  We present new observations of 470 stars using the Fibre Large Array
Multi-Element Spectrograph (FLAMES) instrument in fields centered on the
clusters NGC 330 and NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and NGC 2004
and the N11 region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A further 14 stars were
observed in the N11 and NGC 330 fields using the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle
Spectrograph (UVES) for a separate programme. Spectral classifications and
stellar radial velocities are given for each target, with careful attention to
checks for binarity. In particular we have investigated previously unexplored
regions around the central LH9/LH10 complex of N11, finding ~25 new O-type
stars from our spectroscopy. We have observed a relatively large number of
Be-type stars that display permitted Fe II emission lines. These are primarily
not in the cluster cores and appear to be associated with classical Be-type
stars, rather than pre main-sequence objects. The presence of the Fe II
emission, as compared to the equivalent width of H$\alpha$, is not obviously
dependent on metallicity. We have also explored the relative fraction of Be- to
normal B-type stars in the field-regions near to NGC 330 and NGC 2004, finding
no strong evidence of a trend with metallicity when compared to Galactic
results. A consequence of service observations is that we have reasonable
time-sampling in three of our FLAMES fields. We find lower limits to the binary
fraction of O- and early B-type stars of 23 to 36%. One of our targets
(NGC346-013) is especially interesting with a massive, apparently hotter, less
luminous secondary component.

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