From 30/10/1947
A pageant is planned and Tommy Handley has to write a play about the future of England. With Lind Joyce. From October 1947.
A pageant is planned and Tommy Handley has to write a play about the future of England.
With Jack Train, Lind Joyce, Hugh Morton, Deryck Guyler, Fred Yule, Joan Harben, Diana Morrison and Hattie Jacques.
It's That Man Again - ITMA made a radio superstar of Tommy Handley (1894-1949) and had more than 20 million devoted listeners to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service each week - with millions more around the world. The show's title came from a newspaper headline used in stories about Adolf Hitler in the lead up to the Second World War.
Catchphrases like "TTFN - Ta-Ta for now" and "Can I Do You Now, Sir?" coupled with a frenetic, topical approach made it utterly distinctive.
From 1939 to 1949, over 310 episodes were broadcast, breaking away from existing comedy and music hall conventions with an anarchic and irreverent style - created by its writer Ted Kavanagh.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkinsl.
Producer: Francis Worsley.
First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in October 1947.
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