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The Tommy Steele Story

In the 1950s, after leaving the merchant navy, a young Tommy Steele experiences a meteoric rise to fame as a rock 'n' roll teen idol in the 1950s.

Teenager Tommy Steele buys a second hand guitar in a junk shop before joining the merchant navy. Once onboard, his boss loses his patience, telling him he has to choose between his music or a career at sea.

He chooses music and returns to London, where, by chance, he's offered a job playing his guitar in a coffee shop in Soho. He's soon spotted by an agent and has a meteoric rise to fame as Britain's first rock 'n' roll teen idol.

1 hour, 17 minutes

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Next Saturday 10:40

Credits

Role Contributor
Tommy Steele Tommy Steele
Chas McDevitt Chas McDevitt
Nancy Whiskey Nancy Whiskey
Humphrey Lyttelton Humphrey Lyttelton
Tommy Eytle Tommy Eytle
Mrs Steele Hilda Fenemore
Mr Steele Charles Lamb
Hospital Nurse Lisa Daniely
Director Gerard Bryant
Writer Norman Hudis

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