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482: 933: 51: 8673: 849: 8681: 8959: 3364:"achieved a humour of universal appeal and found eager listeners in every rank of society". A 2002 history of Britain in the first half of the 20th century called the show "the most celebrated wartime radio programme ... praised by intellectuals for its surrealism and wordplay, but loved by the mass listening public for its delirious silliness". The size of the audience was unprecedented; one historian records that more than sixteen million people listened to 883:. The show restarted without Train, whose health, which had been worsening for some time, broke down completely; he spent a year in a sanatorium in North Wales recovering. Worsley took the decision to rest Train's characters rather than have another actor portray him; although he was criticised for the decision, he said "any imitation was to my mind as paste to real diamonds". The series included broadcasts for each of the three forces: in January 1944 2100:
Riff-Rafferty, Handley's old nanny, with a fund of embarrassing stories of his early years; Naieve, Major Mundy's old-fashioned daughter; the "pert poppet" Poppy Poopah; Ruby Rockcake who ran the railway buffet: "No cups outside!"; the generously proportioned Ella Phant; and the two unnamed Posh Ladies, whose conversations were strewn with "dahlings" and always ended with the cry, "Taxi!"
3372:: "Why should the producers in the Variety department assume that the listeners are a body of half-wits? The puns served up last night in "ITMA" were an insult to anyone's intelligence" (1939) and "I am constantly amazed by the number of otherwise intelligent people who rave about this programme. I have tried to discover some sort of level of culture or intelligence from which 1511:, she was one of the best-loved characters, and was remembered long after the show finished. She would burst through Handley's door, usually when least convenient, and hoarsely ask, "Can I do you now sir?" She regularly brought Handley peculiar presents, nominally edible as a rule, beginning with some carrot jelly she had sieved through her jumper. In a show recorded before a 2088:, having been a BBC announcer; the American publicity agent, Luke Slippy; Hari Kari, a Japanese caller whose gibberish only Handley could understand, and his compatriots Bowing and Scraping. From the British regions there were the Scottish Tattie Mackintosh (and her mother); the Welsh Sam Fairfechan ("Hello, how are you? As if I cared") and his family; and the 513:". The broadcasts had an average of eighteen-and-a-half minutes of dialogue into which Kavanagh would attempt to write one hundred laughs—an average of a laugh every eleven seconds. Between the comic scenes there were usually two musical interludes in each show: the first purely orchestral and the second featuring a song from the current resident singer. 2129:
characters who were mentioned frequently but were never heard, such as Peter Geekie, or appeared regularly but were not given a name, such as Carleton Hobbs's man whose banal weekly tales began and ended "Ain't it a shame, eh? Ain't it a shame?" and Hugh Morton's speaker whose sentences began softly and ended in a deafening shout.
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s strengths has prevented it from wearing well. Kavanagh himself admitted that reading his old scripts he could not work out what some of the jokes were about. Even while the show was still running, its producer, Worsley, said that recordings of earlier series "seem curiously dusty and faded, like an
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The list is not exhaustive: members of the cast played many other roles, mostly one-off, unnamed, and sometimes not even human; the singers, the orchestra and the musical director, Charles Shadwell, sometimes had lines in the script. From time to time guests appeared on the show. There were recurring
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Among the mock authority figures were Sir Short Supply, a strangulated-voiced bureaucrat; the Town Clerk, a north-country official who would offer "have a cher, Mr Mer", later Mer himself; Fusspot, an official whose name was self-explanatory; two characters with a habit of repeating the ends of their
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There would be a gurgling sound, a few bubbles, and up would bob the Diver. His few words very soon became part of the country's vocabulary, as did so many of our phrases, and it was not long before "Don't forget the Diver" was heard on all sides, in bars, in buses, on stations, even from disembodied
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to get an audience of 2000, and in the studio in Bangor with 200; he also tried with no audience, and settled on 200 as the right number. The premise of the show changed again with Handley ejected as the mayor of Foaming-in-the-Mouth, and now the manager of a munitions factory. Several new characters
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that accompanied the first programme, Worsley described the premise of the show: Handley "gets hold of a ship, equips it with a transmitter and studio, and sails the Seven Seas scattering broadcast culture (Handley brand) and 'commercials' (any brand)". Music was provided by the Jack Harris Band, who
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The following are among the best known of the catchphrases from the show. Some became common currency among the general public for many years; others were more ephemeral. One—"TTFN"—remained in frequent use throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st, latterly being used in chat
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The main character was always Handley's, whether as manager of the pirate radio station, head of the Office of Twerps, Mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth, factory manager, Governor of Tomtopia or down-and-out. He remained the fast-talking central figure, around whom all the other characters orbited. Took
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finished in February 1940 and the show went on a nationwide tour that kept it off the air for nearly 18 months, except for one special edition in May 1940. Took notes that the show lacked the impact it had on radio, as Handley's performances were more intimate through a microphone than in a theatre.
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Eccentrics included Basil Backwards ("Sir, morning good! Coffee of cup. Strong too not. Milk have rather I'd"); George Gorge, a champion glutton; Comical Chris, a persistent would-be joker; Mark Time, a nonagenarian whose response to anything was, "I'll have to ask me dad"; Mr Sninch-of-Puff, a man
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Professions and occupations were represented by, among others, the announcer at Radio Fakenburg; Atlas, the hypochondriac strongman; Bookham, a variety agent; Curly Kale, a chef who hated food and loved dreadful old jokes; Dan Dungeon, the jocose tour guide at Castle Weehouse; Farmer Jollop; Lemuel
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team caricatured people of all ages, both sexes, and many nationalities, classes and professions. There were spoofs of national and regional types, including Johann Bull, a conspicuously Teutonic German agent trying to pass himself off as English; Chief Bigga Banga of Tomtopia, who spoke no English
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Series 3 ran for six weeks, ending on 25 July 1941. Series 4 followed two months later, beginning on 26 September. The programme was attracting 16 million listeners by this stage, and was the most popular programme the BBC Variety Department had ever broadcast. During programme five, listeners
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ended, Kavanagh reflected "I myself cannot understand some of the jokes. They were skits on a nine-days wonder—a headline of that day's paper, and dead the following week. Every programme is an accurate reflection of the war situation at the time." Some parts of a script were rewritten in the hours
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Mona Lott (subsequently, after her marriage, Mona Little), the lugubrious laundress, was among the later creations to feature in the show, appearing in the last three series. She would regale Handley with her latest woes, her doleful demeanour in ludicrous contrast with her mantra, "It's being so
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was a character-driven comedy and contained parody and satire, unlike previous British radio comedy. The programme's satirical targets during the war were government departments and the ostensibly petty wartime regulations, although the programme "never challenged authority but instead acted as a
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Sophie Tuckshop was a replacement for a less successful character, Ella Phant. Jokes about the latter's size did not work well on radio because the light and girlish voice of the performer, Hattie Jacques, did not suggest a heavyweight. She described Sophie as "a terrible child who never stopped
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and Lind Joyce; Clarence Wright returned to the programme. The premise of the show changed too: Handley left Foaming-in-the-Mouth and became the governor of the fictional island of Tomtopia. The storyline towards the end of series 9 centred on a government investigation of the administration on
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The storylines for each week were thin, and the programme was written to have Handley at the centre interacting with a cast of recurring characters, all of whom had their own catchphrase or phrases. The catchphrases were used deliberately to help the listening public to identify which of the
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was "entirely new, breaking away from the conventions of both radio and music hall comedy". It relied on Handley's quick-fire delivery of the humour, with his "near-miraculous technique". The writer and producer John Fisher, in his examination of 20th-century comedians and comedy, highlights
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a sound effect was not a shorthand way of setting a scene for a listener, but "as a means of punctuating the rapid progress of events ... doing the work of words, and permitting an extraordinarily economical drama for a medium that relies on words—and sounds", according to the academic
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Leading female characters included three secretaries to Handley in his various capacities: Cilly, Dotty (her sister), and the formidable but soft-hearted Miss Hotchkiss; Mrs Lola Tickle, Handley's first charlady; the shy Lady Sonely; Banjeleo, Bigga Banga's daughter and translator; Nurse
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to the soldiers in North Africa, the first time the show had been transmitted to the troops. The shows became increasingly topical and up-to-the-minute. Worsley began experimenting with the size of the audience to see which worked best. He tried in the theatres and cinemas of Bangor and
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in 1939. On the outbreak of war he returned to South Africa and joined the South African Broadcasting Corporation where he went on to become one of the country’s most popular radio announcers. He is not recorded as having broadcast on the BBC other than in the first four episodes of
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officer, who told him, "I have bought a water heater on a ten-year instalment plan and the devils who are selling it to me don't know I'm dying of drink". The man did not recognise himself in Chinstrap, whom he considered "exactly like a lot of silly chumps I used to know in
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considered it difficult to transpose a radio show format onto a cinema screen, but thought Forde "manages his difficult task extremely well". As a consequence, the reviewer thought the film "achieves at least a partial success through the extravagance of its own craziness".
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leading up to a broadcast as the news changed. Kavanagh visited army camps and factories to listen to the patois and slang, the current jokes doing the rounds, as well as complaints and frustration, and used the material in the show. In this manner, Worsley considers that
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through one of the BBC's regular auditions. He mimicked skidding cars, trains, galloping horses and crowded pubs, but used no dialogue. According to Foster and Furst, "although his skills were considerable, they held up the pace of the show and he didn't stay for long".
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factory in Birmingham, but the show was not well received, and it was decided not to have any further broadcasts away from the studio. Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months. The production duties were taken up by
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sentences: the Man from the Ministry and Inspector Squirt: "I'm Inspector Squirt—I said Squirt"; and Percy Palaver, appointed governor of Tomtopia in Handley's absence, and notable for his generally unintelligible speech punctuated with "oomyahs" and "harrumphs".
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There are neither drawling Bayswater millionaires nor drooling Aberdonian wags nor, thank Hackney, any boy Cockney. These characters are novel. They gibber, splutter, stutter, stagger, suffer from amnesia, paranoia, claustrophobia, dyspepsia, dementia, and
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to use sound for all it was worth, the sound of different voices and accents, the use of catchphrases, the impact of funny sounds in words, of grotesque effects to give atmosphere—every device to create the illusion of rather crazy or inverted
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Handley's scatty secretary was planned as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-loved language joke". His incurable tendency to
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at 8.15 pm. The programme was set on a ship able to broadcast radio programmes, with Handley as the station controller and presenter. He was accompanied by Cecilia Eddy, Eric Egan and Sam Heppner. The show included a quiz hosted by
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Pat Rignold was one of the singing trio The Cavendish Three, along with Kay Cavendish (above) and Dorothy Carless. She was also a comedienne, with a style described by the BBC as "dumb and scatty". She was the sister of the conductor
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wrote in December 1939 that amusing as the show could be, "it is beginning to pall by its regularity and its attachment to the same style of humour". By the end of the last series, in 1949, writers in the same paper were comparing
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Military figures in addition to Colonel Chinstrap included his puritanical nephew Brigadier Dear, mortified by his uncle's excesses; and Major Mundy, a British expatriate on Tomtopia with an unreconstructed 19th-century mindset.
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With the idea of a broadcasting ship now too improbable during wartime, the premise of the programme changed to have Handley as the head of the fictional Ministry of Aggravation and Mysteries, where he worked in the Office of
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on later comedy shows by virtue of "its speed of delivery, its quick-fire succession of short scenes and verbal non-sequiturs, its surrealist overtones, all breaking away from the traditional music hall sketch orientation of
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The character reappeared in the fifth series, now identified as Colonel Humphrey Chinstrap; he rapidly became one of the show's most popular features. He would "mishear" an innocent remark as an invitation to a drink:
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Handley's comebacks like this to Mrs Mopp's "TTFN" were his own last-minute inventions, not known to anybody else in advance. His longest is thought to be NKABTYSIRWU—Never Kiss A Baby Till You're Sure It's Right Way
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caused him to address a female character: "Ah, you attract me like a maggot! Let me cuss you on both cheeks". His verbal infelicities became infectious and regularly caused Handley's character to trip over his words:
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comments that it is impossible to put them into order of popularity: "They were all successful. Everyone had their own favourite". Some of the best known are described below, in order of first appearance in the show.
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rooms, emails and newsgroups to sign off a message or posting. "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" also remains in use, seen in British newspapers many times in the first two decades of the 21st century.
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Funf, "the enemy agent with the feet of sauerkraut", was the earliest of the show's major supporting characters, making his debut in the second programme of the second series. He was an incompetent German agent,
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s innovative structure—a fast-moving half-hour show with musical interludes and a cast of regular characters with popular catchphrases—was successfully continued in comedy shows of the 1950s and 1960s, such as
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Paula Green (6 March 6, 1917 – 4 January 2012) was a popular wartime singer who performed on radio and travelled thousands of miles from Orkney to the Middle East to perform for British troops. Before joining
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The familiar appeal for the one-legged diver ... will no longer be heard by arriving trippers". Handley was not the only Liverpudlian comedian to celebrate the diver: he is mentioned in a 1942 song by
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was a fan of Handley and wrote a script for a comedy sketch for him in 1926. Handley liked the work and bought it; it was the start of a professional relationship that lasted until Handley's death in 1949.
2016:... started rowing the bed about the room shouting, "Any more for the Skylark?" and then somebody opened the bungalow door and he went sailing down the garden path and I haven't heard from him since. 8520: 3049:, and from there turned to acting. He considered his years working with Handley the most rewarding of his career, and the two became close friends. Wright organised the memorial tribute to Handley at 8653: 2699:, went to Britain in a juvenile act in 1918 and spent most of his subsequent career there. He played in revue and musical comedy and toured with his wife, Sheila May, in a song and dance double act. 2317:
left to join the armed forces, but made a guest appearance as Lola Tickle in series 4 while on leave, in a confrontation between Handley's two charladies. Later known for playing Dudley Davenport in
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was in place for evenings and nights, and all cinemas and theatres had been closed by the government; such measures provided a boost to the listening figures for the show. The writer and comedian
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A dialect expert, mimic and impressionist, Tony Francis was born in Leicester, and came from a theatrical family. He began as a boy soprano before successfully taking up impressions. He joined
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A prequel programme to series 10, "Whither Tomtopia?", was based in the idea that Handley had "to face an enquiry into his governorship" of the island. He faced questions from, among others,
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Although fünf is the German for "five", the name was not chosen for any association with "fifth column": Worsley, hearing his schoolboy son counting in German, decided that Funf—pronounced
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broke out on 3 September, the remainder of the series was cancelled. The show had been of limited success, and Worsley thought it was likely to have been "another broadcasting flop".
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as "the greatest of all war-time characters", became what Worsley called "a national craze" and helped to make the German propaganda machine a source of public ridicule in Britain.
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historian Roger Wilmut comments, "It is interesting that the character, although from a different show a decade earlier, fits into the Goon Show framework with no sense of strain".
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Mrs Mopp's opening words were originally "Can I do for you now, sir", but the "for" was omitted, at first by accident and then because the line was more effective without it.
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Handley's allusion is to a famous American advertising slogan for mail-order piano lessons, "They all laughed when I sat down at the piano, But oh!, when I began to play".
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every week", and another that "a staggering 40 per cent of the population" regularly tuned in. But the show was not without its critics. Took quotes hostile letters to
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the Diver was what Worsley called a "crossing" character: he would cross a scene for a few seconds, often to interrupt Handley at a particularly inopportune moment:
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As the programme matured, Kavanagh changed the flow of the programme away from the disjointed collection of scenes or sketches and towards a more defined storyline.
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At their last meeting Mrs Mopp bade Handley "TTFN", to which he responded, "NCTWWASBE"—"Never Clean The Window With A Soft-Boiled Egg". After being written out of
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s "speed of delivery, its quick-fire succession of short scenes and verbal non-sequiturs, all breaking away from the traditional music hall sketch orientation of
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Vera Lennox (1903–1984) was a comedienne, singer and dancer. She appeared in many musical comedies and light non-musical plays in the 1920s and 30s, often with
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Mary O'Farrell (1892–1968) was an actress who worked mostly for the BBC. Starting her career in the West End, she first broadcast in 1923 in a production with
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safety valve for the public's irritation with bureaucracy, wartime shortages, queues and the black market", according to the cultural historian Martin Dibbs.
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Sam and Lefty were two American characters, both nominally gangsters, but of a conspicuously uncombative kind. Sam, Handley's bodyguard, was prone to panic:
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For example, at the time BBC Radio used a seagull as a shorthand way of letting listeners know the action was taking place at the seaside or on a cliff top.
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commented that his voice "carried the unmistakeable aroma of vintage port and brandy". An unnamed prototype of the character appeared in the third series:
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cheerful that keeps me going". For Mona, a domestic disaster such as a burst water tank would become increasingly calamitous, until her husband ...
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Edith May Joyce, 1918–1971) was an actress and singer. She sang frequently on BBC radio programmes between 1942 and 1955, and was seen in the 1947 film
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The Commercial Traveller, like the Diver, was a "crossing" character, distracting Handley from the business at hand with his irrelevant sales patter:
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writes that the success also came from the programme's "self-assurance and cheerful optimism a welcome relief in that time of fear and uncertainty".
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audience she brought him "a Bosun's Blancmange". At the end of their scenes together she would bid him "Ta-ta for now", soon abbreviated to "TTFN".
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and then, for 14 years, touring the Commonwealth with various theatrical companies. From 1930 onwards her career was mostly in broadcasting. After
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and the proliferation of minor wartime regulations. Parts of the scripts were rewritten in the hour before the broadcast, to ensure topicality.
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accent, puzzled by some of Handley's longer words ("What's a concentrated cacophony?"), but usually winning their weekly battle of wits.
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Bookham; Bowing; Claude; Colonel Chinstrap; Funf; Fusspot; Farmer Jollop; Hari Kari; Lefty; Prattle; Luke Slippy; Mark Time; Town Clerk
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was planned to be a trial run of six shows of 45-minute duration, broadcast fortnightly. They began on 12 July 1939, performed at a BBC
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Daisy Sarah Summers (1883–1964), was born in Birmingham and as soon as she left school embarked on a show-business career, first in a
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After success in musical comedy in the 1920s the actor Horace Percival (1886–1961) concentrated on radio work, in which, according to
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published Chinstrap's autobiography—ghost-written by Kavanagh, with a foreword by Train. In a 1954 BBC radio programme he featured in
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dates the phrase—"a humorous circumlocution accepting an invitation, esp. the offer of a (usually alcoholic) drink"—to at least 1847.
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Took notes that for decades afterwards, radio and television audiences in the UK all had 200–300 people, based on Worsley's research.
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Among other catastrophes recounted by Mona were her brother-in-law, a champion runner, walking in his sleep and getting half-way to
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The scenario of the programme changed again for series six, when, following a decision to move the munitions factory underground, a
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voices in the black-out, and practically no lift descended without someone saying in those weary tones "I'm going down now, sir!"
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I wouldn't let her meddle with my modesty vest, sir. I said, "You must take me as you find me". The Labour sent me to you, sir.
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began again in September 1948. On 9 January 1949, three days after the sixteenth episode of the series—the 310th episode of
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Although the BBC featured many comic acts in its variety programmes, it had no regular comedy series until early 1938, when
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Atlas; Bigga Banga; Johann Bull; Norman the Doorman; Andrew Geekie; George Gorge; Mr Grooves; Willy Nilly; Walter Wetwhite
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Canadian actress (1912–1958). She appeared frequently on BBC radio between 1939 and 1946, and on BBC television in 1939 in
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before anyone could catch him, and, when on a train journey, "I put me head out of the window to look at the view, and the
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When Train was ill during series 7, Lefty was temporarily replaced by Butch Scram, Sam's brother, played by Bryan Herbert.
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s, Handley, Kavanagh and Worsley decided to change many of the cast to keep the show fresh; Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith,
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in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom the other characters orbited. The programmes were written by
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Series 5 started in September 1942 and ran for twenty weeks. One of the programmes in November was broadcast on the
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The show presented more than seventy regular characters during its twelve seasons, most of them with his or her own
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caught me. Before I knew where I was I found myself on the platform between a sack of fertiliser and a dead duck".
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was cancelled; Took observes that Handley "was so much the keystone and embodiment of the actual performance that
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called "countless boatloads of people" He would solicit donations with phrases appropriated by his caricature in
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Well, if it isn't Mrs Mopp the vamping vassal with the tousled tassel. I thought you told me you were called up?
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Ali Oop was a caricature of a Middle-Eastern hawker, persistently trying to sell improbable goods to Handley:
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Maurice Denham played a cow, a pig and a duck belonging to Farmer Jollop in one episode in the second series.
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in a novel manner, which, alongside a wide range of voices and accents, created the programme's atmosphere.
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The BBC had planned for the outbreak of war, and once it was declared, the Variety Department was moved to
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Bill Stephens began his career in seaside concert parties and music hall. In 1942 he became a regular in
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The bibulous Colonel Chinstrap was a retired army officer, perpetually on the look-out for a free drink.
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that had been dropped on Bangor, landing half a mile (0.8 km) from the studio, instead of in the
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programme, and sang in many other shows between 1942 and 1948. She later appeared in the West End in
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in two short broadcasts in June 1949; Train, playing Chinstrap, co-starred in the 1950 comedy series
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At the time, the factory was engaged on wartime production of tanks and other vehicles for the army.
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for a few months, but found out that it was a more serious condition and was quickly hospitalised.
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were introduced, including Colonel Chinstrap, a dipsomaniac retired army officer voiced by Train.
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was recorded at the Criterion in February, and an Army edition from the Garrison Theatre at the
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In the show's early days critical response was not uniformly enthusiastic. The radio critic of
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was "the closest radio had come to the everyday jokes that ordinary people have always made".
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A South African actor and broadcaster (1903–1967). He was the physical fitness instructor on
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Took over singing slot from Paula Green in mid-series 8 (March 1945). Also a regular in the
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team in 1942 he appeared in radio plays, operettas, musicals, variety and features like the
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Tomtopia; the series ended in June 1946 with Handley leaving Tomtopia to return to Britain.
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In 1919 Gadsby, known as "Professor" or "Peggy" Gadsby, went one better by diving into the
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The scripts were written during the week of broadcast to ensure topicality. The year after
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Orchestra. She was given her own radio show towards the end of the war. Her recording of "
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began. The former, which ran for three series in 1938 and 1939, was a particular success;
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Handley's words parody the opening and closing announcements of the popular radio show
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broke away from the conventions of previous radio comedies, and from the humour of the
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among many other roles in a stage, screen and radio career lasting from 1934 to 1997.
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the office boy; Norman the Doorman; and Vodkin and Vladivostooge, two mad scientists.
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The actress Diana Morrison (1914–2000) started in show-business in the chorus at the
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Grahame, Charles (27 November 1976). "The master of the rapid-fire radio pun show".
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from 1924. By the end of the 1920s he was, according to the writers Andy Foster and
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was, as Worsley describes it, "Tommy's own private celebration of the great event".
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Grahame, Charles (27 November 1976). "The master of the rapid-fire radio show".
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The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
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The phrase "It's That Man Again" was originally used by members of the American
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The Diver was drawn from a real-life figure familiar to Handley's generation of
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Miss Hotchkiss's "Doh!" is—with "I don't mind if I do" and "TTFN"—one of three
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ITMA broadcast four series after the war, from September 1945 to January 1949:
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comprised one series with four programmes, from 12 July 1939 to 30 August 1939.
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Lefty was of a nervous disposition. At a fairground shooting gallery with Sam:
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in October 1943 in the seventh series. She had appeared in Shakespeare at the
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Power Without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain
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recalled that Chinstrap was based on an acquaintance of Snagge's, a retired
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programme which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured
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In a 2013 study of British comedy, John Fisher emphasises the influence of
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No, sir—I was examined by a lady doctor. She wanted me to remove my bonnet.
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Sam Heppner (1914–1983) was a broadcaster, author, composer and lyricist.
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You don't look a day over sixty-one. I mean, were you passed fit? ...
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had included Bristol, which triggered a move of the Variety Department to
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Blewett, Denis (28 September 1956). "Train takes a sentimental journey".
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broadcast seven series during the war, from September 1939 to June 1945:
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Jean Capra (1916–1991) was an actress who made her broadcasting debut in
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The Labour? That's capital. I'll put you in charge of the sock exchange.
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This article is about the radio programme. For the film adaptation, see
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Historians of the show acknowledge that the topicality that was one of
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Series 11, which began in September 1947, had the final recruit to the
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brought it into widespread popular use. The Colonel had a life beyond
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Although Mrs Mopp, the charlady, was in fewer than half the series of
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Sources: Foster and Furst (1999); Gifford (1985) and Kavanagh (1975).
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could not work without him, and no further series were commissioned.
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The idea for the programme came from a real life lunch given at the
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and Horace Percival were all released from the show and replaced by
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Two ceremonious odd-job men—also broker's men—who talked in rhyme:
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Radio Comedy, 1938–1968: A Guide to 30 Years of Wonderful Wireless
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until Worsley returned in May 1945. His first programme back was
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Nicholas, Siân (2002). "Being British: Creeds and Cultures". In
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Contemporary Drama and the Popular Dramatic Tradition in England
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and Funf could be "painlessly removed" from the BBC's schedules.
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Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment
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Thank you, Mrs M. There'll be an 'otpot in the Old Tom tonight.
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was a character-driven comedy whose satirical targets included
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Series 8 began in September 1944 with a special show from the
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Wintour, Charles (2008). "Gunn, Herbert Smith (1903–1962)".
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Took, Barry (2011). "Handley, Thomas Reginald (1892–1949)".
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in the first decades of the 20th century for high-diving off
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Handley (centre) and Dorothy Summers recording an episode of
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Davalle, Peter (5 September 1988). "Fun and fundamentals".
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Whistling in the Dark: Memory and Culture in Wartime London
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fans are drawn—but in vain" (1944). In 1947 a Scottish MP,
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Frisby Dyke was the name of a Liverpool department store;
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Series 5: 18 September 1942 to 29 January 1943 (20 weeks)
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Series 2: 19 September 1939 to 6 February 1940 (20 weeks)
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he displayed considerable versatility. Before joining the
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Dan Dungeon; Frisby Dyke; Percy Palaver; Sir Short Supply
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The catchphrase, "I don't mind if I do", was not new, but
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was an important contributor to British morale during the
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Sydney Keith (1900–1982) was born in the US, appeared on
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s response to a national scare in 1940 about a supposed "
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Before the sixth series began recording, a film version,
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Joan Harben (1909–1953) was the daughter of the actress
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Series 11: 25 September 1947 to 10 June 1948 (38 weeks)
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Isn't that nice. What is it—an engineer's indiscretion?
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Disgraceful! I expect she wanted to open a false front.
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Handley (centre) introduces Ann Rich, a new singer for
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in January 1949 and campaigned for 25 years to have a
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had been performing at London hotspots, including the
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cast at rehearsal during a visit to the Home Fleet at
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Worsley had been struggling with what he thought was
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Series 4: 26 September 1941 to 1 May 1942 (32 weeks)
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was entirely original and avoided stock characters:
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spring was tapped and Foaming-in-the-Mouth became a
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Retd.) 1937:: King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede. 1903:: A glass of Chablis, sir? I don’t mind if I do. 680:, and the music for the second series was by the 7839:. No. 1147. 21 September 1945. p. 18. 2721:, mostly in the West End, but also on Broadway. 2057:eating, with the inevitable sickening results". 1397:: No, there's a tough-looking guy outside, boss. 452:. "ITMA", or "It's That Man Again", referred to 8052:. No. 1197. 6 September 1946. p. 14. 8032:. No. 1055. 17 December 1943. p. 22. 7888:. No. 1405. 29 September 1950. p. 5. 7799:. No. 1572. 25 December 1953. p. 40. 7704:(2004). "Kavanagh, Henry Edward (1892–1958)". 6034:"The master of the rapid-fire radio pun show". 2035: 1990: 1898:: Colonel, you have been treated most shabbily. 1832: 1769:: Now, So-So, you are an architect, aren't you? 1735: 1626: 1474: 1345: 1272: 1251:: Yes, and merry-go-rounds, you hounds ... 1215:: Cut out the etiquette—you've a big job to do. 1166: 1088: 1046: 7293:. London: Futura Publications. pp. 9–12. 6845:"It's being so cheerful that keeps me going". 1960:colleague Major Mundy offered comments on the 1698:: You can't have them—they're only for export. 1221:: Do you want us to push your chair, Mr Mayor? 7992:. No. 1010. 5 February 1943. p. 7. 7819:. No. 678. 10 October 1936. p. 76. 5775: 5763: 3551:Series 6: 15 April to 29 July 1943 (16 weeks) 2227:In the 1930s Jack Cooper was the singer with 1911:: Why don't you try a swim in the Serpentine? 1462:: Aw—it's me noives, I tell ya—its me noives. 444:Initial plans were to call the new programme 441:, although with a much more English quality. 8: 8718:"It's being so cheerful that keeps me going" 7764:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 7737:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 7710:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 7443:The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations 5163: 4198: 4132: 3243:It's being so cheerful that keeps me going. 1403:: Has he got a broken handcuff on one wrist? 43: 7932:. No. 984. 7 August 1942. p. 11. 6781: 6223: 6145: 6116: 6021: 5990: 5963: 5939: 5832: 5367: 5355: 5331: 5101: 5077: 5053: 5041: 4984: 4960: 4936: 4872: 4787: 4713: 4686: 4635: 4612: 4486: 4448: 4436: 4402: 4390: 4363: 4336: 4309: 4230: 4098: 3970: 3931: 3895: 3532:Series 3: 20 June to 25 July 1941 (6 weeks) 1942:: Rum and mead, sir? I don't mind if I do. 1582:Oh, thank you, sir. I brought this for you. 791:Series 5 and 6: September 1942 to July 1943 517:characters was speaking. The programme was 31:"ITMA" redirects here. For other uses, see 8957: 8415:Harrisson, Tom (9 January 1944). "Radio". 3203:I always do my best for all my gentlemen. 3170:unnamed bossy character, to her small dog 3097: 2800:, and was later a long-time member of the 2545:. She won a scholarship and gold medal at 2131: 2005:It's being so cheerful that keeps me going 1381:: Boss, boss, sumpin' terrible's happened! 668:. Handley was accompanied by Vera Lennox, 42: 8012:. No. 1128. 11 May 1945. p. 6. 7952:. No. 867. 10 May 1940. p. 38. 7868:. No. 823. 7 July 1939. p. 44. 6820:, pp. 1–2, 14, 40, 58, 125–127, 237. 5595: 5418: 5151: 4415:"Tommy Handley in a Grand ITMA Concert". 3117:Boss, boss, sumpin' terrible's happened! 2199:Singer: leader of the Cavendish Three, a 1866:: Didn't I meet you in Rumbellipoor, sir? 1710:: So that I can call again. Good morning. 844:Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945 652:Series 2: September 1939 to February 1940 525:were done live alongside the actors. For 493:conducts the orchestra in the background. 8195:The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate 7972:. No. 971. 8 May 1942. p. 10. 7356:(Kindle ed.). London: Aurum Press. 6910: 6883: 6871: 6805: 6250: 6196: 6184: 6172: 6128: 6104: 6077: 6065: 6053: 5975: 5951: 5912: 5844: 5820:, Event occurs at 16 minutes 15 seconds. 5803:. Series 10. Episode 19. 23 January 1947 5787: 5736: 5667: 5643: 5607: 5538: 5523: 5511: 5496: 5457:, Event occurs at 29 minutes 12 seconds. 5442: 5406: 5379: 5343: 5214: 5136: 5029: 5017: 4518: 4144: 3919: 3479:as he introduced another element of the 3037:Clarence Wright (1908–1992) was born in 2235:in the London production of the musical 1361:Boss, boss, sumpin' terrible's happened! 1174:Played by Horace Percival and Jack Train 779:on the occasion of the 16th birthday of 8424:Wynn, H. H. (15 January 1949). "ITMA". 8370:"Seeing the fashions at New Brighton". 7986:"Tommy Handley in a Grand ITMA Concert" 7761:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 7734:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 7707:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 7371:Neale, Stephen; Krutnik, Frank (1990). 6793: 6697: 6610: 6568: 6496: 6451: 6364: 6307: 6092: 5818:. Series 12. Episode 4. 14 October 1948 5634:, Event occurs at 9 minutes 30 seconds. 5430: 5304: 5263:"Seeing the Fashions at New Brighton". 5202: 5175: 5113: 5065: 4996: 4972: 4948: 4853: 4838: 4826: 4814: 4671: 4659: 4647: 4593: 4569: 4542: 4530: 4503: 4324: 4265: 4213: 4183: 4156: 4018: 3943: 3885: 3464: 2241:(1948). He was a frequent broadcaster. 1312:: Any other town I peddle where I like. 601:. The shows were broadcast live on the 8619:Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre 7615:(78 rpm record). London: HMV. BD 1002. 7441:Rawson, Hugh; Miner, Margaret (2005). 6860:"doh, int.". Oxford English Dictionary 6739: 5619: 5397:, Event occurs at 1 minute 14 seconds. 5395:. Series 7. Episode 14. 6 January 1944 5295:, Event occurs at 1 minute 14 seconds. 4899: 4802: 4115: 4006: 3994: 2549:in 1927 and took leading roles at the 2278:French actress. A child dancer at the 1872:: You did not, sir. I was never there. 1427:: And crime written all over his face? 1245:: There'll be coconut shies I surmise. 7467:(second ed.). London: Bookmark. 7108:(fifth ed.). London: Routledge. 4581: 4168: 4050: 3546:"A Grand ITMA Concert" on 12 May 1942 3538:"A Grand ITMA Concert" on 12 May 1942 2574:Presenter of "Man Bites Dog" feature 2496:A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1353:Played by Sydney Keith and Jack Train 1318:: Ah, but we're very particular here. 1263:: We'll have a penn'orth Sir Kenneth. 720:Series 3 and 4: June 1941 to May 1942 639:was broadcast on 30 August. When the 395:before becoming a regular feature on 7: 8879:participating institution membership 8568:participating institution membership 8191:"Jean Capra of the B.B.C. ITMA Team" 7509:. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. 7487:. London: Robson Books and the BBC. 7029: 6952:"B.B.C. Comedian Called a 'Twerp'". 6927: 6817: 6211: 6002: 5089: 4725: 4557: 4286: 4035: 3982: 3955: 3907: 3175:Every penny makes the water warmer. 1704:: What have you come here for, then? 8319:"New Voices and Features in ITMA". 7623:(LP record). London: Oriole. 1951. 7265:That Man: A Memory of Tommy Handley 7085:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 6524:"New Voices and Features in ITMA". 3557:"Well for Santa Claus" (as part of 3286:Radio Fakenburg advertising slogan 2848:programmes. After his seasons with 1594:No, sir, it's an overseer's 'otpot. 1355:Series 3–8 (Sam); 3–6 and 8 (Lefty) 1257:: Then we'll have a dekko Sir Echo. 1125:. The one-legged diver and swimmer 688:and supported by the Rhythm Octet. 8098:"B.B.C. Comedian Called a 'Twerp'" 7374:Popular Film and Television Comedy 3868:Another critic hoped in 1940 that 3327:Well, all right, well, all right! 3009:Mrs Mackintosh; Tattie Mackintosh 1239:: Will there be swings and things? 1109:Every penny makes the water warmer 901:Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 767:provided a command performance at 728:was absent from the airwaves, the 14: 7682:Twentieth Century British History 5656:"mind". Oxford English Dictionary 2561:was only her second comedy role. 1546:Oh no, sir. I'm passed sixty-two. 521:each week and many of the show's 7666:Parliament of the United Kingdom 3523:"Star Variety Special" from the 3311:Notting at all! Notting at all! 3259:I've brought this for you, sir. 3045:. He subsequently played in the 2231:'s band, and later starred with 49: 8383:. 22 November 1982. p. 14. 8344:. 11 February 2012. p. 94. 8323:. 29 September 1943. p. 5. 8296:. 20 December 1966. p. 10. 8287:. 10 November 1961. p. 17. 8278:. 13 December 1982. p. 14. 8260:. 12 February 1968. p. 10. 7906:"Round the Horne ... Revisited" 7661:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 6199:, pp. 46–47, 108, 146–147. 5707:"I want you to meet Gilhooly". 3842:; it appears a few lines above 3043:Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra 1749:Notting at all! Notting at all! 1495:I've brought this for you, sir. 1439:: It's my brother: send him in. 986:; the programme was chaired by 9003:BBC Light Programme programmes 8906:Peters, Kevin (26 July 2002). 8392:. 18 February 1943. p. 6. 8365:. 20 December 1939. p. 8. 8356:. 7 September 1944. p. 4. 8332:. 10 February 1943. p. 6. 8269:. 15 January 1985. p. 16. 8251:. 20 October 1953. p. 10. 8233:. 14 January 1964. p. 11. 8206:. 23 December 1948. p. 6. 8176:. 22 January 1929. p. 10. 8113:. 7 September 1944. p. 4. 8104:. 21 February 1947. p. 1. 8092:. 6 September 1919. p. 4. 7082:The BBC: The First Fifty Years 4738:"It's That Man Again (1943)". 3343:Wish I had as many shillings. 2725:praised her "spirited charm". 2666:Pam Fairfechan (Sam's sister) 2170:Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 2049:... but I'm all right now 1878:: Then you must have a double. 1415:: And a bludgeon in the other? 1227:: It'll need a new tyre, sire. 948:For the start of the post-war 856:cast with some of the crew of 497:According to Foster and Furst 264: 253: 1: 8908:"Aylesbury Repertory Company" 8314:. 10 January 1949. p. 7. 8215:. 10 January 1949. p. 4. 8158:. 24 January 1930. p. 5. 7882:"I want you to meet Gilhooly" 7856:. 16 April 1947. p. 192. 7426:. London: Scarborough House. 6784:, pp. 31, 33, 35, 41–46. 3839:The Oxford English Dictionary 3770:The Oxford English Dictionary 2831:Whats'isname; Percy Pintable 1181:After you, Claude. No, after 569:Series 1: July to August 1939 9013:1949 radio programme endings 8740:"It's That Man Again (1943)" 8399:The Aberdeen Evening Express 8242:. 28 August 1946. p. 3. 8211:"The Man Who Was Thursday". 8149:. 28 August 1946. p. 2. 8122:. 21 March 1992. p. 17. 7778:UK public library membership 7751:UK public library membership 7724:UK public library membership 7399:The British Isles, 1901–1951 6982:"The Man Who Was Thursday". 5805:, Event occurs at 7 minutes. 5116:, pp. 19–21, 23–24, 62. 3934:, pp. 14–16, 24–27, 28. 3475:when referring to President 2643:Ella Phant; Sophie Tuckshop 2590:Butch (Sam Scram's brother) 2349:, and in the early 1950s in 1616:The Private Life of Mrs Mopp 1534:Well, sir, I had me medical. 1013:—Handley died suddenly of a 9008:1939 radio programme debuts 8998:BBC Radio comedy programmes 8224:. 26 July 2002. p. 31. 8197:. 12 March 1946. p. 3. 8154:"Don't Forget the Diver!". 7465:Dictionary of Catch Phrases 7423:Dictionary of Catch Phrases 7334:Austerity Britain 1945–1951 5248:"Don't Forget the Diver!". 3422:album of old photographs". 3275:Me? In my state of health? 3125:... but I'm all right now. 2852:he featured prominently in 2307:Announcer, Radio Fakenburg; 2092:Frisby Dyke, with a strong 1924:: Funf ... He's a sly Jerry 752:heard the explosion of two 9029: 8374:. 14 July 1914. p. 4. 8361:"Review of Broadcasting". 8305:. 4 June 1983. p. 10. 8185:. 5 April 1947. p. 4. 8131:. 14 June 1956. p. 4. 8127:"Col Chinstrap Speaking". 7315:. London: Evans Brothers. 7267:. London: Elm Tree Books. 7212:Freedman, Jean R. (2015). 6967:"Review of Broadcasting". 5566:"Col Chinstrap Speaking". 4066:Hendry, "Morale and Music" 3525:Palace Theatre, Manchester 3501:The pre-war broadcasts of 3146:Radio Fakenburg announcer 3073: 3012: 2991: 2771: 2646: 2625: 2518: 2460: 2439: 2324: 2257: 2206: 30: 20: 16:BBC radio show (1939–1949) 8925:. Oxford University Press 8913:. Aylesbury Town Council. 8859:Oxford English Dictionary 8548:Oxford English Dictionary 8408:The Sydney Morning Herald 8165:The Sydney Morning Herald 5776:Wilmut & Grafton 1977 5764:Wilmut & Grafton 1977 5680:British Library Catalogue 3235:I'm going down now, sir. 3227:I'll have to ask me dad. 3103: 3100: 2860:and from 1950 to 1958 in 2753:Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh 2320:Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh 2143: 2140: 2137: 2134: 1634:Played by Clarence Wright 1482:Played by Dorothy Summers 1280:Played by Horace Percival 1096:Played by Horace Percival 864:under four of the ship's 270:310, including 5 specials 48: 8968:: Can I Do You Now, Sir? 8388:"The Tivoli To Reopen". 8321:Aberdeen Evening Express 8181:"Holiday Week Variety". 8147:Birmingham Daily Gazette 8129:Birmingham Daily Gazette 8109:"Buying ITMA a coffee". 7535:. London: Robson Books. 7197:. London: Virgin Books. 6526:Aberdeen Evening Express 6439:Birmingham Daily Gazette 6422:"Holiday Week Variety". 5887:"In Town Tonight 1945". 5872:"In Town Tonight 1936". 5568:Birmingham Daily Gazette 5553:Aberdeen Evening Express 5467:"Buying ITMA a coffee". 5164:Curran & Seaton 2002 4768:"The Tivoli To Reopen". 4461:"Well for Santa Claus". 4199:Neale & Krutnik 1990 4133:Curran & Seaton 2002 3159:Don't forget the diver! 2622:Curly Kale; Major Mundy 2043:Played by Hattie Jacques 1540:And were you passed A.1? 740:, before it reverted to 632:to worry the producers. 281:(commonly contracted to 8978:It's That Man Again 8950:It's That Man Again 8936:(subscription required) 8864:Oxford University Press 8734:(subscription required) 8553:Oxford University Press 8426:The Manchester Guardian 8363:The Manchester Guardian 8347:(subscription required) 8213:The Manchester Guardian 7533:The Goon Show Companion 7352:Merriman, Andy (2007). 7287:The ITMA Years: Scripts 7231:(subscription required) 7002:The Manchester Guardian 6984:The Manchester Guardian 6969:The Manchester Guardian 6782:Foster & Furst 1999 6224:Foster & Furst 1999 6146:Foster & Furst 1999 6117:Foster & Furst 1999 6022:Foster & Furst 1999 5991:Foster & Furst 1999 5964:Foster & Furst 1999 5940:Foster & Furst 1999 5833:Foster & Furst 1999 5368:Rawson & Miner 2005 5356:Foster & Furst 1999 5332:Foster & Furst 1999 5102:Foster & Furst 1999 5078:Foster & Furst 1999 5054:Foster & Furst 1999 5042:Foster & Furst 1999 4985:Foster & Furst 1999 4961:Foster & Furst 1999 4937:Foster & Furst 1999 4873:Foster & Furst 1999 4788:Foster & Furst 1999 4714:Foster & Furst 1999 4687:Foster & Furst 1999 4636:Foster & Furst 1999 4613:Foster & Furst 1999 4487:Foster & Furst 1999 4449:Foster & Furst 1999 4437:Foster & Furst 1999 4403:Foster & Furst 1999 4391:Foster & Furst 1999 4364:Foster & Furst 1999 4337:Foster & Furst 1999 4310:Foster & Furst 1999 4246:"It's That Man Again". 4231:Foster & Furst 1999 4099:Foster & Furst 1999 3971:Foster & Furst 1999 3932:Foster & Furst 1999 3896:Foster & Furst 1999 3706:Don't forget the diver! 3386:The Manchester Guardian 3133:Can I do you now, sir? 1618:, written by Kavanagh. 1114:I'm going down now, sir 978:—the medical spokesman 940:in 1945; the conductor 887:was broadcast from the 730:German bombing campaign 666:Ministry of Information 214:, Wales (s 5, one show) 8832:British Film Institute 8808:British Film Institute 8744:British Film Institute 8674:"I don't mind if I do" 8600:British Film Institute 8026:"Well for Santa Claus" 7770:10.1093/ref:odnb/48275 7743:10.1093/ref:odnb/33682 7716:10.1093/ref:odnb/65823 7337:. London: Bloomsbury. 7285:(1975). Introduction. 7171:Funny Way to Be a Hero 7147:Dibbs, Martin (2019). 5632:"Memories of I.T.M.A." 5455:"Memories of I.T.M.A." 4740:British Film Institute 3211:I don't mind if I do. 3032:Man from the Ministry; 2053: 2009: 1850: 1753: 1743:Played by Dino Galvani 1648: 1522:Can I do you now, sir? 1504: 1490:Can I do you now, sir? 1371: 1290: 1189: 1137:, watched by what the 1118: 1104:Don't forget the diver 1064: 972:—the film critic from 945: 868: 635:The fourth episode of 603:BBC National Programme 582: 541: 494: 120:BBC National Programme 8256:"Miss M. O'Farrell". 8202:"London Hippodrome". 8070:"It's That Man Again" 7862:"It's That Man Again" 7694:10.1093/tcbh/10.4.477 7557:. London: Vox Mundi. 7377:. London: Routledge. 7168:Fisher, John (2013). 7132:. London: Macmillan. 6278:"London Hippodrome". 6036:Sydney Morning Herald 5722:"Colonel Chinstrap". 5293:Askey, "The Flu-Germ" 4963:, pp. 37, 42–43. 4915:"Whither Tomtopia?". 3563:) on 25 December 1943 3477:Franklin D. Roosevelt 3198:Commercial traveller 3074:Further information: 3030:Commercial Traveller; 3013:Further information: 2992:Further information: 2930:The Mad Photographer 2802:BBC Repertory Company 2772:Further information: 2647:Further information: 2626:Further information: 2603:BBC Repertory Company 2597:after working at the 2519:Further information: 2480:Commercial traveller; 2461:Further information: 2440:Further information: 2391:Doing the Daily Dozen 2342:Cilly, the secretary 2325:Further information: 2258:Further information: 2207:Further information: 1998:Played by Joan Harben 1199:: After you, Claude – 1060:This is Funf speaking 935: 851: 711:The second series of 613:In an article in the 576: 536: 484: 33:ITMA (disambiguation) 8983:British Comedy Guide 8310:"Mr Tommy Handley". 8265:"Miss Vera Lennox". 8247:"Miss Joan Harben". 7654:(19 February 1947). 7621:Memories of I.T.M.A. 7245:. London: Batsford. 7153:. London: Springer. 7061:. London: Atlantic. 6796:, pp. 134, 180. 6710:"Our Miss Rignold". 3454:Notes and references 3330:The Cavendish Three 2789:Nurse Riff-Rafferty; 2609:the following year. 2490:she toured with the 1846:I don't mind if I do 1840:Played by Jack Train 1630:Commercial Traveller 1622:Commercial Traveller 1387:: Don't tell me the 1054:Played by Jack Train 1015:cerebral haemorrhage 797:BBC Forces Programme 738:It's That Sand Again 585:The first series of 460:, the editor of the 438:Burns and Allen Show 141:BBC Forces Programme 77:It's That Sand Again 8862:(Online ed.). 8551:(Online ed.). 8501:"Colonel Chinstrap" 8172:"Have a Thought!". 8145:"Dominion Status". 8118:"Clarence Wright". 8046:"Whither Tomtopia?" 7904:(18 January 2019). 7485:Laughter in the Air 7174:. London: Preface. 6767:"Clarence Wright". 6752:"Dorothy Summers", 6700:, pp. 394–395. 6653:"Horace Percival". 6437:"Dominion Status". 6320:"Michelle de Lys". 5598:, pp. 139–140. 5278:"Have a thought!". 3440:, and even more so 3434:, and anticipating 3394:to the comedies of 3335:What a common boy! 3142:Defense de cracher! 3109:After you, Claude. 3051:St Paul's Cathedral 2863:Life with the Lyons 2774:Hugh Morton (actor) 1842:Series 5–6 and 8–12 1787:: Yes—luxury falts. 1349:Sam Scram and Lefty 1341:Sam Scram and Lefty 1336:: I go—I come back. 988:Sir William Darling 816:Howard Irving Young 811:It's That Man Again 771:in the presence of 684:Band, conducted by 420:Danger! Men at Work 278:It's That Man Again 146:BBC Light Programme 45: 44:It's That Man Again 24:It's That Man Again 8635:"Morale and Music" 8328:"Non-Stop Revue". 8301:"Mr Sam Heppner". 8292:"Mr Jack Train'". 8220:"Maurice Denham". 8102:The Canberra Times 8088:"Aeroplane Dive". 7926:"Our Miss Rignold" 7602:Gramophone records 6954:The Canberra Times 6623:"Mary O'Farrell". 6335:"Maurice Denham". 6119:, pp. 31, 33. 5966:, pp. 42, 44. 5766:, pp. 67, 75. 5230:"Aeroplane Dive". 5080:, pp. 36, 41. 4753:"Non-Stop Revue". 3656:Great Queen Street 3283:Mine's a Persico. 3219:I go—I come back. 3214:Colonel Chinstrap 2740:Nanny; Aunt Sally 2500:the Queen Mother's 2359:That's Selling 'Em 2347:Once in a Lifetime 1966:The Great Gilhooly 1391:has come up again? 1129:was well known at 1033:Leading characters 960:, Mary O'Farrell, 946: 869: 781:Princess Elizabeth 662:security clearance 595:Maida Vale Studios 583: 495: 196:London (s 1, 7–12) 8877:(Subscription or 8828:"Michelle de Lys" 8684:on 8 October 2022 8566:(Subscription or 7833:"In Town Tonight" 7813:"In Town Tonight" 7776:(Subscription or 7749:(Subscription or 7722:(Subscription or 7672:. col. 1249. 7664:. Vol. 433. 7542:978-0-7221-9182-8 7516:978-0-8108-9308-5 7494:978-0-86051-149-6 7452:978-0-19-516823-5 7433:978-1-4616-6040-8 7409:978-0-19-873195-5 7384:978-0-415-04691-6 7363:978-1-84513-817-2 7344:978-1-4088-0907-5 7313:Colonel Chinstrap 7300:978-0-86007-245-4 7274:978-0-241-89344-9 7252:978-0-7134-4234-2 7225:978-0-8131-4816-8 7204:978-0-86369-960-3 7181:978-1-84809-313-3 7160:978-3-319-95609-1 7139:978-0-3332-8083-6 7115:978-1-134-82330-7 7092:978-0-1921-2971-0 7068:978-1-8435-4381-7 6896:"Tommy Handley". 6725:"Bill Stephens". 6226:, pp. 46–47. 6068:, pp. 93–94. 5445:, pp. 70–71. 5409:, pp. 59–60. 5382:, pp. 45–46. 5346:, pp. 50–51. 5104:, pp. 32–45. 4999:, pp. 60–61. 4987:, pp. 43–44. 4951:, pp. 52–53. 4841:, pp. 45–46. 4817:, pp. 38–42. 4728:, pp. 23–24. 4689:, pp. 37–38. 4662:, pp. 24–25. 4650:, pp. 21–22. 4615:, pp. 34–35. 4451:, pp. 33–34. 4405:, pp. 31–32. 4393:, pp. 30–31. 4366:, pp. 29–30. 4339:, pp. 27–28. 3898:, pp. 28–29. 3437:Take It From Here 3350: 3349: 3082: 3081: 3034:Inspector Squirt 2963:Dorothy Summers, 2960:Second Posh Lady 2664:Singer; Banjeleo; 2238:High Button Shoes 2079:Kavanagh and the 1982:(1957 and 1959). 1962:Lord's Test Match 1946: 1945: 1884:: Thanks, I will. 1836:Colonel Chinstrap 1828:Colonel Chinstrap 1781:: Bolks of falts? 1019:Sir William Haley 895:, a show for the 881:Piccadilly Circus 877:Criterion Theatre 599:St. George's Hall 364:Take It from Here 328:. The shows used 274: 273: 151:BBC Radio 4 Extra 105:Country of origin 9020: 8961: 8937: 8934: 8932: 8930: 8923:Oxford Reference 8914: 8912: 8902: 8900: 8898: 8882: 8874: 8872: 8870: 8855: 8847: 8845: 8843: 8834:. Archived from 8823: 8821: 8819: 8810:. Archived from 8799: 8797: 8795: 8779: 8777: 8775: 8759: 8757: 8755: 8750:on 23 March 2019 8746:. Archived from 8735: 8732: 8730: 8728: 8713: 8711: 8709: 8693: 8691: 8689: 8680:. 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p. 134. 6041: 6026: 6007: 5995: 5980: 5978:, p. 151. 5968: 5956: 5954:, p. 116. 5944: 5917: 5915:, p. 113. 5894: 5879: 5864: 5849: 5847:, p. 147. 5837: 5822: 5807: 5792: 5790:, p. 149. 5780: 5778:, p. 146. 5768: 5756: 5741: 5729: 5714: 5699: 5684: 5672: 5670:, p. 139. 5660: 5648: 5646:, p. 143. 5636: 5624: 5622:, p. 163. 5612: 5600: 5596:Partridge 1992 5588: 5581:"Jack Train". 5573: 5558: 5543: 5528: 5516: 5501: 5499:, p. 153. 5489: 5474: 5469:Liverpool Echo 5459: 5447: 5435: 5433:, p. 180. 5423: 5419:Partridge 1992 5411: 5399: 5384: 5372: 5360: 5348: 5336: 5309: 5297: 5285: 5280:Liverpool Echo 5270: 5265:Liverpool Echo 5255: 5250:Liverpool Echo 5237: 5232:Liverpool Echo 5219: 5207: 5205:, p. 134. 5180: 5178:, p. 477. 5168: 5166:, p. 135. 5156: 5152:Partridge 1992 5141: 5118: 5106: 5094: 5082: 5070: 5058: 5046: 5034: 5022: 5020:, p. 136. 5001: 4989: 4977: 4965: 4953: 4941: 4922: 4904: 4892: 4877: 4858: 4843: 4831: 4819: 4807: 4792: 4775: 4760: 4745: 4730: 4718: 4691: 4676: 4664: 4652: 4640: 4617: 4598: 4586: 4584:, p. 123. 4574: 4562: 4547: 4535: 4523: 4508: 4491: 4468: 4453: 4441: 4422: 4407: 4395: 4383: 4368: 4356: 4341: 4329: 4314: 4291: 4270: 4253: 4235: 4218: 4203: 4201:, p. 222. 4188: 4173: 4161: 4149: 4137: 4135:, p. 133. 4120: 4118:, p. 167. 4103: 4070: 4055: 4053:, p. 126. 4040: 4023: 4011: 4009:, p. 128. 3999: 3987: 3975: 3960: 3948: 3936: 3924: 3912: 3900: 3884: 3883: 3881: 3878: 3875: 3874: 3861: 3852: 3825: 3816: 3803: 3788: 3775: 3761: 3743: 3733: 3724: 3715: 3681: 3668: 3643: 3641: 3640: 3637: 3634: 3631: 3630: 3629: 3615: 3603: 3590: 3581: 3572: 3570: 3569: 3566: 3565: 3564: 3552: 3549: 3548: 3547: 3541: 3540: 3539: 3533: 3530: 3529: 3528: 3527:on 18 May 1940 3507: 3494: 3485: 3463: 3462: 3460: 3457: 3455: 3452: 3408: 3354: 3351: 3348: 3347: 3344: 3340: 3339: 3336: 3332: 3331: 3328: 3324: 3323: 3320: 3316: 3315: 3312: 3308: 3307: 3304: 3296: 3295: 3292: 3288: 3287: 3284: 3280: 3279: 3276: 3272: 3271: 3268: 3264: 3263: 3260: 3256: 3255: 3252: 3248: 3247: 3244: 3240: 3239: 3236: 3232: 3231: 3228: 3224: 3223: 3220: 3216: 3215: 3212: 3208: 3207: 3204: 3200: 3199: 3196: 3191:Good morning! 3188: 3187: 3184: 3180: 3179: 3176: 3172: 3171: 3168: 3164: 3163: 3160: 3156: 3155: 3152: 3148: 3147: 3144: 3138: 3137: 3134: 3130: 3129: 3126: 3122: 3121: 3118: 3114: 3113: 3110: 3106: 3105: 3102: 3091: 3088: 3087: 3086: 3080: 3079: 3071: 3068: 3065: 3059: 3058: 3047:Savoy Orpheans 3035: 3028: 3025: 3019: 3018: 3010: 3007: 3004: 2998: 2997: 2989: 2986: 2983: 2977: 2976: 2969:Pierrot troupe 2961: 2956: 2953: 2943: 2942: 2931: 2928:Comical Chris; 2924: 2921: 2915: 2914: 2906: 2903: 2900: 2894: 2893: 2880: 2877: 2874: 2868: 2867: 2858:Frankie Howerd 2832: 2823: 2820: 2814: 2813: 2794: 2791:Ruby Rockcake; 2787: 2784: 2782:Mary O'Farrell 2778: 2777: 2769: 2766: 2763: 2757: 2756: 2745:Gaiety Theatre 2741: 2736: 2733: 2731:Diana Morrison 2727: 2726: 2715: 2710: 2707: 2701: 2700: 2693: 2690: 2687: 2681: 2680: 2667: 2662: 2659: 2653: 2652: 2649:Hattie Jacques 2644: 2641: 2638: 2636:Hattie Jacques 2632: 2631: 2628:Carleton Hobbs 2623: 2620: 2617: 2615:Carleton Hobbs 2611: 2610: 2591: 2588: 2585: 2579: 2578: 2575: 2572: 2569: 2563: 2562: 2539: 2538:Upsey's owner 2534: 2531: 2525: 2524: 2516: 2513: 2510: 2504: 2503: 2483: 2476: 2473: 2467: 2466: 2458: 2455: 2452: 2446: 2445: 2437: 2434: 2431: 2425: 2424: 2412: 2411:Reg Raspberry 2409: 2406: 2400: 2399: 2383: 2382:Vladivostooge 2380: 2377: 2371: 2370: 2351:Anne's Arrival 2343: 2340: 2337: 2331: 2330: 2327:Maurice Denham 2315:Maurice Denham 2312: 2305: 2302: 2300:Maurice Denham 2296: 2295: 2276: 2273: 2270: 2264: 2263: 2255: 2252: 2249: 2243: 2242: 2225: 2222: 2219: 2213: 2212: 2204: 2197: 2194: 2188: 2187: 2175:Me and My Girl 2162: 2155: 2152: 2146: 2145: 2142: 2141:Regular roles 2139: 2136: 2125: 2122: 2086:Oxford accents 2076: 2073: 2072: 2071: 2065: 2037: 2034: 2032: 2029: 2015: 1992: 1989: 1987: 1984: 1970:Evans Brothers 1944: 1943: 1932: 1930: 1918: 1917: 1906: 1904: 1886: 1885: 1879: 1873: 1867: 1834: 1831: 1829: 1826: 1825: 1824: 1823:: Oka-da-doke. 1818: 1812: 1806: 1800: 1794: 1788: 1782: 1776: 1770: 1737: 1734: 1732: 1729: 1728: 1727: 1717: 1711: 1705: 1699: 1693: 1692:: Yes, please. 1687: 1681: 1675: 1665: 1664:: Good morning 1659: 1640:Good morning! 1628: 1625: 1623: 1620: 1608: 1607: 1606:Ta-ta for now. 1601: 1595: 1589: 1583: 1577: 1571: 1565: 1559: 1553: 1547: 1541: 1535: 1529: 1523: 1476: 1473: 1471: 1468: 1464: 1463: 1457: 1451: 1441: 1440: 1434: 1428: 1422: 1416: 1410: 1404: 1398: 1392: 1382: 1347: 1344: 1342: 1339: 1338: 1337: 1331: 1325: 1319: 1313: 1307: 1301: 1274: 1271: 1269: 1266: 1265: 1264: 1258: 1252: 1246: 1240: 1234: 1228: 1222: 1216: 1210: 1200: 1168: 1165: 1163: 1160: 1156: 1140:Liverpool Echo 1090: 1087: 1085: 1082: 1048: 1045: 1043: 1040: 1034: 1031: 1003:Hattie Jacques 962:Carleton Hobbs 929: 926: 924: 921: 913:Ronnie Waldman 845: 842: 792: 789: 787:had finished. 773:George VI 769:Windsor Castle 763:In April 1942 721: 718: 670:Maurice Denham 653: 650: 648: 645: 591:sound facility 570: 567: 565: 562: 560: 557: 519:broadcast live 471: 468: 391:started as in 384: 381: 272: 271: 268: 261: 260: 257: 250: 249: 241:6 January 1949 229: 225: 224: 222: 221: 215: 209: 203: 197: 193: 191: 187: 186: 181: 177: 176: 171: 167: 166: 161: 157: 156: 154: 153: 148: 143: 137: 135: 131: 130: 128: 127: 122: 116: 114: 110: 109: 108:United Kingdom 106: 102: 101: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 70: 66: 65: 63:, January 1944 54: 39: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 9025: 9014: 9011: 9009: 9006: 9004: 9001: 8999: 8996: 8995: 8993: 8984: 8980: 8979: 8975: 8973: 8969: 8967: 8963: 8960: 8956: 8952: 8951: 8947: 8946: 8942: 8924: 8920: 8916: 8909: 8904: 8892: 8888: 8884: 8880: 8865: 8861: 8860: 8854: 8849: 8837: 8833: 8829: 8825: 8813: 8809: 8805: 8801: 8789: 8785: 8781: 8769: 8765: 8764:"Jack Cooper" 8761: 8749: 8745: 8741: 8737: 8723: 8719: 8715: 8703: 8699: 8695: 8683: 8679: 8675: 8671: 8659: 8655: 8651: 8640: 8636: 8631: 8620: 8616: 8612: 8601: 8597: 8593: 8581: 8577: 8573: 8569: 8554: 8550: 8549: 8543: 8538: 8526: 8522: 8518: 8506: 8502: 8498: 8486: 8482: 8478: 8466: 8462: 8458: 8446: 8442: 8438: 8437: 8433: 8427: 8422: 8418: 8413: 8410:. p. 15. 8409: 8404: 8400: 8395: 8391: 8386: 8382: 8377: 8373: 8368: 8364: 8359: 8355: 8350: 8343: 8339: 8338:"Paula Green" 8335: 8331: 8326: 8322: 8317: 8313: 8308: 8304: 8299: 8295: 8290: 8286: 8281: 8277: 8272: 8268: 8263: 8259: 8254: 8250: 8245: 8241: 8236: 8232: 8227: 8223: 8218: 8214: 8209: 8205: 8200: 8196: 8192: 8188: 8184: 8179: 8175: 8170: 8167:. p. 15. 8166: 8161: 8157: 8152: 8148: 8143: 8140:. p. 21. 8139: 8134: 8130: 8125: 8121: 8116: 8112: 8107: 8103: 8099: 8095: 8091: 8086: 8085: 8081: 8076:. p. 10. 8075: 8071: 8067: 8063: 8059: 8055: 8051: 8047: 8043: 8039: 8035: 8031: 8027: 8023: 8019: 8015: 8011: 8007: 8003: 7999: 7995: 7991: 7987: 7983: 7979: 7975: 7971: 7967: 7963: 7959: 7955: 7951: 7947: 7943: 7939: 7935: 7931: 7927: 7923: 7911: 7907: 7903: 7899: 7895: 7891: 7887: 7883: 7879: 7875: 7871: 7867: 7863: 7859: 7855: 7850: 7846: 7842: 7838: 7834: 7830: 7826: 7822: 7818: 7814: 7810: 7806: 7802: 7798: 7794: 7790: 7789: 7785: 7779: 7771: 7767: 7763: 7762: 7756: 7752: 7744: 7740: 7736: 7735: 7729: 7725: 7717: 7713: 7709: 7708: 7703: 7699: 7695: 7691: 7687: 7683: 7679: 7675: 7671: 7667: 7663: 7662: 7657: 7653: 7649: 7645: 7641: 7640: 7636: 7630: 7626: 7622: 7618: 7614: 7610: 7609:Askey, Arthur 7606: 7605: 7601: 7595: 7591: 7587: 7583: 7579: 7575: 7574: 7570: 7564: 7560: 7556: 7552: 7548: 7544: 7538: 7534: 7530: 7526: 7525:Wilmut, Roger 7522: 7518: 7512: 7508: 7504: 7500: 7496: 7490: 7486: 7482: 7478: 7474: 7470: 7466: 7462: 7458: 7454: 7448: 7444: 7439: 7435: 7429: 7425: 7424: 7419: 7415: 7411: 7405: 7401: 7400: 7395: 7390: 7386: 7380: 7376: 7375: 7369: 7365: 7359: 7355: 7350: 7346: 7340: 7336: 7335: 7330: 7326: 7322: 7318: 7314: 7310: 7309:Kavanagh, Ted 7306: 7302: 7296: 7292: 7291:Kavanagh, Ted 7288: 7284: 7280: 7276: 7270: 7266: 7262: 7258: 7254: 7248: 7244: 7243: 7238: 7234: 7227: 7221: 7217: 7216: 7210: 7206: 7200: 7196: 7192: 7187: 7183: 7177: 7173: 7172: 7166: 7162: 7156: 7152: 7151: 7145: 7141: 7135: 7131: 7130: 7125: 7121: 7117: 7111: 7107: 7103: 7098: 7094: 7088: 7084: 7083: 7078: 7074: 7070: 7064: 7060: 7059: 7054: 7050: 7049: 7045: 7039: 7032:, p. 31. 7031: 7026: 7023: 7019: 7018: 7011: 7008: 7004: 7003: 6996: 6994: 6990: 6986: 6985: 6978: 6975: 6971: 6970: 6963: 6960: 6956: 6955: 6948: 6945: 6941: 6936: 6933: 6930:, p. 26. 6929: 6924: 6922: 6920: 6916: 6912: 6911:Nicholas 2002 6907: 6904: 6900: 6899: 6892: 6889: 6886:, p. 42. 6885: 6884:Kavanagh 1975 6880: 6877: 6873: 6872:Kavanagh 1975 6868: 6865: 6861: 6856: 6853: 6849: 6848: 6841: 6838: 6834: 6833: 6826: 6823: 6819: 6814: 6811: 6807: 6806:Kavanagh 1975 6802: 6799: 6795: 6790: 6787: 6783: 6778: 6775: 6771: 6770: 6763: 6760: 6756: 6755: 6748: 6745: 6741: 6736: 6733: 6729: 6728: 6721: 6718: 6714: 6713: 6706: 6703: 6699: 6694: 6691: 6687: 6686: 6679: 6676: 6672: 6671: 6668:"ITMA 1945". 6664: 6661: 6657: 6656: 6649: 6646: 6642: 6641: 6634: 6631: 6627: 6626: 6619: 6616: 6612: 6607: 6604: 6600: 6599: 6592: 6589: 6585: 6584: 6577: 6574: 6571:, p. 99. 6570: 6565: 6562: 6558: 6557: 6550: 6547: 6543: 6542: 6535: 6532: 6528: 6527: 6520: 6517: 6513: 6512: 6505: 6502: 6499:, p. 98. 6498: 6493: 6491: 6487: 6483: 6482: 6475: 6472: 6468: 6467: 6460: 6457: 6454:, p. 97. 6453: 6448: 6445: 6441: 6440: 6433: 6430: 6426: 6425: 6418: 6415: 6411: 6410: 6403: 6400: 6396: 6395: 6392:"Eric Egan". 6388: 6385: 6381: 6380: 6377:"Eric Egan". 6373: 6370: 6367:, p. 71. 6366: 6361: 6358: 6354: 6353: 6346: 6343: 6339: 6338: 6331: 6328: 6324: 6323: 6316: 6313: 6310:, p. 96. 6309: 6304: 6301: 6297: 6296: 6289: 6286: 6282: 6281: 6274: 6271: 6267: 6266: 6265:Dubbo Liberal 6259: 6256: 6252: 6251:Kavanagh 1975 6247: 6244: 6240: 6239: 6232: 6229: 6225: 6220: 6217: 6214:, p. 25. 6213: 6208: 6206: 6202: 6198: 6197:Kavanagh 1975 6193: 6190: 6187:, p. 35. 6186: 6185:Kavanagh 1975 6181: 6178: 6174: 6173:Kavanagh 1975 6169: 6166: 6162: 6161: 6154: 6151: 6148:, p. 44. 6147: 6142: 6140: 6138: 6134: 6130: 6129:Kynaston 2010 6125: 6122: 6118: 6113: 6110: 6106: 6105:Kavanagh 1975 6101: 6098: 6094: 6089: 6087: 6083: 6080:, p. 32. 6079: 6078:Kavanagh 1975 6074: 6071: 6067: 6066:Kavanagh 1975 6062: 6059: 6055: 6054:Kavanagh 1975 6050: 6048: 6046: 6042: 6038: 6037: 6030: 6027: 6024:, p. 42. 6023: 6018: 6016: 6014: 6012: 6008: 6005:, p. 27. 6004: 5999: 5996: 5993:, p. 46. 5992: 5987: 5985: 5981: 5977: 5976:Kavanagh 1975 5972: 5969: 5965: 5960: 5957: 5953: 5952:Kavanagh 1975 5948: 5945: 5942:, p. 35. 5941: 5936: 5934: 5932: 5930: 5928: 5926: 5924: 5922: 5918: 5914: 5913:Kavanagh 1975 5909: 5907: 5905: 5903: 5901: 5899: 5895: 5891: 5890: 5883: 5880: 5876: 5875: 5868: 5865: 5861: 5860: 5857:"Fred Yule", 5853: 5850: 5846: 5845:Kavanagh 1975 5841: 5838: 5835:, p. 45. 5834: 5829: 5827: 5823: 5819: 5817: 5811: 5808: 5804: 5802: 5796: 5793: 5789: 5788:Kavanagh 1975 5784: 5781: 5777: 5772: 5769: 5765: 5760: 5757: 5753: 5752: 5745: 5742: 5738: 5737:Kavanagh 1952 5733: 5730: 5726: 5725: 5718: 5715: 5711: 5710: 5703: 5700: 5696: 5695: 5688: 5685: 5681: 5676: 5673: 5669: 5668:Kavanagh 1975 5664: 5661: 5657: 5652: 5649: 5645: 5644:Kavanagh 1975 5640: 5637: 5633: 5628: 5625: 5621: 5616: 5613: 5609: 5608:Kavanagh 2019 5604: 5601: 5597: 5592: 5589: 5585: 5584: 5577: 5574: 5570: 5569: 5562: 5559: 5555: 5554: 5551:"Chinstrap". 5547: 5544: 5541:, p. 63. 5540: 5539:Kavanagh 1975 5535: 5533: 5529: 5526:, p. 74. 5525: 5524:Kavanagh 1975 5520: 5517: 5514:, p. 37. 5513: 5512:Kavanagh 1975 5508: 5506: 5502: 5498: 5497:Kavanagh 1975 5493: 5490: 5486: 5485: 5478: 5475: 5471: 5470: 5463: 5460: 5456: 5451: 5448: 5444: 5443:Kavanagh 1975 5439: 5436: 5432: 5427: 5424: 5421:, p. 43. 5420: 5415: 5412: 5408: 5407:Kavanagh 1975 5403: 5400: 5396: 5394: 5388: 5385: 5381: 5380:Kavanagh 1975 5376: 5373: 5369: 5364: 5361: 5358:, p. xx. 5357: 5352: 5349: 5345: 5344:Kavanagh 1975 5340: 5337: 5334:, p. 43. 5333: 5328: 5326: 5324: 5322: 5320: 5318: 5316: 5314: 5310: 5307:, p. 19. 5306: 5301: 5298: 5294: 5289: 5286: 5282: 5281: 5274: 5271: 5267: 5266: 5259: 5256: 5252: 5251: 5244: 5242: 5238: 5234: 5233: 5226: 5224: 5220: 5217:, p. 17. 5216: 5215:Kavanagh 1975 5211: 5208: 5204: 5199: 5197: 5195: 5193: 5191: 5189: 5187: 5185: 5181: 5177: 5172: 5169: 5165: 5160: 5157: 5154:, p. 95. 5153: 5148: 5146: 5142: 5139:, p. 49. 5138: 5137:Kavanagh 1975 5133: 5131: 5129: 5127: 5125: 5123: 5119: 5115: 5110: 5107: 5103: 5098: 5095: 5092:, p. 28. 5091: 5086: 5083: 5079: 5074: 5071: 5068:, p. 21. 5067: 5062: 5059: 5056:, p. 47. 5055: 5050: 5047: 5044:, p. 24. 5043: 5038: 5035: 5031: 5030:Merriman 2007 5026: 5023: 5019: 5018:Kavanagh 1975 5014: 5012: 5010: 5008: 5006: 5002: 4998: 4993: 4990: 4986: 4981: 4978: 4975:, p. 56. 4974: 4969: 4966: 4962: 4957: 4954: 4950: 4945: 4942: 4939:, p. 38. 4938: 4933: 4931: 4929: 4927: 4923: 4919: 4918: 4911: 4909: 4905: 4902:, p. 79. 4901: 4896: 4893: 4889: 4888: 4881: 4878: 4875:, p. 41. 4874: 4869: 4867: 4865: 4863: 4859: 4856:, p. 47. 4855: 4850: 4848: 4844: 4840: 4835: 4832: 4829:, p. 45. 4828: 4823: 4820: 4816: 4811: 4808: 4805:, p. 69. 4804: 4799: 4797: 4793: 4790:, p. 39. 4789: 4784: 4782: 4780: 4776: 4772: 4771: 4764: 4761: 4757: 4756: 4749: 4746: 4742: 4741: 4734: 4731: 4727: 4722: 4719: 4716:, p. 37. 4715: 4710: 4708: 4706: 4704: 4702: 4700: 4698: 4696: 4692: 4688: 4683: 4681: 4677: 4674:, p. 15. 4673: 4668: 4665: 4661: 4656: 4653: 4649: 4644: 4641: 4638:, p. 36. 4637: 4632: 4630: 4628: 4626: 4624: 4622: 4618: 4614: 4609: 4607: 4605: 4603: 4599: 4596:, p. 18. 4595: 4590: 4587: 4583: 4578: 4575: 4572:, p. 16. 4571: 4566: 4563: 4560:, p. 24. 4559: 4554: 4552: 4548: 4544: 4539: 4536: 4533:, p. 11. 4532: 4527: 4524: 4521:, p. 67. 4520: 4519:Freedman 2015 4515: 4513: 4509: 4505: 4500: 4498: 4496: 4492: 4489:, p. 34. 4488: 4483: 4481: 4479: 4477: 4475: 4473: 4469: 4465: 4464: 4457: 4454: 4450: 4445: 4442: 4439:, p. 33. 4438: 4433: 4431: 4429: 4427: 4423: 4419: 4418: 4411: 4408: 4404: 4399: 4396: 4392: 4387: 4384: 4380: 4379: 4372: 4369: 4365: 4360: 4357: 4353: 4352: 4345: 4342: 4338: 4333: 4330: 4326: 4321: 4319: 4315: 4312:, p. 32. 4311: 4306: 4304: 4302: 4300: 4298: 4296: 4292: 4289:, p. 23. 4288: 4283: 4281: 4279: 4277: 4275: 4271: 4268:, p. 10. 4267: 4262: 4260: 4258: 4254: 4250: 4249: 4242: 4240: 4236: 4233:, p. 31. 4232: 4227: 4225: 4223: 4219: 4215: 4210: 4208: 4204: 4200: 4195: 4193: 4189: 4186:, p. 57. 4185: 4180: 4178: 4174: 4171:, p. 36. 4170: 4165: 4162: 4159:, p. 35. 4158: 4153: 4150: 4146: 4145:Kavanagh 1975 4141: 4138: 4134: 4129: 4127: 4125: 4121: 4117: 4112: 4110: 4108: 4104: 4101:, p. 28. 4100: 4095: 4093: 4091: 4089: 4087: 4085: 4083: 4081: 4079: 4077: 4075: 4071: 4067: 4062: 4060: 4056: 4052: 4047: 4045: 4041: 4037: 4032: 4030: 4028: 4024: 4020: 4015: 4012: 4008: 4003: 4000: 3997:, p. 43. 3996: 3991: 3988: 3985:, p. 22. 3984: 3979: 3976: 3973:, p. 30. 3972: 3967: 3965: 3961: 3958:, p. 21. 3957: 3952: 3949: 3946:, p. 65. 3945: 3940: 3937: 3933: 3928: 3925: 3922:, p. 10. 3921: 3920:Kavanagh 1975 3916: 3913: 3909: 3904: 3901: 3897: 3892: 3890: 3886: 3879: 3871: 3865: 3862: 3856: 3853: 3849: 3845: 3844:Homer Simpson 3841: 3840: 3836:citations in 3835: 3829: 3826: 3820: 3817: 3813: 3807: 3804: 3800: 3799: 3792: 3789: 3785: 3779: 3776: 3772: 3771: 3765: 3762: 3757: 3753: 3747: 3744: 3737: 3734: 3728: 3725: 3719: 3716: 3712: 3707: 3703: 3699: 3695: 3691: 3685: 3682: 3678: 3672: 3669: 3665: 3661: 3657: 3653: 3647: 3644: 3638: 3635: 3632: 3627: 3626: 3624: 3623: 3619: 3616: 3612: 3607: 3604: 3600: 3594: 3591: 3585: 3582: 3576: 3573: 3567: 3562: 3561: 3556: 3555: 3553: 3550: 3545: 3544: 3542: 3537: 3536: 3534: 3531: 3526: 3522: 3521: 3519: 3518: 3516: 3511: 3508: 3504: 3498: 3495: 3489: 3486: 3482: 3478: 3474: 3468: 3465: 3458: 3453: 3451: 3449: 3448: 3443: 3442:The Goon Show 3439: 3438: 3433: 3428: 3423: 3420: 3413: 3407: 3405: 3401: 3397: 3393: 3388: 3387: 3381: 3379: 3375: 3371: 3367: 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It's That Man Again (film)
ITMA (disambiguation)
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BBC Light Programme
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Ted Kavanagh
Francis Worsley
Bristol
Bangor
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Tommy Handley
Ted Kavanagh
Francis Worsley
officialdom
music halls
sound effects
catchphrase
Second World War
Take It from Here
The Goon Show
Round the Horne

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