Originally founded as the BBC Theatre Orchestra. It is the only one of the five BBC orchestras which is not a full-scale symphony one.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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BBC Concert Orchestra
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Golders Green Hippodrome
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