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715:, was added to the cast; her range of comic voices added to the variety of characters. The number of listeners dropped sharply after the ninth episode of the series, falling from 74 per cent of the audience in March 1949 to 39 per cent in late June. The drop caused consternation at the BBC. T. W. Chalmers, the Controller of the BBC Light Entertainment Programme, considered the public had tired of the programme because Horne and Murdoch were too tied to the characters and were unable to devise any new storylines that fitted with the format. The BBC decided to cut short the series and did not pick up the option of a further thirteen programmes. The place once held by 563:. They would toss ideas about and make notes of them; one of them would then turn the notes into a script to be transcribed by Bridgmont's secretary. Typically, on the day of broadcast, the show would be rehearsed from 1 pm to 2.30, with a full run-through at 5 pm. The show would be given before a studio audience, broadcast live in the evening, and recorded for repeat transmission on home and forces networks later. Murdoch later described writing scripts with Horne as "pure joy", as the pair enjoyed the same sense of humour. 1010:; Ivy Plackett, the exuberant proprietress of the village shop at Little Binding; Fred, another obliging person, whose genteel mangling of vowels turned "yes" into "yays"; and Nigel, an ill-mannered silkworm, given to burping after munching his mulberry leaves. Denham's other roles included Luigi the Italian, Winston the dog, Gregory the sparrow, Group Captain Funnybone, Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Tansley-Parkinson and the receptionist at Much-Binding, Ivy Clingbine ("Oh, what have I sayed!"). 863:(the butler, maid, Sir Anthony Dunkels, Lady Dunkels, their daughter and her boyfriend); he also provided the sound effects of a cocktail shaker, horse's hooves and a closing door, all completed within three minutes. Johnson described Denham's performance as "an incredible tour de force, switching from one voice to the other, until the play ended with all the characters being shot by a revolver". 447:; with a great deal in common in their backgrounds and a similar sense of humour, the pair quickly formed a friendship. Horne informed Murdoch of a squadron leader vacancy in his section at the Ministry, and Murdoch became his colleague. Murdoch, a professional actor and entertainer for twelve years before the war, was well known to listeners from his pre-war role as co-star with the comedian 1062: 45: 844:, who joined the cast as Miss Gladys Plum, the newspaper's fashion expert. Costa played Prudence Gush, the radio critic, and Denham added more roles to his repertoire, including Mr Bubul the printer, Mulch the gardener and "the strip man—the chap who draws those thrilling adventures on the back page". He was not available after episode 23, and his place was taken by 738: 662:

The second series ran for thirty weeks, from November 1947 to June 1948. The programme was broadcast on Wednesday evenings, but for several weeks the BBC moved the broadcast times, causing many complaints from listeners. Horne wrote to the BBC management to complain and ask for a consistent time; it

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There were four characters regularly mentioned but who never appeared: Horne's formidable wife Bessie, whose displeasure he strove to avoid ("Not a word to Bessie about this!"); Costa's wife, Emily, whose "twinges" were a regular problem; Edward Wilkinson, a mysterious and unexplained character to

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Denham's principal character was the eager, obliging, upper-class Dudley Davenport, always keen to please ("Dudley Davenport at your service"). Dudley became celebrated for his characteristic gurgling laugh (spelled in the script "Keogh-keogh-keogh!"), his enthusiastic expression of approval—"Oh,

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for £50,000 for one series. The BBC were angered and concerned by the move of the series to Radio Luxembourg, but as none of the performers were under contract to the organisation at that point, they were not constrained by the restrictive clause in most BBC contracts that stopped its performers

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After the signature tune (the "Much-Binding" tune, for orchestra only) and opening announcement, usually by Philip Slessor, "Much-Binding takes the air!", Horne would introduce "Your old friend, Richard Murdoch!", to deliver a monologue outlining the news—ranging from incongruous to bizarre—from

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writes that after the first broadcast in January 1944, the show "wasn't exactly an overnight sensation" but Bridgmont liked it enough to commission further episodes, and the show's popularity grew. By September 1945 the programme was being praised in the national popular press:

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When Horne and Murdoch left the BBC for Radio Luxembourg, the corporation were concerned that other popular variety performers could abandon the station in favour of commercial radio. They began searching for new performers and new styles to showcase, which led them to sign

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in the early 1950s, but the cast were given free supplies of chocolate by the sponsors, to the delight of their young families. Murdoch was not happy with the series and said "It wasn't really a great success—even my mother said it was rotten, and she was my greatest fan".

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The "quick-thinking, amusing and gentle CO" played by Murdoch was "a character very like himself", according to Took. His catch-phrases included "Have you read any good books lately?", when trying to change an awkward subject and, less explicably, "Good old Charlie-ee!"

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Diana Morrison's characters included the negative Miss Catcheside (catchphrase "Naah"!); the landlady, Mrs Wimpole; the effusive Miss Gibbs (Gladys), whose amorous clutches Murdoch was anxious to avoid; and Annie Potter, a cheerful cockney with an extreme and contagious

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from one verse to the next. Over the years Horne and Murdoch wrote more than 500 verses for it, including topical material in the lyrics. Over its ten years, the programme featured several singers in the musical numbers in mid-show. Among them were Marilyn Williams,

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In the first shows the only regular characters were Horne's ponderous but genial Air Officer Commanding and Murdoch's junior officer, intelligent, humorous and able to manipulate his dim-witted superior. They were joined for a few early programmes by

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Perhaps it is that Dickie Murdoch and Kenneth Horne can not only write a good script, but one which fits their own personalities like a glove. Here, obviously, are a pair of first-class scripticians (oh, my word!). Other artists might take the

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working for the BBC's competitors. As they could not prevent Horne and Murdoch from working for Radio Luxembourg, the BBC withdrew its offer of a series the following year and did not renew its contract with Horne to return as the chairman of

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In the early programmes the music was played by the RAF Orchestra, billed as "all-star", and numbering many of Britain's best young instrumentalists among its personnel. Torch conducted. The conductors of the various orchestras included

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for backward schoolboys, but it was finally agreed that the two former Much-Binding officers, discovering their old station up for sale, should buy it and turn it into the Much-Binding Country Club. The first series under the name

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stationed at Much-Binding. She had little dialogue but had her own catch-phrase, "Okay, ducks!" Miss Louisa Goodbody, played by Vivienne Chatterton, was a seemingly frail old spinster who was nonetheless ready "to have a bash".

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The BBC was anxious to continue the show under its own name and with a new, civilian setting, although Murdoch was unavailable as he was about to start a national tour. They considered replacing him with either

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Much-Binding over the past week. This would be followed by the first musical interlude, after which Horne would enter, greeted by Murdoch with "Good morning, sir. It is good to see you", and then, as

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The original idea for the show's signature tune, which became one of the best-known on BBC radio, was Horne's. He suggested to Murdoch that it would be a good idea if they had a song that began:

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whom Murdoch and Horne frequently referred apropos of nothing: "By the way, have you seen anything of Edward Wilkinson lately?"; and Charlie Farnsbarns, a dogsbody often mentioned by Costa.

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banner, the first half, with comic dialogue and narrative, was set in Murdoch's office at Much-Binding, after which the scene moved to the canteen for a concert—a spoof of typical

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comments that Horne's "naïve, boring and foolish Senior Officer" was "the opposite of what he was in real life". He was given to asking, "Did I tell you about the time I was in

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and was broadcast for thirty-five weeks from July 1953 to March 1954, every Friday at 9:30 pm. The return of the programme saw Murdoch and Horne pictured on the cover of

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and Diana Morrison, with assistance from some of the singers in small speaking roles. Both Dehham and Morrison were already familiar to radio listeners, having appeared in

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for its first season; it ran for twenty-eight weeks between September 1951 and April 1952. Murdoch and Horne had additional input to the scripts from Anthony Armstrong and

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Although the BBC promised a new series for the following year to Murdoch, Horne and Costa to ensure they did not look for work elsewhere, they accepted an offer from

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In the early broadcasts, the celebrated four-verse song ("a little thing that goes something like this") concluded the first half, rather than the whole show.

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Horne, Murdoch and Costa generally played their usual characters under their own names. The other characters appearing in the scripts were mainly handled by

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settled into a pattern of three comedy sections separated by two musical slots: the first for the orchestra alone and the second for orchestra with singer.

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to the two officers; his usual opening line was, "Good morning, sir! Was there something?". Took describes the character as "the archetypal grumbling

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until February 1946. As the established star, Murdoch was given top billing in the new show. The 1947 billing reads "Richard Murdoch in

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In the early years Horne and Murdoch wrote in their office at the Air Ministry. Later they would meet either at Murdoch's house near

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Fifi de la Bon-Bon, known as Mademoiselle Fifi, was the indoor games instructor; Barbara Valerie played her with, in the words of

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and too busy to take a long break. Horne managed to travel to Australia to record eight shows of the series, which were retitled

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In one episode the paper ran out of the letter 'e' and Mr Bubul replaced all of them with the letter 'o', turning the paper into

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was eventually set to be regularly broadcast at 7:00 pm. Between January and June 1948 Murdoch wrote six instalments of

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ran for one series of thirty-four shows on Radio Luxembourg between October 1950 and June 1951, recorded in studios off

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joined the cast playing numerous roles; such was his vocal dexterity that Murdoch described him as "a vocal chameleon".

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The third series ran for forty-three weeks, from September 1948 to July 1949. For the recording on 28 December 1948,

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in 1936 was suspended for the duration of the war and radio was the sole broadcasting medium, of which the BBC had a

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Bridgmont described the manuscripts as "thirty pages of hieroglyphics" that only his secretary could decipher.

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in 1970, where they performed new topical lyrics to the theme tune. Murdoch also did the same in 1987 for

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and an interview with the cast inside. The show's premise changed to Murdoch inheriting the newspaper

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jolly D!"—which became well known and much used at the time, and his usual exit line, "Oh, I say, I

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character was the redoubtable Miss Hotchkiss. When Denham was unavailable during the 1954 series of

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The fourth series ran for twenty-seven weeks, from March to September 1950. A former performer from

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slot with other shows, had appeared for just over twenty episodes, but was on its way to overtaking

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and moving the location from an RAF station to the "Much Binding Enterprises Ltd" factory or a

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Each week the closing music for the show consisted of four verses of the song, rising a

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and other programmes by being divided into comedy sections interspersed with music.

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as conductor. The orchestra was joined for the final series (1953–1954) by the

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was a hit with Australian listeners, and in 1954 Murdoch was contracted by the

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They worked out the shape of the rest of the tune and got their accompanist,

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in remote rural England. Murdoch believed the idea could be developed into a

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became "Botty Grablo". In another episode Denham played all the parts of a

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ran for thirty-eight weeks from January to September 1947, and included a

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and the two men worked together to produce more material. The producer of

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Morrison had left at the end of the previous series and was replaced by

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and a party of twelve were in the audience; included in the party were

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stood in for him, but did not attempt Denham's multiplicity of roles.

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now seemed rather old-fashioned" and the programme was not renewed.

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as Britain's most popular radio comedy was now occupied by

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went on to later long-running BBC radio series: Horne to

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that infected the pronunciation of those around her.

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