"In 1925 and again in 1927 the BBC broadcast "The Red Pen", "a sort of opera", with words by A. P. Herbert and music by Toye.In 1927 Toye was joint musical director of a benefit performance for the old D'Oyly Carte leading man, Courtice Pounds, in which Toye was joined by stars from many branches of theatre, including Seymour Hicks, Evelyn Laye, Walter Passmore, Gertrude Lawrence and Derek Oldham.