached the Palace Theatre, New York in 1929 and the London Palladium two years later. This established him in the United Kingdom and with his deferential, modest humour, he became very popular. He was kept busy in musical revues, variety and pantomime. He was Roy Plomley's very first 'castaway' guest on "Desert Island Discs", on 29 January 1942. This lost broadcast was recalled in 2012 in a BBC radio documentary about
Vic Oliver Oliver's life in Britain. He starred in the BBC radio show "Hi, Gang!"; and appeared in many others, including "Discord in Three Flats" (1962) with Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. He played the violin (deliberately badly in his shows). He had aspirations as a conductor and founded the Vic Oliver Concert Orchestra which gave light classical concerts as well as complete opera performances. In 1953 he established Variety Playhouse as a primetime radio show featuring music, comedy and light drama. The show did not survive him. He was a regular on "Henry Hall's Guest Night" and "Workers' Playtime" and, as