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From 28/10/1943

Can Tommy Handley hire a music band for his new club? With Horace Percival and Dorothy Summers. From October 1943.

Tommy Handley needs a band for his new club so starts interviewing for musicians.

With Horace Percival, Fred Yule, Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani, Bill Stephens, Bryan Herbert, Jean Capra and Jack Cooper.

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 Charles Shadwell.

Producer: Francis Worsley.

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in January 1942.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Feb 2017 12:30

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  • Sun 19 Feb 2017 12:30